Work-in-progress Overture for String Orchestra

Overture for String Orchestra Official - Flow 2.mp3 Overture for String Orchestra Official - Flow 3.mp3 01 - Full score - Overture for String Orchestra (1).pdf

This is a work-in-progress for my youth chamber orchestra that I started in March 2020, and I envision it being between six and eight minutes long. The file titled "Flow 2" is the beginning of the work, joyful and energetic, and the one titled "Flow 3" is a heartfelt violin solo meant to come near the end. I have also attached the score.

I have become stuck with this Overture, and am unsure what to do after that brief recap of the beginning. How can I tie the violin solo into the rest of the piece? And how can I heighten the drama? Any feedback and advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

MissCello

I think that what you have here is quite a harmonically unique and melodically striking piece!  The main theme sounds almost like a fanfare for string orchestra which is quite unusual!  I personally hear the two parts you have presented here as separate movements, incomplete in themselves but if finished, it seems like each one could stand alone.  They use the same musical themes but that too is not unusual for separate movements - maybe you could make this into a divertimento with multiple movements?  That's just my perception and suggestion however.  Nice job!

21 minutes ago, PaperComposer said:

I think that what you have here is quite a harmonically unique and melodically striking piece!  The main theme sounds almost like a fanfare for string orchestra which is quite unusual!  I personally hear the two parts you have presented here as separate movements, incomplete in themselves but if finished, it seems like each one could stand alone.  They use the same musical themes but that too is not unusual for separate movements - maybe you could make this into a divertimento with multiple movements?  That's just my perception and suggestion however.  Nice job!

 

Thank you so much! I like the idea of turning it into a divertimento, I think that would be less pressure for me. 🙂

I'll continue to post my progress on here.