New Year's Competition

Alright! The scores are in! I will be posting the final scores shortly!

Here is a link to the results page!

Thank you to everyone who participated!

hmmm...congrats to James for winning (I heard your piece, it was indeed well written)

To the complaints on my piece, though: I thought I'd just say that I thought that the piece was supposed to be our feelings at the New Year, not a "New Year's theme" and for me that meant the piece was supposed to be suspenseful, and apprehensive. I thought I pulled this off on some level .

and my piece was not atonal at all . A lot of chromatic notes, sure, and I don't necessarily establish the tonal center right away (I start on a suspension, after all, and hold/repeat it for a while), but it is in F-minor (with an section in F major, of course). I was indeed experimenting with some more dissonant harmonies, more so than I would normally, perhaps, but I thought with a score it would've been obvious as to what's happening.

so are these pieces going to be posted or what

yeah, I'm posting up mine in the chamber music section...

Yay! I won!!

Close race, congrats Dave!

Just thought I'd back up a few things... about the Cb vs. B major.... I wasn't really sure, and it made more sense harmonically to put it in Cb, so I left it as is. Personally, I love Cb and hate B (even on violin, which I play), so that had some influence. I did look at it in B major, and I didn't like how it looked. I know it wasn't the smartest decision.

About extended techniques, I wasn't to hot about using them, I was trying to make it rather traditional with as little flare as possible (with the exception of the bluesy gospel moments tossed in). At one point I did have a pizzicato section, but it didn't work out well, so I changed it completely (this is the original material right before Auld Lang Syne comes back the second time).

And about how I should be proud of my arrangement/harmonization of the melodies, I am, rest assured. =]


Anyways, thank you, Abadoss.

And you heard my piece, Dave? Where?

Originally Posted by Verdi_Lver

yeah, I'm posting up mine in the chamber music section...

I suppose I'll do the same.

Saw it on your esnips thing. I thought it was nice, but a bit too traditional for my taste....well-written, good technique and all but I thought a bit more originality would've been nice.

You peeked!



Anyways, here's mine: "Reflections of New Years" for three 'celli and two contrabasses.

... and Dave's: New Year's Trio