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Hey, it's ok, I'm not offended or anything like that. It's just my way to express myself that may end up a bit... "dramatic" sometimes^^ So, I've talked to the other guys and they gave me OK. So, I'm going to set the competitions this way: Summer Competition - June 1st - August 31st (this one will start already next month) Fall Competition - September 1st - November 30th Winter Competition - December 1st - February 28th Spring Competition - March 1st - May 31st Now, about the instrumentation: as Austenite has suggested before, I do believe that Summer Competition is the perfect environment for an Orchestral work, as most of the composers will be on "vacation" in July. As people will have more time, I believe this is a good place for it (then, from now on, every year there shall be a competition for orchestral compositions in summer). For the next ones, it may be good to distribute vocal music, chamber music, solo keyboard (and electronic) music with a good criterion. Robert's suggestion is (under my understanding): Fall Competition: chamber Winter Competition: solo keyboard Spring: Competition: vocal Well, for me they fit perfectly! Does anybody else have another suggestion about instrumentation? About the odd instrumentation, I believe they could be used anywhere within these competitions, be it odd chamber ensemble or odd orchestral instrumentation. This will be better covered in the guidelines ... So... guidelines! This will possibly demand more time. Some good suggestions were (mostly by Morivou): Tone poems, seasonal, educational, old styles, new forms, reinventing old forms, limitation on pitch class, on range. Tone poem was mentioned by someone else, and I do believe that it could be a good moment for it in an orchestral competition. However, we could also put more than one idea together, for example: "Tone poem on the theme: End of the World" Instrumentation: orchestra Oddity in instrumentation: no cellos, no flutes, add guitar section Limitation in pitch class: the note C is FORBIDDEN! Old styles: try to achieve an atmosphere from renaissance in modern era" HAUHAUAH, that would be tough! But, it's just an example of how we could mix all of these things. So, now, if we don't have any objections, we should work on the guidelines of Summer Competition right away! I'll gather suggestions up to may 30th. I will then make the guidelines from the given suggestions. If there's no suggestion, I'll create the guidelines out of my head and you'll have to deal with it, MWAHAHAHA! You can send ideas through this thread or inbox (if you're too shy to post it publicly). About the comittee: I don't believe it's that necessary by now. If you feel, though, very willing to help it somehow, in a deeper way, please feel free to contact me in private. So, this is it! Let's rock!!! (I'm sorry for my English... I think I'm forgetting how to use it properly :P )

There are books about this. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_13/188-2190780-4516056?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=orchestration&sprefix=orchestration%2Caps%2C274