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The class seems to like my composition. There has been comments about how I wrote the cliché very well, and the idea that I was going for was very easy to recognize. Comments were made about the chorale section, and how I can expand that section. I am hoping to present that part of my composition tomorrow. Also in the near future I am going to expand on the interruptions that took place after the beginning of the piece. I am also going to change the roles of the instruments maybe towards the end of the piece to create the more unexpected element again.

I think I have all the ideas I need in this piece. Now I just need to "mess them up" a bit more. I'm liking the idea of surprise in this piece. I think I have many opportunities to be very sneaky!

Until next time...

Note to self: Don't forget about transposition...

Last week was my second presentation of the cliché composition with real instruments was a success! Before it was ready for presentation however, I had to do a lot of tweaking in order for it to be playable. I wrote the initial score in concert pitch for simplicity, but when it came down to printing off the copy for the players, I realized that the range for the alto horn part was going to be way to high. So I had to transpose the whole score which took a long time. So there wasn't much of an improvement or progress from the week before, which I found kind of disappointing, because I didn't feel like there was much progress. But thats it. You can't make make a lot of progress all the time right? I guess making important improvements like transposition is necessary, and I needed to take the time to fix problems like these when they arise.

I should remember all these mistakes that I make and be sure to pass them on to the next generation of composers going into composition 3100... Maybe I'll write a book...?

Bravo!

Tonight was out classes Recital!
It was awesome! I had great fun listening to everyone's compositions and the differences and improvements that they have taken over the course of the semester.

I loved the feeling of presenting my piece to the "world" and just sitting back and listening to it being played. I had a weird realization earlier today when I heard Kim practising my piece in one of the practice rooms. I wondered... "Is this what its like to be 'famous'?" haha. It was a surreal feeling. But one that will make it much easier to do this process over again... and again!

Bravo and Brava to all tonight! Good work!