Choral Competition [DEADLINE PASSED!] View Submissions Thread

I'll join. I have a couple choral pieces lying around, and I might just throw something together from scratch.

I just finished a choral piece and I wouldn't mind writing another. Count me in!

This sounds interesting, but I have a question. You've only numbered the list from 1-8. Does that mean that only 8 people can compose something for the competition?

No, I'm continuing the numbers in order as we get more competitors.

You're all in!

Leightwing- there's no reason for me changing that rule. You said yourself, good can come out of not using text, and it has happened before. If people want to take a shot at it, then why not?

Ahhh!! Noo!! lol. I'm stil thinking about it. I was just asking cause I wasnt sure about that one thing. So ya, I dont want to be in it yet.... I think I might enter later, but just not now. lol

Just because you enter doesn't mean you HAVE to make an entry...

Thanks again to Nick for organising another competition for us!

This time around, I'm going to participate as a judge, considering there's only one at the present time. I've also added Lee to the contestants list, as he asked to participate but is not listed for some reason.

Even though I'm not much of a composer, I'd love to give a shot at trying this competition. Count me in!

Although, one time I did sing a piece in Maryland All-State Chorus where the words in the piece were invented words from different students (shiverglowa, lunious, shimonella, etc) to describe moonlight. Then the different made-up words were arranged in a very modern composition. It was actually pretty neat. The piece was entitled "Epitaph for Moonlight" and written by R. Murray Schafer.

What a great piece this is! I performed it with the John Alexander Singers a couple of years ago, and though I'm not a great fan of this kind of music (it's largely aleatoric), I enjoyed performing it. The audience wasn't too keen on it, though.

Has anyone ever heard any "gesprochene Musik" choral pieces, where the text is spoken in rhythm rather than sung? Some of it is very cool. Ernst Toch (1887-1964) was a master of this technique, as evidenced in his "Valse" and "Geographical Fugue."

I did the Geographical Fugue in high school. Freaking hated how slow we took it.