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I'm curious about your choice of instrumentation.
I have yet to actually see a piccolo trombone. It would have seemed wiser to write for an ensemble of instruments that one is more assured of actually finding.
On an instrumentation note, your Horn goes a tiny bit out of range in the upper region. Remember, the horn is an alto instrument. While not "incapable" of playing notes in its upper register, these are not the notes that best represent the instrument. The horn is at its best when in the middle of its range.
Why not simply give the higher notes to a trumpet?
I found a lot of the instrumental writing a bit confused. By this, I mean that many of the parts seemed to not be specifically written FOR the instrument you were assigning to it.
On a notational point, I'm not sure I understand what exactly you are asking the clarinets to do at measure 5. Those slurs are a tiny bit contradictory.
Do you mean measure 5-6 in the clarinet part to be one continuous phrase? If so, then one single slur should have started on the first note and ended on the last note.
Or do you mean to have all those notes slurred in pairs? if so, then the slurs should not be overlapping, but should each encompass 2 notes only.
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