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Hey all, this is kind of a dream pop/rock sort of song I wrote. Let me know what you think and cheers

One of a set of 5 contemporary pieces written for wordless voice and orchestra - in this case the voice acts as a solo. In some others it's integrated as an instrument. Medium-sized orchestra: double winds, triple brass, 4 horns, guitar, percussion and strings. Originally the set was titled Crisis in the City but now just this piece carries the title. Atonal, through composed - beware if you don't like high voices. Not much use posting a score as it runs to 28 staves which would make it awkward to read on a small screen.

I dig the horns and the crazy organ

I will say that I think the orchestration idea may be better suited to the "Challenges" section of the site, rather than being the theme of a seasonal competition, since it's less subjective and more technical than pure original composition of new music. Like folks could just post pieces they think would be fun to orchestrate in the "Challenges" section and have people submit their efforts in the thread. Just my take on that, though

@PaperComposer Thank you for commenting! I suppose I could have put a little more variety, in terms of texture and dynamics. As you could probably guess, I sort of modeled this piece after one of Rachmaninoff's Etudes-Tableux (which to me seemed inspired by an etude by Scriabin), which was also somewhat heavy in texture, so I guess that's one reason why the texture is like this. Otherwise, I'm glad you liked the piece! I don't know that piece you sent me; generally, I'm not crazy about Stravinsky's works, but I'll check this one out. Thanks for sending it to me!