April (Regular) Competition 2012 - Official Rules

I have a couple ideas, should I PM you about them? and Austenite, I think you'd be a great judge! and I'm not just saying that because I'd lose some very strong competition!

Ah a June competition ideas: can it progmatic music solo ensemble?

Austenite, I've decided to let the host find all the judges, and they don't have to be YC members, just people with music cred. Three judges minimum, five max.

PM me with any suggestions.

Austenite, I've decided to let the host find all the judges, and they don't have to be YC members, just people with music cred. Three judges minimum, five max.

And what happens if you're already hosting and you can't still find enough judges (just like April's case)? :horrified: ...

BTW, still no word from the remaining judge?

I think it might be best to make the judging like a poll and allow everyone to vote for the piece they choose.

I think it might be best to make the judging like a poll and allow everyone to vote for the piece they choose.

Well, that's sort of what is done in the annual YC Awards every January.

Yeah, but that sort of takes away the point of the competition, for me at least. I like having a full review. If there's just a percentage of people who voted for me, I'm not really bettering myself as a composer, which is the whole reason I joined the competition. Maybe if we had less judges, just one or two if necessary? I'm perfectly fine with Morivou being the only judge, and anyone else who volunteers to judge should be a reliable person who visits the site regularly.

Agreed. "YC People's Choice Awards" are great in their own right - but monthly competitions are not so much about "winning" as about "improving". It's just that there's no point on it without effective feedback.

Do such delays happen frequently? If so, then some consequences have to be demanded for those who cannot maintain the project. Afterall, june is almost here.

I say if there's nothing by the 30th, we should just post up the scores from the 2 judges we have, and completely ignore the 3rd one, again, it's better than nothing

Do such delays happen frequently?

The competitions were re-launched in January under the new guidelines provided by Morivou. This is the first time it happens since then.

But I must say I did never have any decision on the Nocturne competition of October 2011 and the Jabberwocky competition of November 2011 (in which all I got from the judges was Treehugger's scores and comments).

Just keep in mind that this is a volunteer-based competition with no incentive. So, while we do the best we can, I cannot guarantee that all guidelines will be met.

I will post Aniolel's scores on Tuesday, as well as my own (plus reviews). If I don't have JA's scores by then, I will just go without him. Fair?

The June competition has been decided. As a primer: it will be a Romantic period style piece for piano and up to 4 more instruments of your choice. There WILL be a melodic motif for you to decide upon using, and the time limit, as per the guidelines of the Monthly Competition, will be 5 minutes as always. HOWEVER, there is a catch: if you end up wanting to do more than one MOVEMENT, each movement can be a separate entry. They will be judged separately, and you can write multimovement works with each movement's time limit as 5 minutes.

As a primer: it will be a Romantic period style piece...

Finally!!!

Just keep in mind that this is a volunteer-based competition with no incentive. So, while we do the best we can, I cannot guarantee that all guidelines will be met.

I will post Aniolel's scores on Tuesday, as well as my own (plus reviews). If I don't have JA's scores by then, I will just go without him. Fair?

The June competition has been decided. As a primer: it will be a Romantic period style piece for piano and up to 4 more instruments of your choice. There WILL be a melodic motif for you to decide upon using, and the time limit, as per the guidelines of the Monthly Competition, will be 5 minutes as always. HOWEVER, there is a catch: if you end up wanting to do more than one MOVEMENT, each movement can be a separate entry. They will be judged separately, and you can write multimovement works with each movement's time limit as 5 minutes.

Wouldn't the fact of judging each movement separately take away something from the piece as a whole or leave something to be desired in terms of the appreciation of its effectiveness and meaning as a totality, insofar as it is a multi-movement piece, and each movement in it is part of a greater whole, such that particular movements taken in isolation would be analogous to judging disembodied parts of an organic whole? Of course this wouldn't apply if the piece is just a collection of movements taken together (as perhaps would constitute a collection of bagatelles) with no particular organic relationship between the movements.

By the way, where can we find the thread of the "June Competition" since you have already announced it?

Wouldn't the fact of judging each movement separately take away something from the piece as a whole or leave something to be desired in terms of the appreciation of its effectiveness and meaning as a totality, insofar as it is a multi-movement piece, and each movement in it is part of a greater whole, such that particular movements taken in isolation would be analogous to judging disembodied parts of an organic whole? Of course this wouldn't apply if the piece is just a collection of movements taken together (as perhaps would constitute a collection of bagatelles) with no particular organic relationship between the movements.

I'd guess in this case you could just: 1) try writing a piece in which each movement holds on its own as an independent piece while also being a coherent part of a whole (feedback about each movement is as necessary, if not more necessary, than feedback about the big picture) - or 2) write a single-movement piece.

Austenite's got the right idea. ;) If you want to "escape" the rules of a 5 minute piece, you'll have to be more creative. Make independent movements. I've seen works where the different movements ONLY shared instrumentation, if that. Movements that depend on one another would defeat the purpose of a five minute limit for development of ideas.

Wait, you want to create a competition for a Romantic style piece? You have to make Austentite a judge-no one will want to pit themselves against him in a Romantic-style competition.

I think I'm going to enter this competition as well just for the experience. School's going to end soon anyways, so I'll have a lot more time on my hands. Is it okay if it's just for piano and a solo instrument?

Wait, you want to create a competition for a Romantic style piece? You have to make Austentite a judge-no one will want to pit themselves against him in a Romantic-style competition.

I'll pit myself against him!

Austenite... no one will want to pit themselves against him in a Romantic-style competition.

Am I getting a compliment or a ban proposal ;) ?

I already put the finishing touches on my composition for the June Competition!

*bows* A break from the contemporary style will be welcome, I am sure, by many members. I often forget that not everybody writes modern music because, in school, we are chastised for writing anything other than 21st century pieces. That's because I go to a school that teaches New Music only.

*bows* A break from the contemporary style will be welcome, I am sure, by many members. I often forget that not everybody writes modern music...

Not that our entries had been particularly "contemporary" for the latest competition, I guess...

... because, in school, we are chastised for writing anything other than 21st century pieces. That's because I go to a school that teaches New Music only.

That proves a point I've been making for quite a while - but that's a matter of another thread :toothygrin: ...