Originally Posted by Dev

You know, as grandiose an idea as it is to write a symphony over the course of several separate competitions, I think that's actually not a good plan for this - at least, certainly not all in a row. I just mean, the composers who don't have experience/enjoy/have the ability to write for concert band will have to miss out on about 3-4 months in a row while (what I anticipate to be) a very few number of contestants battle it out over and over again.

I think, either it should be the first movement of a planned symphony that is entirely up to the composer to finish on his or her own, or the three or so movements are spread out over the year, say one now, one in June, one in October (not sure how long-term we're planning this thing) just to vary the competitions and let some less experienced composers have a chance to compete with something they're good at.

That is, of course, only if that option wins.