Daniel,
Thanks for the quick response!
I am very aware of the notation of the piano in the introduction, and very pleased to say that I prefer it written that way. I showed this piece to Dr. Hilliard (my to-be comp. professor at JMU) and he was basically enthralled that I chose to write it that way - noting that many people wouldn't normally do that, and actually don't like to!
-- Same with the ending
On the harmonic "inconsistancy," the piece is linked together from the opening harmonic motif shown in the introduction, and the piece is basically meant to stem from that - often times deviating very far from it, though. It was intentional to have these passing/contrasting sections from one part of the sonata to the next, the beginning, middle and end being the richest. So, while I can appreciate your critique of it, I don't find it to be anything close to inconsistant.
"The score is a mess." haha, yes, I know. And I'm sorry. This wasn't the score I drew from - I just can't find my original on the computer, so I had to draw from about 7 different individual print offs from it... and yes, mm80 is most definitely an error: should be 8va for the piano. Thanks for pointing that out.
This was really my first time writing a work for solo violin (aside from in string quartets), so I definitely used it as a learning process - obviously had some bumps along the way. Overall, though, I'm pleased with how it turned out.
Thanks again
