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Here is the Grade A, foolproof, as good as it gets plan for my senior composition recital (which is coming up in November xp ).

Program Order

A Sailor's Love - choral piece, completed(save for a few 'dynamic' issues - waiting for feedback from professors on that. stare This is the song I posted the poetry for in the Bard's guild wink )
What Thou My Vision? - arrangement, brass quintet, completed
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Song Cycle - as yet untitled and un-named. There will be 7 total, and I have finished #5 sweatdrop Based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson (as, apparently, I cannot write any of my own well enough. stare )
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Uncharted Waters - four movement string quartet (Drifting Away, Doshaburi, Washing Ashore, and Voyage Home, respectively biggrin ). The first piece of music I ever wrote (on paper! eek ), and I do believe a little bit of revision for Mvt. 3 is in order before this one is done. sweatdrop
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Usually, recitals are ordered so that there is a break of about ten minutes in the middle so no one gets seat burn. xd I'm going to need it as well, as I am required to procure (roughly) 45 minutes of music overall, and I wouldn't want anyone in the audience to lose interest due to the above reason. biggrin

It looks like there's not a lot on the program yet, but Uncharted Waters is roughly twenty minutes overall, so I think I'll be fine. wink

I have a heck of a lot of revisions to do to get my butt in gear. And I thank God that the recent 'virus' scare on Brandark resulted in the loss of only one piece of music, for which I have a hard copy handy(brass quintet). I don't want to think about what would've happened had I not backed up the rest on a zip disk. *shudder* gonk Thank God. 3nodding

I have to write something 'academic' as well for my recital....which probably means I will tear my hair out over the summer to attempt a fugue. Epitomy of counterpoint. I hate counterpoint. xp
Aaaaand....something atonal. (atonal is music wherein there is no pitch center - i.e., it never feels like you are firmly grounded in the music. It always feels slightly....off. stare ) I personally hate atonal music, but the point of getting an undergraduate degree is showing people you can bend to their rules. Ewwww.... stressed

And that's pretty much it. I am planning for the end of November (which is around my birthday, too! biggrin ), as I figure right after thanksgiving is the best time to get most of my family there. You are all invited, of course. I will try to find a way to get some of it up on the 'net, so you can hear what it is I'm doing - but wouldn't it just be neater if you could make it in person? biggrin