1st Clarinet POV: The Olympic Spirit by John Williams

From the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony's performance at Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, on their international tour to Japan on 6/3/26. If this isn't awesome, then I don't know what is (the overall performance and setting, not my performance). On our ten day trip to Japan recently, we performed four concerts in four different places- the repertoire was beyond anything I had ever played, and this specific hall is the most beautiful hall I have ever performed in, no doubt. We opened each concert with this piece, and for good reason. I have no words to describe the experience of not only performing in this hall, but also the extraordinary ten days I spent in Japan.