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My teacher was gifted one of your conducting batons. Absolutely outstanding work on this piece.

Your Moskow 1941 is a plagiate amd has nothing related to moskow and 1941 events. This is very old russian tune about russian civil war of 1917...1920. Shame!

this sounds a lot like the 5th movement of Shostakovich's 9th string quartet

Saludo maestro soy de Colombia director de bandas sinfónicas y me gustaria poder tener interpretar una de sus composiciónes kyiv, 2022 porfavor como puedo comunicarme con usted ?

1:10 all state 9-10

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I’m suffering in orchestra w this one, but it sounds amazing when played well

im suffering playing this in orchestra

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Dude!! You’re in MD?! Awesome! Been listening to this song for about 15 years. I blast all your art through the speakers at work! Your music has done so much for me.

I played this earlier this year. Trombones got the nicest sounding part

This piece actually gets me through the day. Very powerful and emotional in my opinion

There’s no way these kids are making that sound

700th!!

Thank you!! My daughter so enjoyed playing this piece and working on this project.

We just performed Forever Joyful last night. I first ran across this piece my first year of teaching orchestra at my current school. I first performed it with our Advance high school level group. Four years later we performed it with our junior high level group and they sounded great and absolutely LOVED it. You're right. Band or orchestra or any activity at school may be THE reason school is bearable. The place where they feel safe and cared for. It's a place that makes them feel confident and courageous because their director got excited and exclaimed, "YES!!" that one time they got that really hard lick down. That set off a reaction in their brain that cannot be turned off. I just got a text from a band student of mine from 1994 reminded me of the time we talked about the 6P's. Proper Prior Prep Prevents Poor Performance. My elementary band director wrote that on my Straight System Snare method book...which I still have. She texted me because she taught the 6p's to her daughter, who is now a band director, and said her daughter gave her band kids the same 6P's talk. That's four generations of band kids who have now shared that talk. It made me feel all warm inside knowing that this students from almost 30 years ago credited me for teaching her the 6P's and that she was so moved by her daughter using it that she had to track me down to tell me. Pretty cool. Good video!!!

5 years later, it hasn't gotten better. Due to the pandemic, some of the hardest hit are people who work in the arts and entertainment industry. And you're not wrong, I am one of those students who looks forward to band class every day. If the school took it out, it would devastate the around 200 kids who are in the band program. Also, I very much enjoy your pieces. Raging Machines, Among the Clouds, and Elements are some of my favorite pieces composed by you.

Wow!!! Those kids are killer!

Brian, can you do a tour of the recording studio? How the music gets recorded?

Professional Orchestra playing this incredible piece

Outstanding!

This energetic and energizing composition is riveting to hear, and the excellent performance under such demanding circumstances deserves great respect. The composition itself is a fine addition to the repertoire for string orchestra. Brian Bslmages, always amazing under pressure, perhaps a second and a third movement in your spare time? Seriously, I would love to hear more. Thanks for this delightful listening experience.

I play this ever day in orchestra

AWESOME piece, Brian!! Bravo!

Absolutely lovely!

Beautiful!

I loved it!

I love the excellent use of Polyoshke Polye (Song of the Fields) melody! Truly does relive the history of the Great Patriotic War.

Mr. Balmages, I want to thank you for this video. Music is one of the most important things that people can discover, and keep discovering over time, gaining new tastes and feelings for music. My oldest brother joined band a long time ago. I followed. I became a clarinetist, a conductor, and more recently, a composer of shorter pieces. It was a journey that I enjoy embarking on every day. My UA-cam channel is dedicated to my biggest passion right now, which is conducting, and showing people that they can express to the world that they can do anything that their hearts desire. A long time ago, I learned how to conduct your piece entitled "Evocatio", and as ominous of a piece as it is, it was one of the hardest for me to learn how to conduct. My high school's symphonic band played it years ago, and I was drawn to it, to add it to my conducting repertoire. I was inspired by my former band director back in middle school, and I have made a lot of progress over time. It shows that in me. So again, thank you, Mr. Balmages, for this inspirational video. Music is one of the only things on Earth that will never die down. It keeps going because of the people who enjoy it, make it happen, conduct it at concert performances, and keep it as alive as it ever was. Thank you.

I remembered playing Moscow 1941in 8th grade

I wish I could compose like this 😕

my teacher told us to watch this and i love it

Played this piece in 8th grade and have a personal connection with it. This just puts the icing on the cake ☺️

my band teacher made us watch this for digital learning

Please write out a solo piano version of this song! would love to play it

Supposed to play for concert but it was cancelled. Love this song, one of my favorites so far

Me and My honorband have played this piece and this is on another level!

I was supposed to play this piece for UIL this year, but I may not get the chance to perform it so hearing your beautiful reimgined version brightened up my day a bit :)

Probably my favorite piece I've preformed

I played this at my last concert, absolutely love the piano version!

this was amazing haha. i remember when i played this song in sixth grade i loved it so much.

I would just like to say that I love to compose music whenever I'm feeling stressed or sad, so it was very nice watching this video after my strings teacher pointed it out to me. So thank you.

i do not like that

Love what you are doing Brian! Following..

reply here and say your orchestra if ur in lms orchestra (im symphonic)

Your really good at the piano, I play trumpet and I might just try that.

Brian: "if I was happy, I'd probably try something like..." Also Brian: *instantly churns out a 5 second impromptu masterpiece* The longer piece you played made me feel like I was in a field of flowers and grass somewhere in the Czech Republic with somebody I love on a soft spring day, but that we could both feel the love fading away from between us and into the landscape. I think the diminishing love aspect of how I felt was caused by the recurring downward sequences of notes.

Mine to

rily my music teacher said to watch this

Your music sounded... Lonely. Wistful. I love your pieces. My school got to play Adventures on Bainbridge Island last spring and Colors of Home this winter. Keep up the great work!