<p>So we are in the home stretch. Scores are ALMOST ready to go be copied and put in the cardboard cover with the plastic-comb binding.</p>
<p>Should there be a cover page (like the title page of a book) with something like
Movement I, adagio
Movement 2, allegro,</p>
<p>etc..</p>
<p>or isn't this necessary?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>It’s not necessary, but the nicer looking your score, the better. Although not for college applications, here are comments from Tribeca New Music’s Young Composer Competition guidelines which I’ve always thought useful:</p>
<p>Score: You are the score. When you enter a score that looks bad (hard to read, stapled together, notation on only one side of the page, original pencil manuscript, not spiral bound, etc.), it sends a negative message. It says that you don’t care about your music. And, that effects the attitude of the musicians who evaluate and perform your work–i.e., If the composer doesn’t care, why should I? So, make your scores look professional. Even if you feel unsure of yourself, make the score and parts easy to read, spiral bound, and well thought out with logical page turns. The best way to kill a rehearsal of your music is to have an illegible score and parts. Musicians will spend more time asking questions about the score (Is this an e or an f?) rather than playing your music.</p>
<p>I seem to remember that my daughter made a cover page for each score, with title, where and when it was recorded, and the musicians, then further down "submitted by, her name, and “applicant for the BM in composition.” Or something like that.</p>
<p>At that point, her score was, I believe, on one side of the paper. Not sure.</p>
<p>I think the important thing was showing respect to the school, and to one’s own music. The same applies to labels on the CD’s and cases, if you are submitting those.</p>