Choral Competition [DEADLINE PASSED!] View Submissions Thread

Composers have less than a month to finish up their pieces. I have put the deadline so far back because A. people asked for it and B. I figured more time would equal a better quality of work, which is always good!

Anyway, I would like ALL of the competitors to please post in this thread about your progress so far, how much music you have written, how much you still need to write, what text you chose, how you are approaching it, etc. Pretty much let's keep this thread going and alive, so the composer's don't forget to write their music!

Well, I've set a very well-known piece of text called "It Was a Lover and His Lass" to my own music, for solo tenor and chamber orchestra. It's done.

I might be switching to judge rather than competitor, but I'm not sure yet.

Right now I'm working on setting Stanley Kunitz's poem 'the Layers' for chorus and piano. I'm a couple lines in, with about a minute and a half of music. It will probably end up being around 8 minutes, and I hope I can finish it in time. The music is very dissonant and abstract, but still loosely tonal. So far the music fits the text pretty well, as it is dark and moody, with ideas of a journey or a walk, in a contemplative nature, being portrayed by low thumping piano notes, walking about aimlessly. The chorus follows a motif of a five-note chord, using it in either a chordal/stacked manner, or linearly, as a melody.

right now, i have about 6 measures of music wrote. i can't really get anything to work properly.

I'm happy to help judge.. I am new to this forum, but I've judged similar things before,...

Sorry, but we have stopped adding new judges into the competition. I should've said something before. Sorry!

I'm setting a [] by [] for [] (although I may transpose it and make it work for []).
I have the vocal line for all [] written out, and the [] part filled in as far as the [].... polishing it up in time will be a squeeze, but I think I'm gonna be ok for the deadline.
I'll let you know if otherwise.

[] - edited for more anonymity.

omg. i forgot about this.. sorry.

i'll just drop out.

i'll do the next one, i can't work well with a choir.

So far, I have nothing done.

OW!! I just scrapped my previous piece-started a new one and now I can't get Finale to work. shitbitch.. Should be able to fix it and meet the deadline though, I Hope!?!?