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This is my entry for the 2017 Summer Competition, scored for solo piano, based on dadaist and surrealist art works of the 20th century. I hope you all enjoy.

I first wrote the piano part for this piece nearly 20 years ago, for that reason it has a less developed style than my more recent work. I always wanted to do something with it and this last month, I have been working on orchestrating it. I also took the opportunity to rewrite the piano part a bit. It's currently in it's "pre-finished" state, so I would really appreciate any input on how it might be improved. Thanks in advance to anyone who may feel like commenting. Regards Mark

HELLO!!! Here is my piece called "3-4-5". I know, the title is pretty strange. That is why I am adding pdf file with the notes, so you can check it and find out, why the piece is called this way! Otherwise, if you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave them here or in PM. (Hopefully, pdf is not empty this time) Wish you all the best!

This is my submission for the Young Composer's 24 Prelude and Fugues project. I decided to be a little bit modern with the prelude and more Baroque ("correct" style) for the fugue, but not without hints of modernity. I also tried to make the the prelude a mock inversion of the fugue's theme to make them a bit more connected. I haven't done something like this in a while, so it was cool to revisit this kind of writing!

Hello everyone. This is my latest composition, and it is first one made for two pianos. It has some really interesting features. First one is that players are playing in different tempo. Jelena is playing in tempo 64 and Dimitrije is playing in tempo 39. They have earbuds in their ears with metronome. I choose tempos that are in golden ratio, and I wanted to see what kind of poly-rhythm I can get with that. Of course, I am not searching for some ultra precise figures, rather I am looking for unexpected rhythmic relationships, because every performance is different, because the other player can never start playing at the exact same time. Second important thing is that this piece is canon, so everything that Dimitrije plays in the low register, Jelena plays in higher, and because Jelena is starting one minute behind, she eventually keeps up to Dimitrije right until the very end, and then they are playing simultaneously chords, everyone in theirs own tempo. This setup was very interesting, because it forced me to think differently about melodies and the harmony when I composed the music, and also I can say that I am very satisfied with the result, and I will make some more compositions in which I will explore this kind of rhythmic relationships. I am very curious what you think about this. How it sounds to you, can you recognize patterns that repeats between the players, how the polyrhythms affects you etc. Feel free to write any impressions. In attachment I will send PDF of one line, but has some mistakes, because I didn'f finish writing the score. ALSO, I recommend more than one listening, because with every listening you will hear more details and things would make more sense, first time is mainly just confusing :)

This is my entry for the forum's summer competition. The 4 pieces in the suite are based on the following abstract expressionist art: 'Vir Heroicus Sublimis' by Barnett Newman https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79250 'Autumn Rhythm' by Jackson Pollock http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/57.92/ 'PH-129' by Clyfford Still https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/object/ph-129/ 'Landscape at Stanton Street' by Willem de Kooning http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/kooning-landscape-at-stanton-street-p77158 Here are the score-videos for each the pieces. 'Vir Heroicus Sublimis' https://youtu.be/q9g-3ff7m24 (for this piece, I'd strongly recommend reading the program note at the beginning of the video before listening to it) 'Autumn Rhythm' https://youtu.be/vTQBn4VWz4c 'PH-129' https://youtu.be/IgPXB1T1cRg 'Landscape at Stanton Street' https://youtu.be/iB8_38S7jdY There's also a YouTube playlist of all the score-videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5bWnXp9PjtS8mePM3xsTz5ebT3z8ZxWp NB: The full program note is in the pdf score.

Hi all! Challenges is something new I am trying to stimulate activity here and also to stimulate the composers' minds around here. You can now start your OWN topics in this forum. And, members can create Challenges, which are anything from mini-competitions to simple time-based things. To start a challenge, here are the steps: Make a thread titled: "Challenge: ______" insert a subject you want to call your challenge. In the thread itself, describe the challenge and if there will be a deadline to complete it. Post it. Examples of different types of challenges: Compose a piece based off of this melody/motif. Compose a fugue based on this subject. Write something for paper clip and soprano. Set this text to homophonic choir texture. Write a string piece using only natural harmonics. Write a baroque suite, learn the dances, and post a video of you dancing to your suites. Write a piece using ONLY this melodic idea. Write a piece using all chromatic tones in every voice. Take your favorite pop song and arrange it for classical singer and piano. Write a piece in under 60 minutes! See what happens. etc. The idea is to come up with little creative exercises for composers to think outside of the box. Yeah? They can be any length, any instrumentation, there are NO rules to this. if nobody wants to participate because you've made a challenge too difficult, that's YOUR problem and you should revamp your challenge to be more accessible. Ask questions below. :)