0:27 - one of the best clarinet parts ever... all in unison, low register... LOVE THIS. This song is right up there with Blue Ridge Saga and one of my personal favorites, Exhaltation. yes i'm a band geek and dang proud of it~! lol.
Used to play this and other James Swearingen compositions back in high school in jr high and high school about 15 to 20 years ago. Oh my gosh did I start geeking out while listening to this. Still remember all the parts! And I'm glad band geeks are still playing it today. Band geeks for life! Totally posting this on my Facebook and tagging all my band sisters!
Its funny how much you learn in a year, I played this at my first concert as a freshman in October and struggled a bit, but today we played it out of boredom as the last day of school is in a couple days and it was so easy.
Loved this piece! Played the euphonium for my primary school band in the 2012 syf and I'm taking part in this year's syf and still playing the euphonium in my secondary school ^^
wow, it's so great to see that middle school bands are still playing this song!! I played this in middle school as a flutist 20 years ago! Good music never dies!
My first exposure to James Swearingen was in 1978 in 8th grade at Mid America Music Camp at Ball State in Indiana. We played Exaltation. Mr. Swearingen's music is schmaltzy to say the least. But oh so much fun to play!
I played this my freshman year of high school 9 years ago. I cant believe it was so long ago. I had good memories being in the band in hs, I feel so old now
Invicta certainly is a memory for me. I played it my Freshman year on Flute, read it on piccolo my sophmore year, and played it on Bass Clarinet for Junior year. It's a favorite with my band director. As is "Of Pride and Celebration."
My favorite Tuba piece from junior high school. It sounds a lot different from the front than it does in the back row of the band. I haven't heard this since 1983. Jeez I'm old. Thanks for posting this!!!
Playing this in my 8th grade band as a tenor sax 😊 this song is amazing and listening to a track definitely helped me with my part since it's one of the main parts in my band
I first heard this at a pre-band festival concert by another school, then heard it about three weeks later at the actual competition. It is one of the more memorable pieces I have heard but not played.
last year we played this judges gold invitational to Disneyland or as everyone called it on the band bus didneyland that was a very important trip for our band being its the first time Lincoln ever got gold which is hard I'm trombone 1 and my part is very high and fast paced
whenever i hear this, feel like im on the Space Mountain ride at disney world. xD love this song, and that little alto sax part at measrue 62 i think, where we have the melody. :)
I played this in 8th grade (around. 1982). I played some of the best wind band literature through high school and college. Invicta is still one that ranks near the top of my favorites. My son is a middle schools band director now. I truly hope to hear his band play it one day.
I played snare for this song in a concert like yesterday. It was so much fun and we did awesome. We only had a last minute rehearsal in the highschool auditorium so I wasnt used to the loudness of the acoustic snare. We usually use some old quiet one that I have to beat the crap out of
Played alto sax on this in 1993 in middle school. I think this was fun for all junior high students no matter what they played. Every instrument had an awesome part.
My band's getting ready for the Forum Festival later this month, and we're going to be playing this song. When we were choosing our three songs, Invicta was unchallenged as one of the songs.
one or two parts is a little close to super smash bros (im still try to find which theme) This is an epic song im playing it for band!!! thanks for posting it!!! our band teacher plays this for us to hear what it sounds like!!!
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0:27 - one of the best clarinet parts ever... all in unison, low register... LOVE THIS.
This song is right up there with Blue Ridge Saga and one of my personal favorites, Exhaltation.
yes i'm a band geek and dang proud of it~! lol.
I loved the 1st French Horn part, then again I was the only horn player when my band did this. Forever alone horns...
Same here, only horn player. Low key died trying to play loud enough. lol.
My band has only one horn too..... Rip horns. (I'm flute)
Used to play this and other James Swearingen compositions back in high school in jr high and high school about 15 to 20 years ago. Oh my gosh did I start geeking out while listening to this. Still remember all the parts! And I'm glad band geeks are still playing it today. Band geeks for life! Totally posting this on my Facebook and tagging all my band sisters!
+Elfie In Angel City Ha! did the exact same thing. I played this over 25 years ago, and hadn't heard it until today! Wow!
Yep. Played a lot of Swearingen in highschool too. Totally takes me back. 2nd Clarinet fo evah. :D
i freaking love measure nine
Elfie In Angel City I am a freshman in high school and we are playing this!!!
as a bass drummer in my 9th grade band i can confirm we do still play this
I can still remember the Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, and French Horn parts!!!! We played this in '92.
When I first saw this I was like to my friends, "This sounds like a mix between a Roman Colosseum Battle and a Pokemon Battle.
omg lol
I thought the same thing it reminds me of pokemon
I'm in the freshman band at my high school and we're doing this for our spring concert and it's sounding really good for freshmen.
wolves_for_life i like how you reply like a year later
Oof
How did the concert go? We will play this for our spring concert now as a freshmen hahaha
Its funny how much you learn in a year, I played this at my first concert as a freshman in October and struggled a bit, but today we played it out of boredom as the last day of school is in a couple days and it was so easy.
i am left speechless every time i hear this song, and it was one of the songs that i played that i really felt it
Loved this piece! Played the euphonium for my primary school band in the 2012 syf and I'm taking part in this year's syf and still playing the euphonium in my secondary school ^^
FINALLY MELODY IN THE HORNS OMG
Trinity Tom I'm a horn and I'm playing this for concert band right now
The music of this composer have a lot of solis/solos to Horns... Try listen to Centuria, Majestia and many other musics of him
Juan faitanin so tru
Listen to Blue Ridge Saga for a horn solo piece. Beautiful artwork.
Trinity Tom I KNOW!! AHH
This song take me back to middle school. Love this song i played it on 1st trumpet and 1st clarinet.
OMG....trumpet is so good! TT
the trombone part reminds me of the legend of zelda for some reason
Christopher Gardner I also agree : )
yass!
Sorry but we clarinets carry this somg
Measures 13-20 are proof that the Baritone/Euphonium and Clarinet is the absolute BEST Woodwind/Brasswind pairing!!!!
+Steven Johnson Claritone otp 4 lyf
Honestly lol
agreed, as a clarinet, I love playing that part. whenever my director calls out measure thirteen, I have a silent party in my head.
Yes baritone
Played this song for SYF 1986... 25 yrs later now son playing for SYF 2014 next yr... Goodness me
whoever doesn't like this piece doesn't play music today still
I graduated middle school to this song. Epic...
Alto saxophone here! We are playing this for my high school spring concert.
wow, it's so great to see that middle school bands are still playing this song!! I played this in middle school as a flutist 20 years ago! Good music never dies!
james swearingen is my fav composer of all time. ive played so many of his songs over the last 4 years... i love his music
The euphonium (bariton) part here is... just.... REALLY FKIN FUN!!!!!!!!
OHH so this is how it’s supposed to sound.. love it!!
snsb hoping not to get scolded by bd is like:
*listens to how Invicta should be played*
[and on repeat]
probably my favorite piece of music i’ve ever played
literal heat
My school uses this piece at the end of commencement, it was a thrill to throw our hats to this piece. Thanks for the memories!
Anyone feel like this is a Zelda and Pokemon (Pokemon Gym Theme) SMASHED together?
Arlex LightDragon yes
Xander Crum ่าท
Vai toma no cu
YESSSS OMGG
We’re playing this now in band and i play the flute and there’s in part I was like this is the Pokémon gym music
I pulled out my Trombone and could still play the part from memory.....Played in 1991
played this at graduation.. still get chills when i hear it
Alto sax solo all the way!
Trumpets are better
Lol Altos and trumpets more like Bari Sax 😂 nah I'm just the kid who played but you never know if they really are lol
Clarinets are better
they’re louder too
lol
Ok but clarinets carry this song so hard
Same
My first exposure to James Swearingen was in 1978 in 8th grade at Mid America Music Camp at Ball State in Indiana. We played Exaltation. Mr. Swearingen's music is schmaltzy to say the least. But oh so much fun to play!
That is cool! Fulton Jr. High music camp was at Fulton Jr. High. :-(
Played this in 1981 or 82. For some reason it popped into my head and I had to look it up.
i played this song in 1992 for the woodlawn high school band in Birmingham alabama. I loved it then and i still love it.
I played in school band for 6 years , and this is still my favorite piece
I played this my freshman year of high school 9 years ago. I cant believe it was so long ago. I had good memories being in the band in hs, I feel so old now
Love this piece of music, Snare drum FTW
Amazing. I played this in middle school... in the 90s. Nostalgia at its finest right here.
Invicta certainly is a memory for me. I played it my Freshman year on Flute, read it on piccolo my sophmore year, and played it on Bass Clarinet for Junior year. It's a favorite with my band director. As is "Of Pride and Celebration."
this was such a fun piece man. blessed to have been able to play it jr year
The ending on trumpet
Triple G for days.
1st cornet ftw
I honestly love the trumpet parts for this song :)
wish i were first , maybe someday . i hope lol
Tell me about it
Fr tho I’m the only first trumpet in my band and my lips are dead sometimes after playing this 😭
HOW DOES ONE DO SSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO GOOD AT THAT CLARINET SOLO!?!? SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!😂😂😂
Euphonium player here
brasil, eu toco essa musica sou o primeiro bombardino(euphonium)
You know what's good
Clarinet
same!! we had to play this for a competition
this whole song is super fun to play.
Awesome I love thins song. Thanks for uploading
My favorite Tuba piece from junior high school. It sounds a lot different from the front than it does in the back row of the band. I haven't heard this since 1983. Jeez I'm old. Thanks for posting this!!!
Playing this in my 8th grade band as a tenor sax 😊 this song is amazing and listening to a track definitely helped me with my part since it's one of the main parts in my band
I play as a tenor sax too, that part always give me goosebump
oh my!!! new head phones…. sounds just like the concert….
Played this song freshman year in high school and enjoyed it alot.
I first heard this at a pre-band festival concert by another school, then heard it about three weeks later at the actual competition. It is one of the more memorable pieces I have heard but not played.
played this in middle school. what a fun piece for clarinet.
I have 1st clarinet I totally agree I'm playing this with my band for the graduation so fun
I actually JUST got back from a concert playing this piece.
last year we played this judges gold invitational to Disneyland or as everyone called it on the band bus didneyland that was a very important trip for our band being its the first time Lincoln ever got gold which is hard I'm trombone 1 and my part is very high and fast paced
Clarinet here!
Can’t wait to play it!
I love this song!! Played it in high school
i love playing this with everyone on my flute every day its extremely uplifting
I remember playing this back in my high school days - still one of my favourites
whenever i hear this, feel like im on the Space Mountain ride at disney world. xD
love this song, and that little alto sax part at measrue 62 i think, where we have the melody. :)
Started playing this song about a month ago. I love it! It's such a great song, i love James Swearingen pieces our band plays his music a lot. (:
Wonderful and awesome song~
i loved playing this in high school. especially on snare.
I conducted this in high school for my conducting project back in 2005 xD Such a great song!
Played this on the sax back middle school circa 1996....
Playing this song this year for the Canon City Blossom Festival. I'm on tuba. This is by far one of my favorite band pieces.
im playing this song too, and im tuba #tubaswag
RobloxGangster Only bad thing is that the tuba part can be boring
I HAVE FOUND FELLOW TUBAS
+Jhockey21 is there where the Tubas gather?
played this song on clarinet for jrhi high school mass band and was awesome love it.
I played this in 8th grade (around. 1982). I played some of the best wind band literature through high school and college. Invicta is still one that ranks near the top of my favorites. My son is a middle schools band director now. I truly hope to hear his band play it one day.
about the time I first played it as well, I was in high school. It came out in '81 I believe.
I played this song 2 years ago! its an awesome piece of music!!!
Played this in jr high orchestra back in the early 80's. Our instructor loved Swearingen's work.
I played snare for this song in a concert like yesterday. It was so much fun and we did awesome. We only had a last minute rehearsal in the highschool auditorium so I wasnt used to the loudness of the acoustic snare. We usually use some old quiet one that I have to beat the crap out of
Played alto sax on this in 1993 in middle school. I think this was fun for all junior high students no matter what they played. Every instrument had an awesome part.
Damn no one liked this comment?
playing this song is sooooooo fun on clarinet. I especially love that part, lol.
roses are red
invicta is blue
i am a bassoonist ;)
are you too?
I am!
no
My band's getting ready for the Forum Festival later this month, and we're going to be playing this song. When we were choosing our three songs, Invicta was unchallenged as one of the songs.
dam hadnt heard this song ever since I played it in middle school roughly 7 years ago. such a good arrangement
sounds like pokemon theme :D
So THIS is how it's supposed to sound...
I'm playing this in band right now
La Honda Music Camp 1990-1991. Trumpet. Loved playing this.
Good piece... pretty hard, just received the music, i play picc and flute in 8th grade
Trumpet FTW
Thankyou! this helped me understand the rhythms a lot. I play 3rd trumpet, 1st chair.
This song. I play chimes with left hand and glockenspiel with right hand. ||D Most fun use of Steven's Grip ever.
bass Clarinet is so hard on this song.
Playing for my spring concert and I love the flute part.
Wow, played 1st Alto Sax on this back in 1996 for middle school band. Loved it.
Clarinet player here!! (:
Clarinet’s awesome!
Me too
I played this song in the 7th grade. What a memory.
omg i used to love playing this in junior high. very good song! thanks for uploading
Love James Swearingen! But our band doesn't sound so full when we play it. D:
Agreed. 11 years ago and still remember the tune by heart.
I didn't know if i played this, so i listened to it. I definitely played this.
LOVE THIS SONG!!!! GREAT MUSIC! :)
playing it in highschool band for large ensemble, tons of fun to play!
brings so many memories of middle school band :)
Im playing this inright now in 7th grade and wow this is challenging but yet so great sounding!
playin this in concert band. tenor sax... gotta love this song.
i thought that too!!! i played it last year with the school band, :D and we played it at disneyland, lol. coincidence
We under-performed this piece at our concert .___. Holy crap
Playing this in my band. Trumpet is a really fun part!
This gave me fricken chills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clarinet is fun to play for this piece
Tenor sax gang, gotta love that solo
This song is the reason why I brought an Invicta watch.
yes, my fav french horn piece in high school band
luv this the flute part roxxx
I'm playing this in a Middle School music festival. You have to try out for it and kids are saying this is to hard. (eye roll)
one or two parts is a little close to super smash bros (im still try to find which theme)
This is an epic song im playing it for band!!! thanks for posting it!!!
our band teacher plays this for us to hear what it sounds like!!!