Empire of the Clouds

This pice was written for a large ensamble. Namely Universty of Maryland Summer band camp

Empire of the Clouds

First Question, How long have you been composing, and how old are you?(if you dont mind me asking), so the begining seems a bit random to me, and the Flute solo at mm.55 needs to be brought out if you want it heard.

I do like some of the rhythm's you have here, but the quarter-eighth melodies get kinda boring, but I can see some call and response, id like to hear some of your future works.

Cool man. Well I have been writing for about 3 years am I am 13. How long have you been writting

Cool man. Well I have been writing for about 3 years am I am 13. How long have you been writting

Wow!

I'm 15 and I probably can't write as well as you!

Well, maybe, but this is really good considering your age!

When I was 13... well, lets not go there.

There are some great moments in here!

I love the oboe/sax melody in the beginning!

However I suggest you double the flutes in the entrance since they start off the piece and it would give it a better beginning.

I felt like alot of the fast parts lacked flow and sounded like a whole bunch of notes playing if that makes any sense.

Let's talk about your score!

Like I said in another thread, put your mallets in one staff, snare and bass in another and every thing else in other staffs, if that didn't make sense, then here.

Percussion One- Mallets: Bells, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Xylophone Chimes, ETC.

Percussion Two- Snare Drum/Bass Drum

Percussion Three-Wind Chimes.

^^^ that would be the percussion setup of your piece unless you have extra stuff that i didn't notice!

It just makes the score save space, it makes it easier for the reviewer when it gets published, and it's just better.

Good Work! I'd love to hear more from you!

Cool man. Do you mind if I see some of your stuff. I mean you know your stuff. What do you write for?

Cool man. Do you mind if I see some of your stuff. I mean you know your stuff. What do you write for?

when you say "you know your stuff"

do you mean like, "you know, your stuff" in reference to material I write for?

or "you know your stuff" as in i know what i'm talking about?

anyways,

I'm in the process of writing some stuff, but if you can PM me we can talk.

and I write for concert bands!

I will

Hey and welcome to Youngcomposers! I really like the material you have here, and congratulations on getting a piece performed. There are a few things I'd like to point out, and that starts with the range of a tenor saxophone. Near the beginning you have it playing all the way to high D. Although this is not hard to play, it will sound very piercing and not very good in the surrounding you've created, so try dropping whatever you can an octave. Secondly, I think your harmonies need to be more smooth. They're very all over the place, and it takes away from the melodies when the background keeps changing so drastically. On the other hand, I love your melodies, and think your orchestration was close to flawless. I also love how you ended with that bass bit, it was fun!

Thanks for the Input I looked at your chanell man you got some neat music