I played this song a hundred times in band, but I can't remember the name.

I'd send an email to (or call) Richard Dahl, who's listed on the school's http://www.chspanthers.org/admin/staff.htm under the department "Instrumental Music". He'd probably have that in his records somewhere.

I can't figure out the piece given your description, but I can tell you that Robert W. Smith is known for exciting (to the point of cheesy) band music. He is especially known for his writing in the "educational" realm, that is, music written for high school or middle school peformers. I think that he would be a good start.

OK you guys are way too serious...its Back 2 the Hotel by N2Deep! http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/3006921/a/Best+Of+N2DEEP.htm

You could try http://www.musipedia.org. The Parson's code for your snippet (/\/\) http://www.musipedia.org/search.0.html?sourceid=melody-url&tx_mpsearch_pi1%5bsubmit_button%5d=Search&tx_mpsearch_pi1%5bpc%5d=lily/%5c/%5c&categories=CPHA&filtertext=&coll=m, but it's a very common pattern. You'd be better both with us and Musipedia to give specific intervals rather than a general description of the pitch movement.

I'm almost positive it wasn't by any of the famous classical composers -- we tended to play music by contemporary Americans written specifically for high school-style ensembles. (That and terrible, terrible marching music, but I digress.) http://www.alfred-music.com/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=robert+smith&x=0&y=0 sound pretty familiar -- I'm sure we played a selection or two at some point. None of the titles ring this bell, though. stefanie: heh, it didn't occur to me to call the school. On Monday, I may give Mr. Dahl a call. (Man, I can't even remember my old band teacher's name.) abcde: Musipedia is very cool, but several different searches aren't returning anything familiar. Messing around on my flute a bit, I believe the notes were d d# d f# f. The piece was slow and probably in a minor key throughout. Thanks much so far, everybody.

"Sounds" like Handel's Sarabande.

Robert W. Smith's Into The Storm was a high school (and jr. high, now that I think about it) favorite when I was in school. And it's VERY intense. As far as high-school compositions go. Well, the first movement is. If you want to hear it, I have it, so email me. (There's not much flute in it, that I can discern on this awful copy I have, though...)

Wild stab in the dark... could it have been something by one of http://bcminternational.com/composers.php? Many of their compositions fit the description of intense, cool, recent, and written for (or at least played by) high school-style ensembles. Click on the names at the top of the page to get to the websites with samples on them, if you want to dig around a little. Sorry I can't be any more specific than that, but maybe something will ring a bell.

A common, intense piece used by symphonic bands the world over is Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for The Common Man". The dah-dahhs are a bit off, but I think this might be what you're looking for.