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I applaud any effort to support and promote quality music by currently-unknown composers (most of us fit into that cathegory as of now). For me, that's it. A question for Mr. Hargis: how broad is the "music for theater" concept you're willing to promote? Does it focus solely on Broadway-style musicals or does it include ballet or even opera as well? Also, you seem to be looking for related writings. What are them? Libretti, story ideas, critique...? I've never composed anything to be staged, but I'm eager to try my hand at it, and can bet I'm not the only one in YC. I invite you to listen to some of our works featured in the site, so that you might decide if our music meets your goals. Thanks for your project, and I hope it brings success for both you and the involved composers / writers!

I just gathered from your examples that you represent a pretty standard view inside classical music, an aesthetic idea, that the Romantic Era was the last "good" style in classical music. I do believe that you are open to all styles, but I also think that you would dismiss all styles that would break with the aesthetic ideal in the Romantic Era.

Treehugger, That's fair, it seems like it can be a bit ambiguous at first, but a read through of the mission statement will hopefully clear a lot of things up for you. Essentially, this project is looking to restore interest and buzz to new musical theater works that still have quality and offer an alternative to the "pop" or "rock" musical theater that is permeating through the market. I also created it to showcase the new music of known and unknown composers that I know are out there that can write high quality music. Thanks for the post! Please send it to me! I would love to hear it! joe@musicalrebirth.com Yes and no. I care less about the "style" and more about the quality. I know that is a terribly subjective term and extremely hard to define or substantiate, but that is also the purpose of this project in a way, to shed some light onto what I, and a large majority of people, have always felt was high quality music, worthy of study, interest, and attention. Thanks for the interest and response! This is the most correct post I've seen! Thank you Composer Phil! Guys, thank you very much for your interest. If you have any thoughts or ideas that you think would fit well on the site, please forward them to me. I am not only interested in original music, but also writings or articles on the subject. I am looking to draw from a wide variety of resources, and encourage you to submit anything that you may have. The project is up and running, but still being developed and added onto, so the site may change, be sure to check back regularly. This is going to grow extrememly large and fast and many new exciting developments are underway. Thank you all for your interest, support, and contributions! -Joe joe@musicalrebirth.com musicalrebirth.com

So, what the man is saying is: Stop writing in new styles and choose from one of the traditional ones, and see if you can top those who invented it and lived in it.

I LOVE WEST SIDE STORY!!!I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my God, somebody does not like something I like!!

Dom, ... Wow. On another note: I write contemporary musical theatre! :D

the video sounds like a plead for composers "write better music", I still have no idea what you're specifically trying to do XD please explain? and Dominus Vobiscum...seriously? you don't like West Side Story....seriously? SERIOUSLY?! in the version you watched, did they throw the instruments at the audience or something? (omg, new avant-garde piece!)

very interesting Rag Time! is perfect stile!!