Contest: THE 4 ELEMENTS: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ENTRIES HAS PASSED, CONTEST CLOSED, VOTING TO BEGIN SOON!!

[Gav Brown]

Hi Composers’ Forum members, as you know, the 4 elements are earth, air, fire, and water. For this proposed contest, you will write a piece of music of no more than 2 minutes duration based on one of these elements. Any instrumentation, any style of music. If the contest is a go, I will give 3 months for interested composers to submit their entries to me, which I will then put up anonymously. Voting will be by the membership of this site. You can submit entries for more than one element. An MP3 or link to a soundcloud/youtube/etc will be necessary. A PDF of the score is highly desirable, but not required. In order for this contest to be a go, 10 composers need to express interest by Sunday, Jan. 21 at 5 pm EST. To express interest, reply to this thread or send me a message. Please indicate in your expression of interest what element or elements you think you might want to compose for (you can change this later). Please note that I do not need any music at this time, just an expression of interest. I have run these contests before, they are a lot of fun and a good way to get feedback about your music from your peers, hope you can join us!

[Gav Brown]

Thanks Glenn and Joel! We now have 37 entrants, with 11 commits to Water, 5 commits to Earth, 7 commits to Fire, 6 commits to Air, and the rest general commits. The commits can be changed at any time

[Gav Brown]

Thanks William! We now have 38 entrants, with 11 commits to Water, 5 commits to Earth, 7 commits to Fire, 6 commits to Air, and the rest general commits. The commits can be changed at any time

[Tim swanger]

I’m interested. Any element.

[Gav Brown]

Thanks Tim! We now have 39 entrants, with 11 commits to Water, 5 commits to Earth, 7 commits to Fire, 6 commits to Air, and the rest general commits. The commits can be changed at any time. Deadline to express interest (but not submit any music) is Sun., Jan 21 at 5 pm EST

[Andrew Kim]

Hello, I would like to sign up. I'd be happy to take a go at the Earth element. This contest is a great idea.

By the way, if there is a 5th Element, can it be the element of...surprise?

Or for you 'The Fifth Element' movie fans, can the 5th Element be....love? Ok I'll let myself out....

[James Burnon Ross]

Gav Brown said:

Hi James, I do intend to split the voting out by element types, although I am not sure about a 5th category, which right now would only have one entrant - you.

Gav

That's the only way I'll have a chance to win. :)

[Gav Brown]

Well, this isn't the Koussevitzky Awards, so things are a little more casual here, hope to see your entry!

James Burnon Ross said:

That's the only way I'll have a chance to win. :)

[Gav Brown]

Hi Andrew,

I just knew someone was going to make a reference to that movie at some point!

We now have 40 entrants, with 11 commits to Water, 6 commits to Earth, 7 commits to Fire, 6 commits to Air, and the rest general commits. The commits can be changed at any time.

Andrew Kim said:

Hello, I would like to sign up. I'd be happy to take a go at the Earth element. This contest is a great idea.

By the way, if there is a 5th Element, can it be the element of...surprise?

Or for you 'The Fifth Element' movie fans, can the 5th Element be....love? Ok I'll let myself out....

[Tyler Pedraja]

I'd be interested in writing a short piece for this fun contest. Count me in. :-)

[Kelly Dowhower]

Fire!

[Bob Morabito]

What an EXCELLENT response to your contest Gav--the four elements are a really great idea as a basis for a work, and although I wont be entering, I will be listening and voting and following this with great interest!

All good luck to everyone who will be submitting works:)

Thanks Bob https://soundcloud.com/bob-morabito

[andrew thornton]

I'm in. 
Water.