Hall of Mirrors

Hey all,

This is my composition I have worked on for a competition in my school. I'm really hoping to win this year (actually the first year I've mustered up the courage to enter ;) ) and I'd like to hear what others think about my work.

About the name, 'Hall of Mirrors'...

Think of yourself walking down a hall, it's eerie, silent, and you're alone. You want to get out, but you can't. The only thing surrounding yourself are mirrors, and the reflections of yourself. The work has an icy feel to it aswell ;)

Enjoy! All comments are appreciated!

- Gizmometry

Hall_of_Mirrors.mid

I found this piece rather static. It didnt go anywhere, it just started and finished as it is. I felt that you could have explored more harmonic regions rather than repetition. Mainly I didnt like the marimba part, it was too static to my taste. This of course does not mean that your composition was bad. It just lacked the variety and excitement for me.

Did you pick which instruments to use or these were the instrument you had to write for the competition ?

Becuase the use of only marimba and glockenspiel is somewhat limits the piece of becoming more of what it is right now.

Listen to City Life by Reich, its also static, but try to realise what made it stand out. This might give you some idea.

Dont take my comment wrong, im only trying to help.

Hey Giz (I feel like I'm referring to myself)

I think you achieved the hall-of-mirrors effect you were going for. It was certainly a very eery and mysterious piece, and I liked the instrumentation, actually, for this idea.

I would have liked more dynamic variation overall as well as variation in the marimba part, which I think could have been so much more! Maybe that is just an effect of the midi (dynamics) as without a score I cannot tell. The marimba part repeats the same pattern a lot though, which does give that "lost in the funhouse" type effect, but perhaps there could be some more sections that better utilize the range of the instrument as well as give more of a sense of wonder to the piece. Like Inal said above, the piece is sort of static as it is, but has potential, which is the IMPORTANT thing.

Maybe you've decided it is finished, but you can always take these things into account for your next work.

Let us know how the competition goes - it sounds like a fun opportunity. I wish my school had had such a thing!