Save the Queen (for Strings)

Hey guys

This year (my last in high school ) I asked my orchestra teacher if I could write a piece for us to perform at our final concert, and she said yes!
So I've been pretty hyped and also stressed... Well, now I have presented 3 pieces to her for her consideration, and I'll know tomorrow which one she choses.

I'd like to ask you if you could possibly listen to this one...
It's called Save the Queen, and as I said, it is for string orchestra with a solo violin part. It's a pretty large group just so you know... like 70-80ish.

Save the Queen
lo-fi URL: Start Player
hi-fi URL: Start Player

And maybe tell me what you think?

I appreciate it!

and here's the score.

Let me start of by saying: Great samples! I wish I had those. The beginning was a little bit bland because of the lack of harmonic variety, but then you start to change it up a bit, which is nice. You wouldn't happen to be the soloist would you ? Oh, so this is string orchestra. I love the big full sound you achieve in the middle. Uh oh, 2:27 is out of character, although it still follows the thematic material, it sounds out of place. At times, I can't distinguish the solo violin (mainly when the full orchestra is playing). If you gave it a more rhythmic part, the listener could distinguish it. At 4:13 there is a little bit of a blues scale... which is out of character. Try to stay in character throughout an entire piece.

Thank you greatly for writing a good piece with coherency. So many people write without structure, and it just irritates me. I enjoyed this. I'm sure that whatever your teacher picks will be great!

Ha, no, I'm not the soloist.

I appreciate your comments! The sounds come from the Sibelius and Finale GPOs. I would post the other two, but they really aren't finished.

Thanks.