VDOK March

VDOK March is my first march written in an English style for a brassband. The piece was commissioned by Chr. Brassband Pro Rege from Heerenveen for the 'Gouden Spiker Festival 2019'.

The piece was written after the youth orchestra of Pro Rege, in which I play, managed to score an awesome third place in the fourth division at the Nederlandse Brassband Kampioenschappen 2018 (NBK). This march describes the sense of pride, happiness and accomplishment that we as a band experienced that day.

The name of the piece came from a phrase that the conductor from the A orchestra of Pro Rege, Anne van den Berg, strongly motivated us with before the NBK. 'VDOK' stands for 'Vol d'r op klatsen!', which roughly translates to 'Fully bang it on there!'. Some members of the A orchestra even made an amazing banner featuring the phrase that was on display at the day of the Nederlandse Brassband Kampioenschappen. The idea to use the phrase as the title for the March came from one our percussionists.

The piece has been published and is for purchase at AM Music (ammusic.nl).