Brass Choir Competition

Hello everyone,

Because of the lull in current competitions and the fact that I just purchased EWQLSO Gold and am eager to try it out, I have decided to start this brass choir competition. Brass choirs, if you are unfamiliar with different ensemble types, are generally a mix of trumpets, horns, trombones, and tubas, as well as sometimes euphoniums and or bass trombones, and they have six performers or more.

So, here are the four requirements for entering the competition (if you fail to meet these requirements, your piece will not be judged):

The work must employ six brass instruments or more (other types of instruments are not allowed)

The piece must between 1 and 10 minutes long

You must provide an audio file of the piece (either MIDI, mp3, or WAV)

You cannot have previously posted the piece

If your piece meets those requirements, it will be judged according to these categories:

Emotion (any emotion you wish, but it should be conveyed effectively in the song): 1-10 points

Creativity: 1-10

Technical: 1-10

Personal Taste (of the judge): 1-20

A score is not required, but you will automatically score a 0 in the "technical" category if you do not provide a score.

And yes, Impresario, I copied this points system from your July Competition...

I need at least 3 judges and no more than 5.

Judges:

Charliep123

Peter_W.

MichaelAlex

Competitors:

Inkweaver

SamvParr

impresario

last life

Norby

Deadline July 31st at Midnight (your time zone)!

HAPPY COMPOSING!

I'm in!

Could I enter please!

... Hehe, I found my name... hehe...

I've never written music for brass. That must mean I'm in!

Ok buddies, I'm in :) Brass instruments are the best ever. :D

we need some judges...

I'll judge, if no one else wants to.

I'm not an expert composer by any means, but I know brass music. Perhaps I can help judge? I wouldn't feel right being the sole judge, however.

*whistles* Inkweaver? Do we have two judges so far?

I shall enter. Incentive to do some composing once again.

WAIT A SECOND, you mean to say that a MIDI is not good enough for an audio file?

i wan' judge! :happy:

I shall enter. Incentive to do some composing once again.

WAIT A SECOND, you mean to say that a MIDI is not good enough for an audio file?

MIDI is fine. I just forgot it somehow...

*whistles* Inkweaver? Do we have two judges so far?

Yes, we do. Sorry, I was gone from young composers for the last week or so. MichaelAlex, you are the third judge.

Sorry Inkweaver but I'm going to have to drop out. I have classes next week and the week after is vacation so I won't have enough time to complete anything. Sorry and good luck with the competition!

My piece might not get finished, but I'll try my best to stay in.

Sorry to do this, but i've had some stuff come up. I drop out. Sorry =(

Inkweaver- have the pieces been critiqued for this competition? If so, would you please post the results?

Hello jesusfeak,

I'm sorry, I haven't been on the forum for the last several months.

There were no compositions entered into this competition, so I have no results to post...

Ok. I'm going to move this to the old competitions folder then. Feel free to post a new version of this competition, and we'll do our best to advertise it!!