Thomas - my piece shouldn't be too tough. I do have a fair amount of accidentals, even sharps for woodwinds and trumpet sometimes, but those passages are always slow enough, and I could even manage them (I'm worse than HS players, trust me). The key only changes from G minor to C major, though I may change that to F minor/Bb major if you really want me to and it doesn't hurt the tonality too much!
For the original submission, I will be providing and MUS and an MP3. If I should win this, I will need to hunt down a way to convert the MUS to a PDF, as I don't have Acrobat on my computer, just the Reader; in fact, I'd suspect most in this competition don't have Acrobat. Thomas, are you capable of making that conversion, or would I need to find someone who can do it for me?
Also, Thomas, the piano's part is very sparse, only notes here and there for coloristic effects. Is this acceptable? I can add more interesting stuff if it's not. I have the violins up to the D above the E string in one small section - it's an eighth-note triplet arpeggio up and down, and the highest note is the only thing that really goes outside your recommended range, so it might still sound good - they're backed up by the piano and it's not so important for them to stand out like crazy. Is that alright?