Introduction and Waltz (Is score MOLA Legible?)

Hello, I recently finished a piece, Introduction and Waltz, and am wondering if the score is MOLA ready. I'm submitting to a competition thats due on the 10th (parts are not required til a later date). Thanks a lot and feel free to also listen and give feedback!

Hi again @Gabriel Carlisle!   Good to see you again!

Regarding your score, I have some nit-picks:

In the very beginning, French Horns do not read in Tenor Clef (also, are you British?  Asking because your score is in concert pitch, and if you had the Horns in F it would alleviate some of the problems that are causing you to use Tenor and Treble Ottava Bassa clef which Horn players don't usually read)  In meas. 69 - 70 the F#'s should be Gb's, and same in meas. 77 - 78 F#'s.

As far as the music is concerned - brilliant piece!  Very affecting modal mixture appropriate for Romantic era music.  The melodies are lovely and dance-like as well.  Very fitting of a composer hoping to get his foot in the door in ballet music!  Many parts are quite jubilant and celebratory - great victorious moods full of tension and release.  The ending was a bit drawn out for my taste, but I am biased towards succinct endings that get to the point quickly which is perhaps not a norm common to Romantic era music.  Thanks for sharing and good luck in your endeavors!

MOLA guidelines, for some reason, say do not list the timpani part. I do not understand the reasoning behind this. 

It’s fine that trombones read in treble clef, but for the most part have them read tenor clef.  This is because of tradition and what they are more used to reading triple cliff should really be necessary if you’re going to a very high range.

I also noticed something: 

In your horn parts, you have one two horns, but it the scores implies 4? 

Hi Gabriel.

Sorry this a bit late for your competition entry, but like Kvothe says above, there are errors in the way you've labelled the staffs.

Far as I can see, you should have Oboe 1.2, Clarinet 1.2, Bassoon 1.2, Horn in F 1.3, Horn in F 2.4, Trombone 1.2, Trombone 3.

Also, where strings have dyads, you should indicate whether these are to be played div. in 2, or non-div. (e.g. celli in Bar 13).

Where you have more than one voice on a staff, stalks should always point in opposite directions (you've done this in some places, but not others). The exception is when you have div. in 3 or greater in the strings.

Some of your slurs in the strings are too long to be playable in one bow: so these slurs should be omitted. (A slur always indicates: play in one bow. Composers sometimes write molto legato above the staff to indicate longer legato passages.)

For the horn parts in concert pitch, you are allowed to have lots of ledger lines, so they can be written in standard treble clef.

Hope that helps,

Alex