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People are looking wayyy to into this. It's not a bad idea. and not that much negativity can come from it if it fails. If I'm not mistaken, this would just be a section of YC where you can hire/get hired for a music project (ie what chopin listen on page 3): Need a midi file turned into a piece with updated Vst's? Need an in-depth review of a piece? (screenwriters always pay for their script to be read by professionals, to get in- depth reviews and help) Orchestrate a piano theme? etc etc I say go for it. If you don't want to participate, don't. The forums will still be here. It will probably bring in more traffic, also. I really don't see how you can lose much if it doesn't take off. Unless I'm missing something, like a whole revamp of the site, I don't see what the big deal is. my 2 cents

I must say; at first glance, it definitely fits well for winds. I'll say two things: Movement I. 1) Post the transposing score. It's easier/quicker to catch range problems. i.e. measure 58. Typically, the tuba would be an octave lower, unless you specifiaclly want that sound! 2) How about deviating the rhythm at meas. 18. The "e-ah" rhythm could use some breaths! Maybe e-&-ah, &-ah-3, or something like that! Just a suggestion!

My extremely biased answer: Sibelius.

Personally, I don't want a financial string held onto my activities on YC. I wouldn't collect on tokens nor would I go out of my way to get more. I'm not into that sort of thing, and, everywhere I've seen it done, it feels really gimicky. I've said it before and I'll say it again, YC should be non-profit.

Like I said, if you want to write for orchestra you might as well get used to Midi or whatever, since chances you'll never get played. It's just how it is. You can write a piece for space shuttle and the sound of braking 2000 year old Chinese relics, too! But it doesn't mean that'll happen. You can say it's pessimistic, but it's just simple 1+1. There's no way you can compete with the standard repertoire, you'll lose every time and unless orchestras start dedicating much more time to new music, they lag behind everything else. It's -extremely- rare for any orchestra to play new music from anyone who isn't already rather famous. The only chances are when where you study has an orchestra, but you can't count on this either since not all programs work that way. So no, I'm not saying people shouldn't write for it, but I'm saying they have to be realistic. I don't write for orchestra because I think it's a waste of time, even if I can imagine things to do with it, it's all extremely far fetched and it's ultimately too frustrating to bother giving it more thought. Oh and I'll address this bit of crap real quick: "Classical" music, eh? People still play Bach and Beethoven nonstop, I dunno if you noticed. People who actually play and listen to 20th century non-pop music are a minority, if only out of ignorance, fear, and laziness. Who knows if it communicates anything to anyone, if nobody knows it since nobody plays it? It's a self-fulfilling prophecy overall. I don't care about music "communicating" anything, but the disconnect is obvious even within "classical" music, as again, almost nobody performs music that isn't from the 19th century and back.