Victorious: Celebration and Lament

Hello everyone,

This is one of the first compositions I've written (and by far the longest and most heavily orchestrated).

01 Victorious.mp3

Victorious.pdf

I'm going to have it played by my high-school band in about a month, so that's how much time I have to complete it.

As of right now, the first four pages and the last four/five pages are nearly finished (the ending is not). The five or six pages in the middle of the piece are quite skeletal and need work.

I've been working on this quite a bit for the last couple weeks, so I'm going to take about a week's break from it and work on some other compositions. This will give me a chance to hear it with a (relatively) clear mind, since I won't have been listening to it constantly.

Criticism is welcome. I'd love to hear your opinions on the piece and/or recommendations for it. Feel free to be harsh - as I said, this is one of my first compositions, and there are probably at least a few blunders that need correcting.

Also, do you have any ideas for another title - I'm not sure if I like my current one.

Thanks :happy: ,

Micah

I like your piece! I think the material is all very good. One thing I'm curious about.... Is this written for a specific band? Because you're missing some instruments most bands wouldf have... Namely, Tuba and Tenor Sax - And I've never seen a band with C trumpets, every band in the world I've ever heard of has Bb trumpets.

Honestly, I think everything I've seen so far is fine. I like your material, and your orchestration is fine. Keep going!

good luck!

-MF

Thank you, MF. I'm glad you liked it!

Yes, it is written specifically for my band (which is currently missing a Tuba and tenor sax). I'm not sure what type of trumpets my band has - I mistakenly thought C was the standard...haha.

I think I remember seeing "Trumpet in C" on our conductor's scores, so I'm not sure...I'll ask the band director next Thursday.

Although this first version is written specifically for my band, I'm planning on writing a version for full concert band or orchestra at some point in the future. I really like some of the themes I came up with, so I would like to develop them more sometime.