Birthdate Composition Challenge

Evenin'!

Its been a while since i've been here. Good to be back and also surprised they changed the look of the site. I thought i'd throw a little challenge for those who are currently unnocupied.

Write a short (1 minute?) piece based on the following duo: The instruments must correspond to your birthdate.

January: Timpani

February: Oboe

March: Glockenspiel

April: Flute

May: Violin

June: Horn

July: Bassoon

August: Celesta

September: Bass Clarinet

October: Tenor Sax

November: Contrabass

December: Cor Anglais

1:Marimba; 2:Horn; 3:Bass Clarinet; 4:Piccolo; 5:Viola; 6:Bass Trombone; 7:Clarinet; 8:Vibraphone; 9:Euphonium; 10:Glockenspiel; 11:Timpani; 12:Tuba; 13:Violin; 14:Oboe; 15:Cello; 16:Tubular Bells; 17:Melodica; 18:Cor Anglais 19:Tenor Sax; 20:Bass Clarinet 21:Bassoon; 22:Trumpet; 23:Eletric Bass; 24:Piano; 25:Harpsichord; 26:Flute; 27:Organ; 28:Trombone; 29:Guitar; 30:Soprano Sax; 31:Celesta

Edited August 3, 20169 yr by EmperorWeeGeeII

Sounds like a fun little challenge!

Oh lord. Contrabass and piccolo? It really would be a challenge to write something decent with that combo

Horn and tubular bells... lots of parallel octaves in my future.

Oboe and organ? Dang... Not very proficient on organ writing.

I'd end up with Bass Clarinet and Cello which might work beautifully at times if I utilized the pairing right.

Contrabass + Horn

Here it is:

Flute and Vibraphone...very jazzy combination...I'll try to cook up something

5 hours ago, Austenite said:

Oboe and organ? Dang... Not very proficient on organ writing.

That's okay, just call the piece "Organ Failure".

It turned out I had already composed for my combination. Here it is:

http://www.youngcomposers.com/archive/music/listen/8190/conversation-no-1-for-oboe-and-clarinet/

Good renditions Luis and ludeart!

Bassoon and Bassoon. not sure how that will work.

Like a bassoon duo? :p

Here is my little ditty:

Celesta and Oboe!

No, joking :P

20st May, Violin and Bass Clarinet

Tenor sax and Clarinet. This should be nice

Although this topic is pretty old, I think it is fun: violin and horn. Actually, a pretty common duo.

This is kind of funny. I have got Tubular bells and Tenor sax.

The funny thing is that I am fan of Mike Oldfield and he has written an album called "Tubular Bells".

I also used the instrument  several times when I was young. I think the reason I chose it was because of that album. :-)

Haha yeah! This is a bit old.

Now that I think of it, i've never actually done my combo. Bassoon and Melodica. Oh dear.

August 5 - Celesta and Viola.