May Competition

Hello! Sorry that this is a day late, but welcome to the May Competition.

In keeping with the theme of last month, this month's competition must use an ambiance recording (be sure to give credit to your sources!). You may use any combination of instruments, but the ambiance must be heard. The piece must also be at least 2 minutes long.

Judges:

1. MattZ2007

2.

3.

4.

5.

Competitors:

1. Bachian

2. JaWoodruff (submitted)

3. SergeofArniVillage (submitted)

4. Jean-Paul

5. doctormusic (submitted)

6. jimmyjuicin

Sign me up. I'll give it a try.

So kind of along the lines of one of those "nature sounds" cds with the smooth music in the foreground? Like not exactly that but that kind of idea?

What's an ambiance? Does it work with Finale?

So kind of along the lines of one of those "nature sounds" cds with the smooth music in the foreground? Like not exactly that but that kind of idea?

Kind of. You have the track playing, and compose around it, so it's basically the same idea. This will be good for anyone thinking about composing for film, as you compose the music to pick a theme. The goal of this is to paint a picture.

But it's unlike the nature cds in that it doesn't need to be calm. You can make the music set during a thunderstorm, and make an epic score. The options are limitless.

I'm not sure if I can do something like this with my current notation program. I use Finale, and I don't think there is a way to import this sort of thing into it. Otherwise, I'd be interested in doing it. :(

I'm not sure if I can do something like this with my current notation program. I use Finale, and I don't think there is a way to import this sort of thing into it. Otherwise, I'd be interested in doing it. :(

Which version do you have? I have Finale 2009, and with it, I can import audio.

Finale 2009. How do you do it? And where can I find audio?

Finale 2009. How do you do it? And where can I find audio?

You can find the background stuff online at places like freesound.org.

As far as the audio goes, you can go to Midi/Audio in the top bar, then go to Audio --> Import Audio.

I'll give this a shot... there's no guarantee I'll be able to do it due to limited technological resources, but if i can find a way i'lll submit something :santa:

Well, count me in.

I would like to participate as a contestant, but I'm not sure if it is considered ambient. My piece is called Anno Domination.

http://www.box.net/shared/c0jfp6afv2

Hello! Sorry that this is a day late, but welcome to the May Competition.

In keeping with the theme of last month, this month's competition must use an ambiance recording (be sure to give credit to your sources!). You may use any combination of instruments, but the ambiance must be heard. The piece must also be at least 2 minutes long.

Judges:

1. MattZ2007

2.

3.

4.

5.

Competitors:

1. Bachian

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Ok. I am new to this forum. This sounds like an intersting competition. Please sign me up, I want to give it a try. Can you please let me know when is the deadline for submissions. Thanks - Jean Paul

My entry to the May competition:

http://forum.youngcomposers.com/t25145/natural%20selection/

I'm gonna compete in this one.

You can find the background stuff online at places like freesound.org.

As far as the audio goes, you can go to Midi/Audio in the top bar, then go to Audio --> Import Audio.

I'll try it, put me down as a contestant for now, but as JrCrammer said, I might have to drop out.

Edit: This isn't working out for me, too much work and troubles with audio on finale. Sorry!

I'll do it! :lol: This is my entry:

http://www.youngcomposers.com/pg/Music/SergeOfArniVillage/composition?entry=40086

Hey everyone, we realize Matt hasn't been active lately but the Youngcomposers staff would just like to let you know that this contest WILL be judged and finished with or without Matt. So get your entries in fast, by June 3rd!

Hello, everyone. I'm sorry for being inactive of late, finishing up school, job, singing lessons, etc., have kept me from having the time I'd like to devote to this. I'm back and will judge.

Oops. I'm pulling out of this one.

I'm ready to judge the pieces (by the way, if anyone wants to e a judge just let me know), but not all of the pieces have been submitted yet! However I'm going to Florida for the following week, and am unsure as to the likelihood of having internet down there. So, I'll give the competitors a bit more time, but if the pieces aren't here when I get back (June 13) I'll unfortunately have to score without them. I apologize to those who have submitted their files, as this competition shouldn't last this long.

P.S. None of this has a hostile intention towards the competitors who haven't submitted their works yet, please dont take it that way :).

This is another entry: we can have more than one, right?

http://www.box.net/shared/zvc5ufcf2v (MP3)

http://www.box.net/shared/pa56rno2t0 (PDF Score)

Ummmm....has the competition died? :(

When will the results be released? It's almost 3 months since the end of the competition. If you can't do the results perhaps we can have the Reviewers adjudicate.

Hey guys, I got a whole panel of people together and we all decided the winner of the May Competition! By a slight margin, as both pieces were exceptionally well done, the winner is... JASON! Congratulations to both JAWoodruff and SergeofArniVillage, and I will give you guys more in depth results (as in what you did good and bad, comments from members of the panel) upon my return next week. For now I'm off to see a Gustav Holst concert!

Also, we decided not to count Anno Domination as it did not follow the requirements enough.