In Sleep - Contemporary Vocal Piece

Hi all

This is a piece that i have written as part of my Final degree year composition portfolio.

It uses some speaking techniques that i couldn't input properly on Sibelius, so when you listen to the mid. file remember that this will sound entirely different! Also, there are a few notation problems, again due to me now knowing how to input the technique into Sib. For example, the 'silence' and 'shh' at the beginning will be notated differently with pen.

Anways, let me know what you think! If you see any notational problems, please feel free to let me know!

vocal composition2p.sib

complete.pdf

Wow. A lot to take in, and a lot to comment.

First the piece itself. It was cool, interesting stuff going on, i feel a lot of Eric Whitacre techniques. From C to the end was really enjoyable. But the beginning was kinda weird, as you said a live performance would change it dramatically obviously.

Now as a person is a choir looking at it. If I was given this just as it was, I would be very confused, and if the conductor didnt know what was going on, then we would be screwed. I would encourage to either be more clear in your marking of what you want, or write a little "note from the composer" explaining what everything means, and what to do. (Eric Whitacre does this for the score of Cloudburst) ALSO you are pushing the tenor range a little to far. I mean I can hit a low A because Im a baritone, but most tenors I would can not even touch that note. You might want to rethink that.

Other than that some nice stuff going on here. would LOVE to hear a live recording.

good luck with everything.

Can you post a .pdf and MIDI of the piece? I can't read Sibelius files.

Can you post a .pdf and MIDI of the piece? I can't read Sibelius files.

Ditto.

Ok, so i have uploaded the PDF files, I'm a bit wary of sending the midi file, as , as i said before, it sounds nothing like it should, with alot of bars of silence as i have got to add techniques in pen.