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@Gustav Johnson Thanks for all the feedback! You're definitely right about the 1st movement quoting the theme directly a lot. I think I just tried to jam it in there as well as I could since that part was already written before I fully realized what the competition was actually asking for. FUN FACT: I wrote my final movement before everything else. It was actually harder for me to find a starting point for the whole piece even though I already had a vision in mind for the finale. Your other points about needing more motion in some places had already crossed my mind, but I was really pushing the deadline. I figured I'd just own up to those parts and make my revisions after all the feedback from this competition. All of that aside, I'm grateful for all the positive remarks! I mainly write for piano and lately for choir. I don't think I've ever tried something like this before (aside from a few orchestral attempts early on in my musical life, which need never be resurrected as long as I live) so I'm really glad it came out so well!

Ahahah yeah that was not intended, unfortunately none of the pieces (except for cry blue) sound like they should in the midi. The staccato marimba eighth notes is supposed to be a soft sustained roll and some (most really) of the percussion sounds aren't even close to the instrument that I stated in the music. Im trying to get a recording in a few days but it's very difficult to find performers while on a budget. Oops, thanks for pointing this out to me. The midi version is the correct version (somewhat) somehow the score didn't save properly. Transitioning and order of ideas is definitely something I struggle with I will keep this in mind! Yeah this is definitely something that I looked over entirely. Thanks for pointing it out! YES! exactly what I was going for, thanks for that. I haven't written the program note but without any context I see where your coming from. The horn + piano pieces are based off short stories - this one being about an unstable mental asylum - hence the chaotic randomness/dissonance. ESPECIALLY - where the piano is doing forearm chords as harmony in the left hand! This is a problem that I feared, this part is supposed to be melancholic so I might have to do some last minute interval adjusting lol. Haha once again midi getting in the way. Those are "supposed" to be the french horn player plucking the piano strings in the upper registers at random intervals to make a kind of "magical" sound with the piano contrasting against it. unfortunately the midi cannot due this so it makes french horn noises that are unrecognizably high pitched. will keep this is mind. Thanks so much for such a detailed response!

There's no reason you couldn't have made a solid submission out of this, it sounded really cool! You should have posted a link to the submissions thread, and added a score! Maybe you still can since technically this was uploaded before the deadline passed?