Final Considerations

I thought the concert went extremely well .Everyone's compositions really were brought to life. Since i preformed my own piece, I was able to not only write the notes but actually interpret it for the audience. I think there is a special connection to a composer and his music. While preforming your own work you are essentially giving others a glimpse into yourself.

All the performances were well polished especially considering how little time we had to get everything finalized and have the scores in the performers hands for rehearsals.

One of the harder things about this course was scheduling rehearsals. You have to consider everyones' schedule and I ended up approaching several people who i had never spoken too, asking them to play my music in concert.

Details

I have learned many things about composing while taking this course. One of the most important would be musical detail. This really is just as important as the composition itself. Like learning anything new, the more you practice the more natural it becomes. I think that over the two projects that we were assigned I have made progress in learning about the art of preparing a score. There could honestly be a course just about this.

Since my second piece included a guitar, I had to include string markings and fingerings. Although I have played studied and played through many guitar scores, it really was eye opening how much care one must take when considering fingerings and positions.