score in C

is it considered bad form? Plenty of modern masters do it and i think i'm gonna start, transposing instruments are a complete thorn in my side, they slow down my workrate and have often disrupted my train of thought- f**k the haters, c is in, needless transposition is out!

I see you're from the future. You joined 9th September this year, my pc says it's the third.

Welcome to the past! (This was when c major meant something!)

I use concert pitch scores mostly because of other people reading my scores. There's a close-knit group of composers here at my school and we pass around our stuff. Most of them don't transpose well.

There's nothing wrong with it, a lot of modern composers use only concert pitch.

The profile says September 1st

The "Join date" on the post didn't!! Sheeeesh, I hoped he'd be able to tell me the secret of time travel... Mike's brought him back to 'now' (which will oneday be 9th September...)

I still transpose in final score + use alto and tenor clefs if need be. It's just practice and I'd worry about the powers-that-be treating my scores less than seriously if I wrote all at concert pitch. I'd probably write ensemble scores at concert pitch in treble/bass clefs for this site, tho.