I’m challenging myself to write an orchestral piece before Christmas so I can apply for the London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra’s workshops next year. They specify a duration of 5 minutes or less, with no minimum duration, so it should certainly be possible. So I sat down at the piano, and then at Finale and started work on an idea… and worked at it solidly for an hour, resulting in 1 minute and 12 seconds of music!!! I’m pretty pleased with it, but I suspect it may not be the right idea for the situation, so I’m going to keep working on idea generation for the next few days and see what happens, then pick the one I think is best to carry on with.

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