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Hello all, what a wonderful year its been lol. I think this year's holidays are vital to people's sense of community and family, even though it will only be those closest to you. But Christmas is also about imagination, coming up with vivid stories and legends. This holiday event, I was thinking everyone could take a christmas story (or, much cooler, come up with an original one) and make a song about it. You could even take the music from a famous holiday movie and rearrange it and make it your own. Could be some very cool ways to reharmonize rudolph or frosty the snowman for example. No music will be turned down, even if it doesn't fit the topic (I know our Jewish[+other religions or atheist!] friends don't have as much material to work with), but it would be cool to see what we can conjure up. For every piece submitted I will donate one dollar (don't have a lot of money myself) to my local food shelf, and if anyone else would like to join in we could really help raise some holiday spirit in a fun way. Thanks all, ho ho ho =) End of the event is January 30th!

I just finished working on this recently: Score: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f7vpxEZ1YFRJjPOWcp5Wsv2FRrrKZCKa/

Good evening everyone! I'm excited to present a new piece I have been working on for the last month or so: Scherzo for Orchestra. I deliberately wrote this fairly quickly, with the intent to write something fun, conventional, and maybe even a little whimsical. I'm interested in any and all constructive feedback. I had a few goals in mind as I composed this, feel free to critique my success or failure on these: Write something a little more informal and accessible, with catchy, memorable themes. Start with a very simple idea, and build the entire piece off of it. The four bar opening phrase in the 2nd violins popped into my head one day, so I tried to build the entire piece off of this motive and transformations of this motive. Practice having multiple contrapuntal lines. Some details on this are below. Write something that would work as a middle movement of a larger work, such as a symphony. Write something under 10 minutes, since I might decide to enter it into a competition and a lot of competitions have a 10 minute time limit. The piece is loosely structured in a three-part rondo form (ABACABA). (0:00 - 1:32) - A Theme - A very quick staccato theme in C# minor. I based this on the idea of a fugue, with each voice entering at different scale degrees, before they all come together to cadence. I'm sure I broke a few rules on the counterpoint, but it got the job done. The section ends on the V (G# minor) (1:32 - 2:21) - B Theme - A soaring theme in E major, then restated in Db major. Here I tried to have descending chromatic lines to complement the ascending melody. (2:21 - 3:04) - A Theme - Restatement of the second half of the A Theme, this time ending on I (C# minor) (3:04 - 6:31) - C Theme - A waltz in D major that begins very timid, gradually gains confidence, and goes out with a bang. (6:31 - 8:01) - A Theme - Restatement of the A Theme, this time in D minor, with the orchestration modified slightly. I threw in a couple unprepared modulations up a half step, to Eb minor and E minor. As a result I may have broken a "rule" here since I ended the section on B minor (which is not the V of D minor, the key I eventually return to). (8:01 - 8:49) - B Theme - Restatement of the B Theme, this time in Db major and Bb major. (8:49 - 9:37) - A Theme - The second half of the A Theme again, eventually returning to D minor to end the piece. As usual, I have an onslaught of questions I would like specific feedback on. Feel free to answer as many or as few as you wish: What effect does the music have on you? Does in conjure up an image? Or an emotional feeling? Does it tell you a story? This can be the piece as a whole, or a specific part or parts. What was your favorite part? What was your least favorite part? Do you have any comments or critiques on technique, e.g. harmony, melody writing, counterpoint, orchestration, voice-leading, etc.? How do you feel about the overall form? Is it effective? Do any of the parts seem impractical to you? It's a pretty fast piece with a lot of technique, so I'm curious if some of the parts are impractical. I don't mind them being difficult, I would only be concerned if they are borderline impossible. Do you have any comments of the quality of the performance in the audio file? I really want this to be a decent representation of how the piece would sound if it were performed live, since it is unlikely it ever will be. Feel free to put your "conductor hat" on and critique the "orchestra". I have included a score and welcome any constructive feedback on its presentation. And if you're like me it's a lot more fun to follow along with the score. Are there any composers this reminds you of, that I might enjoy listening to? Sound libraries: Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra and Spitfire Percussion VSL Trumpet (only for some of the lyrical trumpet melodies) VSL Violins (only to layer with the violins in Spitfire) Thanks for listening, I hope you enjoy! If you liked something I did and want me to explain how I did it, feel free to ask as well. -gmm

Hi everyone, please review the following list of pieces / melodies and select the one you'd most like to use as the shared theme for the Fall 2020 Competition. Please listen to the pieces and review the PDF document before making your decision. Once the winning theme is decided, I will post it along with the competition rules and signups. 1. Florence Price, "My Dream" - https://youtu.be/lLbhy03VgXE?t=3 2. Takashi Yoshimatsu, "Waltz of Rainbow Colored Roses" - https://youtu.be/3qihgGETXwc 3. Alfred Schnittke, "Concerto Grosso No. 1, Waltz" - https://youtu.be/yaaRk0c-780?t=1284 4. Silvestre Revueltas, "Cuauhnáhuac" - https://youtu.be/VrJ2ekT4n-o?t=25 5. Arnold Schönberg, "Notturno" - https://youtu.be/pnAyMl-JXYw?t=4 Musical Notation of Above Melodies: https://www.youngcomposers.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=23825

Actual Musical Notation of Themes:

What, are you CVS? It's so early 😂😂 In all seriousness, I'm excited to do this again! Not sure if I'll stay atonal this time 🙂

Fantasia i g minor. Fantasia for organ in the key of g minor. Multiple subjects and fugesubjects. Ps: The piece has not been editet yet, so there are som mistenkes. Both intentional and unintentional 🙂 Please tell me what you think SimenN

Thank you - I used musanim's Music Animation Machine.

Hello, I wanted to write som court music, so here is my little fugue for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones in c major. Please telle med what you think! SimenN