February Competition

February: Heckel

Well, only 5 more days 'till February... time flies, doesn't it?

So for this competition, you must write a piece that has a Violin, Viola, and your choice of either a percussion or a woodwind instrument or 2.

The piece must be no shorter than 3 minutes, and no longer than 10. Pieces above and below will be given consideration but will be penalized. The piece must have a small, 1/2-2 minute section where it is dissonant, atonal or 12 tone. This competition has one rule that will really set it apart from other competitions. Judges will score, but the winning competitor from the judges point will listen to and critique the work besides his or her own. Who he decides will be second place, and the rest will stack down.

Each judge can award a competitor 20 points:

10 for basic sound of the piece

5 for orchestration

and 5 for originality and creativity

You must submit your piece by 12:00 am March 1st. Results will be posted within the following 1-2 weeks. I would like to have 5 judges (including myself).

Competitors:

j.hall

DJ Fatuus

cjdarnieder

Chris

CheeseLord

jimmyjucin

MattZ2007

Judges:

Heckelphone224

benxiwf

jawoodruff

Count me in! I would like to enter this coveted competition!

Can the percussion be a piano? :phones: I guess not.

And can you clarify the special rule a bit? The winner chooses the 2nd place work?

Yes, the winner chooses second place. Would you like to enter? And no, piano is not accepted.

Is it allowed to have 1 percussion and 1 woodwind or do I have to choose between either 1-2 percussion and 1-2 woodwind?

Yes, if you want to I suppose you could have 1 percussion and 1 woodwind, but if that's the case, then you can't have 2 of either.

Ok thanks, I decided to settle on two woodwinds anyhow. I'm in btw. :)

Ok, now I'm confused... are you saying we can choose the instruments we want to compose for? Your original competition announcement said Violin, Viola AND percussion or 1 wind instrument. So... from that i take it Violin and Viola are mandatory? I already started the piece for Vn, Va, and Timpani... is that ok?

Not my post, but yes, from what I gather, vln and vla are mandatory.. then you can add any 1-2 percussion or ww instruments. So, yours would be fine.

Ok, now I'm confused... are you saying we can choose the instruments we want to compose for? Your original competition announcement said Violin, Viola AND percussion or 1 wind instrument. So... from that i take it Violin and Viola are mandatory? I already started the piece for Vn, Va, and Timpani... is that ok?

I took that to mean Violin and Viola AND 2 woodwinds... j hall was just using short hand.

Would you like to enter?

Yes I would! But I said that last month and didn't have time. But I have a few ideas sketched, so yes!

Violin and Viola are mandatory, yes.

I will add you all to the list!

I will enter this competition.

You got it! I think....

okay just kidding. I should add, everyone else please say if you would like to compete or judge!! (hint hint, Chris :P)

I shall give it a go if you may.

You got it! I think....

okay just kidding. I should add, everyone else please say if you would like to compete or judge!! (hint hint, Chris :P)

Oh - I'm competing in this one. Does it have to be ONLY that small section of atonality, or can the whole thing be atonal?

I will judge...

I'd like to enter, if it's still possible. :)

Oh - I'm competing in this one. Does it have to be ONLY that small section of atonality, or can the whole thing be atonal?

Whole thing can be, if you want!

I'll enter this one

You can take me out, I turned my attention to other things for now.

I'm in. nevermind sorry lol

I'll try my hand at it.

Welcome to the competition! I need more judges now... really need more judges....

Hi Heckel!!

Do you have to post a score?? If not, count me in as a competitor :)

I finished the piece about a week ago for this. BUT, as you need judges... I would like to move to be a judge.