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Sorry everyone! A couple weeks delay while my health gets back on track.
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LAST FEW BEETHOVEN CHALLENGE EVALUATIONS DELAYED BY A COUPLE WEEKS | Thomas Goss
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November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 75. KLAUS FERRETTI
Our second full-length, two-movement entry orchestrating Beethoven, with an intermission concluding yesterday's orchestration tip. Klaus orchestrates with a lot of bravado and richness of colour and invention.
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 75. Klaus Ferretti
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 74. GABI DROEGE
Our first full-sonata evaluation including both movements, featuring a short added orchestration tip as an intermission! Gabi's entry rings with eloquence, daring, & a kind of spirited adventurousness in the best Beethoven tradition.
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 74. Gabi Droege
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
CHUME, CHUM GESELLE MIN UNBLOCKED!
Here's my other orchestration analysis video that was blocked due to a spurious copyright claim, and is now available for viewing everywhere (except for Russia and Belarus, as the situation there is complex with fair use).
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Carmina Burana IXC. Chume, chum UNBLOCKED
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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November 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
ORFF'S ORCHESTRA UNBLOCKED!
Yesterday, I had a little bit of extra time (finally!) and I sat down with my video editing suite and a couple of video files that had been blocked on YouTube due to spurious copyright claims. The results are as you see here...
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Carmina Burana - Orff's Orchestra UNBLOCKED
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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November 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
2023 BEETHOVEN CHALLENGE WEBSITE EVALUATIONS O
Here it is - finally - the last five scores in the concluding compilation of Orchestration Online website subscriber entries; and they're great from first to last.
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2023 Beethoven Challenge Website Evaluations O
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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November 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 73. ENRIQUE SANCHEZ
Throughout the timeline of these releases, Enrique has really gone above and beyond in commenting on each video with positive, insightful feedback - and has been a strong voice in the community in support of other orchestrators...
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 73. Enrique Sanchez
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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November 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 72. JUSTIN TRAYWICK
Near-perfection. That's how I'd characterise Justin's entry. There is so little to fix, in fact, that this is the one Longa Level score that requires no enhanced evaluation. Contrasts are simple yet devastatingly effective...
youtu.be/yGVqngqei5A
Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 72. Justin Traywick
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 71. WAYNE NEILSON
Wayne's conception hangs together beautifully. There are so many moments that just feel right in their colour, proportions, and drama, that the revelation this is all intended for modern instruments comes as a bit of a surprise.
youtu.be/8qBLOTwolKE
Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 71. Wayne Neilson
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 70. PANOS MERTIS
Panos paints his orchestration with imaginative brushstrokes and counterintuitive additions and subtractions. I find it all very inspiring and it rouses a kind of protectiveness in me that, at least in this video, expresses itself...
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 70. Panos Mertis
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 69. BRUNO VISSE
Endless fascination: that's how I would describe Bruno's entry. His powerful imagination and aspirational approach to certain scoring problems does him enormous credit...
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 69. Bruno Visse
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 68. ANDREW OLIVA
Andrew's interpretation is as near period perfection at which this series of entries has arrived, among the closest in affinity to Beethoven's voice and orchestration style.
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 68. Andrew Oliva
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 67. JESSE VOOGT
Jesse kicks off our Longa level releases in style with a wonderfully subtle, multilayered orchestration, which develops and build on itself throughout, even adding and subtracting material during repeats...
youtu.be/gxSQ8I--k_o
Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 67. Jesse Voogt
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Hi everyone! I'm announcing this today across the community (and I already mentioned it in a video on YouTube). When I first announced my sale back in late September, I messed up the final date - so I'm just extending the deadline a couple more weeks, through to midnight P.D.T. Monday 3 November.
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
ORCHESTRATION TIP: CLARINET OVERTONES IN WOODWIND HARMONY
The clarinet’s lack of 2nd-partial overtones on the octave above can make woodwind harmony feel lighter and brighter; and yet has implications for underlining the 3rd partial at an octave+5th higher.
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ORCHESTRATION TIP: CLARINET OVERTONES IN WOODWIND HARMONY - Orchestration Online
(Adapted from 100 LAST Orchestration Tips, planned for release in late 2026) The clarinet’s lack of 2nd-partial overtones on the octave above can make woodwind harmony feel lighter and brighter; and y...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
2023 BEETHOVEN CHALLENGE WEBSITE EVALUATIONS N
The longest video yet in this current series of Orchestration Challenge evaluations! Come spend nearly 3 hours with me looking at the scores of Mario Milazzo, Jay Elliott, Lau Chun Hei, Sasha Kindel, V, and Iuri T. Bahren...

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2023 Beethoven Challenge Website Evaluations N
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 66. JULIANNE SHARER
Julianne brings our massive stack of full-movement Dotted Breve entries to a close with an interpretation that is near perfection - with superbly crafted colours and contrasts, a wonderful instinct for proportion...
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 66. Julianne Sharer M2
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 65. GEMNOX
Gemnox's hearty, spirited interpretation brings us back to our orchestral roots in style, with enormous energy and commitment.
youtu.be/4M9hhGFLLs0
Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 65. Gemnox
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 64. CHARLES GASKELL
Charles takes us in an entirely unexpected yet delightful direction - right into the realm of British-style brass band scoring! Luckily, I have just enough band-arranging chops under my belt to impart a few words of advice...
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 64. Charles Gaskell
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 63. AGNES
Agnes returns, full of confidence, with an excellent sense of proportion and drama. While there are a lot of little fixes here and there, her foundations are so strong that it would be easy to bring most of this score...
youtu.be/676QzQHg0ao
Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 63. Agnes
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 62. J. ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN
Adrian's orchestration starts with a healthy late Classical sized orchestra - then gets bigger, and bigger, until finally by the last pages the orchestra has expanded to a mighty late Romantic ensemble...
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 62. J. Adrian Verkouteren
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 61. FJ WALLACE
Frank attacks our first full-length Movement 2 entry with energy and even derring-do; with massive textures blasting out between clever little passages, cascades of patterns and sneaky flutterings...
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 61. FJ Wallace
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 60. JOHN DRISCOLL
John brings the Dotted Breve level Movement 1 entries to a magnificent close with his often masterful sense of aesthetics and proportions. There are so many bars here that feel like Beethoven orchestrated them...
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 60. John Driscoll
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 59. JOHN DREW
John delivers a smooth, compelling interpretation, with a winning character and certain touches of authenticity I've not yet seen explored to their fullest, especially in the use of triplets in driving rhythm...
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 59. John Drew
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 58. OWEN KAISER
Owen's sensitivity and empathy for Beethoven's placid, pastorale side is at a premium here, which shines through despite any errors of transcription, minor notation adjustments, and weakness of mockup audio.
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 58. Owen Kaiser
YouTube video by OrchestrationOnline
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October 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM