This year’s challenge is to orchestrate the first 20 bars of Lili Boulanger’s piece “D’un jardin clair” from the piano suite “Trois morceaux pour piano.” It’s a wonderfully calm, yet fervently optimistic work, with so much potential for different orchestration approaches that it’s perfect for us all to try out as orchestrators. Patreon supporters will receive individual evaluations, and also may take on more bars all the way up to the end of the piece for the highest level of support. Click through to our EVENTS page for complete information, and I hope to see your entry in my inbox soon (this event closes midnight PDT on the 30th of April).

For some insight into Lili Boulanger’s masterful, highly personal style of orchestration, view the first eleven videos from my Orchestration Lesson playlist. These lessons cover four of her greatest orchestral works in detail.