michaelmartin

That is extremely thorough and I really appreciate you taking the time to do this. Thanks a TON!

This is cute! Very much in the romantic style... Chopinesque

I like the ideas going on in this piece. A score would be nice to look at

Beautiful Zach! I really enjoy the way your harmony moves and your melody line is great too. I think I'd like to hear that sang by a voice- not necessarily with lyrics. You might think about playing with the rhythm some too... very subtle changes can be very surprising- which is what minimalist music is all about! I love hearing your work!

Interesting... where would you have heard it going? I actually played with the ending a lot.... it took a while for me to be happy with it. I could see it moving to a new place but I'm not sure where...

I really enjoyed this piece. Quite a few nice rhythmic cells used repeatedly, and the harmonic choices for the most part helped really glue this piece together. The only part that made me scratch my head was the ending... It sounds very V-I to me which is so out of context for the rest of the piece. It went from being ala stravinsky to ala beethoven. haha

Great ideas in this piece! I'm very much reminded of Steve Reich... ala electric counterpoint maybe? Anyways, I agree with benxiwf... I'm a hornist and I can say that some of those high notes really shoot out of the texture just because of the physical needs to play higher notes. But that might be okay... you'll just have to experiment. Also, the beginning feels a lot more in cut time than in a fast four. You might consider switching it up. Nice work! I enjoyed it!

Yeah, although not all of my pieces are post-minimalist I can't deny being highly influenced by Steve Reich, John Adams and Louis Andreisson especially. For me the opening of New York Counterpoint is one of the most beautiful things ever written... @BlackOrpheus- are the collisions you're talking about places where the clarinet and violin and closely scored? or even cross... hahaha That's a good point. Thanks for pointing that out! @Heckelphone224 yeah it is a live performance! I suppose I should give credit- Clarinet- James Westbrook Violin- John Rutland Cello- Kasey Wasson Piano- Amanda Arrington

Very cool ideas! I'd like to see a score for this!

I like it! You can always amplify instruments- but make sure to mark that in the score. This sort of has an indie rock vibe to it. And I mean that as a compliment! It's cool!

I DIG it

One of my favorite jazz tunes of all time! My trio plays this tune all the time whenever we're working with a vocalist. Nice work on the arrangement- some of your hits are very clever in my opinion! On a personal note- it looks like you used finale for this and I (as a pianist) can't stand the jazz font for the chords. I know it looks more authentic for a jazz chart but the lower case m looks like a capital M in the chord calls and I always end up playing chords major quality because I mistake what it looks like. I've switched to just using maestro font. It looks more square but it's more readable. Personal preference though!

Thanks Serge! I'm glad you liked it Yeah, I was really working with timbre manipulation and interaction between the instruments in this piece.

Nice work with this piece! It's very idiomatic for the piano- very playable. You might think about messing with the accompaniment some to keep interest up. Right now you're mostly going will a chord in the left hand while the right hand plays the melody. Which is fine but remember that the left hand can take the melody sometimes to or can play arpeggiated chords, etc. I like your varying shifts in meter, I think that it really adds a lot! Your use of chromaticism is very nice as well. I think I may have wanted to hear a few fewer sequences and repetitions so you might think about how you can vary that a little bit. Adding or subtracting a note here or there can do wonders! I'm new to this site and this is the first piece I listened to! Hope this comment helps! Great work!

Based on a poem by Michael Ondaatje. Thanks for looking, I'd love some feedback! The Cinnamon Peeler