Carlos

I will be most curious indeed to hear a recording of this. There was a lot of things happening in the score that I saw and REALLY wanted to hear. The consonants, especially, and the passing between choirs of the opening. I'm curious (and ignorant): are you aware of any other pieces that require the multiple choirs split up? In that fashion? I, like I say, am quite ignorant. I really liked that idea though!

As I listened to the first five or so seconds, I kind of sat there thinking "what?!?" It's...unique. But I mean that in a good way. My brain just exploded listening to it. I don't think I could offer any criticism, constructive or not. There's nothing I can say! I did enjoy it, quite a bit. I think the second title, the one on this chain, fits the piece better.

I'm sorry about that, I'll try to get the PDF files posted soon. I've gotten it to work before, I just seem to be having trouble right now...

I'm confused. What is this? I enjoy the music that your link leads too, but what's the context?

I did like it. Very much. It sounded "dramatic Egyptian"-that is, not Egyptian in a cultural context but in a dramatized version. I, like the others, would have to recommend a, shall we say, more 'real' ending-or is the piece as yet unfinished? Overall, though, you've taken what could have been a horribly cliche concept and turned it into something with interest and pizazz. Congratulations!

I'd like to hear this piece too but the site didn't offer me any way to download it, just popups :( I do love sonatas though and will be interested. Just can you post it on a site like box.net or mediafire.com? And, if it's not too picky, would it be possible to post a score as well? It's nice to be able to follow along!

I couldn't say a whole lot that hasn't already been said. I do want to say a few things, though. First, I love your low brass. I don't think you overused it at all. I also particularily enjoyed that three-chord resolution you repeat several times. I think you may know what I'm talking about. It reminded me a bit of the theme in Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C#m. I know I despise it when people say such things about my pieces, but I don't mean at all that it's derivative. I loved it; that's just the personal connotation it brought to my mind. The negative, and I'm afraid there is some: the string section in the middle does extend a tad further than I'd like it too. There are bits in there that I enjoy, but overall it seems a bit too long. Also, the bells-I liked them, and I feel foolish giving this advice because no doubt you know more about this than I do, but beware cheap thrills. Bells are dramatic. They're, shall we say, and easy opening. I felt that your piece deserves a more original opening than three repeated tubular bell notes. I did definitely enjoy this piece, though. I get along with anything minor!

Here's a piece I rewrote recently. And by recently, I mean in February. Anyway, it's a sonata, I think my rewriting has encouraged it to stay closer to form. I'd be interested if anyone had any comments or feedback. Thank you mp3: http://www.mediafire.com/file/udwwnmzz3wd/Les marionnettistes de la sombre for Les marionnettistes de la sombre for

This musical was composed for my senior acting class in high school this past spring. "The Scene Opens in Ancient Greece" is a roughly twenty minute musical containing five songs, retelling the myth of Orpheus. I am aware that other music has been written immortalizing the same myth, but that doesn't bother me: mine, I hope, is different! When viewing the scores, please bear in mind that this written mainly for acting purposes. I realize my instrumentation is completely atrocious, and I often have instruments doing things they aren't meant to do...but my goal for this was to get Sibelius to produce audio backing tracks for my singers, not to have actual musicians play the songs. Of course, any comments are greatly appreciated. I've attached the Sibelius scores and a link to the fileshare folder where the mp3 tracks are. Unfortunately the songs are not recorded with the singers, I've substituted saxophones for the voices in Sibelius. The PDF file has the script with the lyrics for each song if you're interested. Here's a link to the actual performance, which has been posted on youtube. Part 1; Part 2; There's a lot of things I would do differently if I rewrote this. And there's also many things that I would do the same. I learned an immense amount in the writing and directing process, and that's the most important thing. I do believe that "Listen" is my favorite composition out of those from this musical. Link to mp3 data storage: Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire Orpheus Overture.sib Orpheus Listen.sib Orpheus Snake.sib Orpheus Snake reprise.sib Orpheus Doubt.sib Orpheus Petition.sib THE SCENE OPENS IN ANCIENT GREECE.pdf

I've been working on pieces for several friends of mine attempting to convey their personalities via music; it's been quite fun! Here's the first three I'm finished with; seeing as all three friends are freshmen, I've named this "freshmen variations" for lack of a better title (if I don't begin with a title I never find a satisfactory one). I'm thinking these form some sort of 'collected work' or something, I'm not sure about that, I'd call it a theme and variations but it's not. Anyway, they're all based off of the same chord progression and they share some material but most melodies and countermelody as it exists differ from piece to piece. Instrumentation isn't a full orchestra, just whatever instruments I've selected. It always annoys me when people do that BUT I don't envision this ever being played, so I'm doing it anyway. Comments are appreciated as well as discussion as to what exactly a 'collected work' is; one of my friends used this to describe it but I'm still rather unclear. Freshmen Variations, part 1 -Maddie.pdf Freshmen Variations, part 2-Karmin.pdf Freshmen Variations, part 3 -Sarah.pdf FVM.3.mid FVC.4.mid FVS.mid

I'm assuming these are sibelius files. Is there any way you could post midi, or is there some sort of free sibelus viewer like finale's notepad? Sounds like an interesting concept for a collection, anyway.

Oh. Okay, thanks, that helps a lot. I love the sound of the french horn (although I have trouble 'blending' it with the other brass if I try).

Because I wrote it in concert pitch...okay, I'll fix that.

Thanks for the comments. The oboe part in the beginning is supposed to be an intro, at least, I never brought that part back, anyway. A section is supposed to start with the modulation to G minor and the B section is supposed to start with the change to 3/4 time. The development then starts with the i-I+-i-io progression (that I stole from the beginning of the B section). I guess I followed a bit of a ------ if that makes any sense. I definately struggled with transitioning.

Here's the final project I just wrote for a music theory class. It's supposed to be in sonata form, although I did make some minor (alright, maybe not so minor) changes. I'd be interested in feedback; I'm sure I have all sorts of voicing issues (parallel fifths? What's a parallel fifth?). I also still need a title. Midi and a still-messy score Final.MID Final.pdf