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Let me try to answer your questions: The piece should have the following parts: Vln I Vln II Vla Vcl Bass There can be some divisi within the parts as well. Ian, I enjoyed your piece but it will need to be adapted to fit the competitions ensemble guidelines. We have a lot of violins and are currently playing a piece w/ 4 vln parts. Our instrumentation is not well balanced at the moment and we are not a huge ensemble: We have 27 vln, 5 vla, 4 vcl, 3 bass. However, the students are mostly pretty good players at their level and do well. In terms of length, I typically program about a 3-8 minute piece of music. It may be in one or multiple short movements. I prefer a more modern harmony style but something that still contains melody and distinguishable rhythm that they can latch on to. I am pretty good at knowing what will and won't be playable so if you have any questions, ask! More than anything - write in YOUR style. I do not want traditional classical music that could have very well have been written by Haydn or Mozart. Nothing wrong with them of course, but we have a huge library of that kind of music. I want something unique for them. They will not do well with overly abstract music except perhaps if it is programatic in someway. I allow and encourage the use of innovative ideas such as a prerecorded track and programattic type ideas. I like creative things and normally students do as well. Assuming I get a good amount of entries I will post a few finalists on our orchestra web site and let the students have a vote for which one is performed.