JohnEK

Thank you for the advice, and some of those techniques mentioned are included but the software I'm using (finale) has poor quality for them. Thanks for the input tho, I'm going to try and address some of the awkwardness of the double bass parts.. There are however parts that the lower strings cut out and upper strings carry the theme onward, likewise a part that the lower voices carry a minorish section. I might go thru and lengthen them.

This is a piece my first attempt at this ensemble, initially written for piano, I adapted it for strings, and after I was done writing most of the parts for the strings I discovered I had one instrument left: the Viola. I was somewhat at a loss of how to place it, so I decided to let it go off on somewhat of its own journey, which in the end is the uniting factor in the piece. Of Earth and Wind

This was interesting. You did well in keeping the listeners attention, but I fear that you didn't let your thoughts and themes fully come to life. I understand it was a miniature, but I feel you sold some ideas kinda short.