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DISCHORD, the Controller of Chaos


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DISCHORD, the Controller of Chaos

(title pun for the word "discord" and what you'll mainly hear throughout this entire piece)

As apart of this wind band project, DISCHORD, not only being a musical concept is actually composed into a character out of pure evil and madness

"Dischord, the creator of chaos is seated alone in a dark room in which the only light that emits are the ones from computer screens and dull colorful luminescence glows from various buttons in different sizes and shapes. When pressed, the buttons trigger some kind of event, like a building collapsing, losing all structural forms and disintegrating down into the earth. The power of control damage enthralls the obsessed manic as he cannot feel any remorse for the utter destruction he brings. Once finished tearing the city apart, he'll soon move into another one and bring the same chilling fate."

For a wind band/ensemble group, this revised contemporary work brings otherworldliness tones.

Let me know what you think of this. (still a works in progress)

in dedication to the Southwestern Ohio Symphonic Band (SOSB)

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  • 1 month later...

Sorry this work was here for some weeks.

The "architecture" of the piece is good. Also its parts of tension and relaxation.

Perhaps you rely too much in the same motive, another one is seen for just a moment, I would let it flow more time.

You may go over some instruments. Clarinets, Horns, and Sax(es?) have more voices than instruments.

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On 12/6/2019 at 10:45 AM, Luis Hernández said:

Perhaps you rely too much in the same motive, another one is seen for just a moment, I would let it flow more time.

I agree in part with this; I think it could be mitigated by letting theme 1 develop in different ways while theme 2 ends up more orchestrationally prominent. Love the orchestration of the extended harmonies, though.

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