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You can't simply want it and hope it will happen and you can't put such standards for yourself for when you write your first symphony. It may not sound good at all, however you mustn't let that stop you from trying and trying again. Beethoven and Mozart both wrote tons of pieces, both good and horrible, before any of their first masterpieces were even thought of as simple musical ideas prior to their making. They spent years, even decades learning and mastering their craft before writing those pieces. I'm saying that you can't hope to understand music and write down an entire symphony in one huge step. It takes time - years even, before a person has enough compositional experience and knowledge to write even a decent sounding symphony. If I were you, I wouldn't start with a symphony. I would start with mastering the basics like melodies, harmony and counterpoint. Once you have mastered those and laid your musical foundation, only then can you go on and build the fountain of ability you so desire. Remember that Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither is musical ability. Learn to crawl on your hands and knees, then walk, then run, then jump. It's all a process and you can't skip any one of those steps no matter how much you want to. We all have to go through it, friend. Good luck friend!

Another opportunity to get a piece performed... I just sent them pdfs of a couple of mine. By the looks of the photos on their Facebook page, they only have about 10 men total, so pieces without extensive tenor and bass division are a good idea, and nothing too difficult. Peace out pateceramics The Silver Chords of Smithtown are seeking choral pieces to premiere at our Spring concert in May. We can offer exposure, publicity, and a chance for the piece to come to life. - Music should be easily accessible for a community chorus. (NYSSMA level 4-5; challenging High School Chorus level.) - We are especially interested in spotlighting Long Island and New York based composers. -The piece would become a part of our music library, and available for future performances. -Multi-movement pieces might be considered for future seasons, but Spring 2016, we're interested in individual song-length pieces. Send a link or pdf or Sib file to Rb4uris(a)gmail.com or FB to Carl J Ferrara. If a sample recording exists, either demo or midi, please include it. Looking forward to reading some new wonderful music. Twitter - (a)TheSilverChords Facebook.com/SilverChordsChorus

A great opportunity, I wish I had some pieces that would work but all my choral stuff is for mixed choir and large forces. This would seem right up your alley, pateceramics. Good luck!

Beethoven was the most prolific sketch maker in musical history. Throughout most of his career he worked on as many works as his muse dictated, sometimes five or six at a time. A sonata, a symphony, a choir, a string quartet. Somehow he was able to juggle all of these and keep track of everything. The man was posessed! And as far as I can tell, there ARE no lesser works in his vast repetoire. The questions you ask yourself are troubling. Most composers don't bother with such questions because they aren't important. Don't make them so important, just play.