So Many Geniuses in Omni-Anime! What's One More?

Tanaka Asuka walked into the classroom with a gleaming silver Euphonium tucked under one arm and a music stand in her other hand. She found a place to sit for the moment.

"You should sit down too. Want to look over the score first?"

Himemiya Chihaya set his guitar and schoolbag aside. "Sure. What are your required and free-choice pieces?"

For the competition, each school had to prepare two pieces: a required piece and a free-choice piece.

The required piece was chosen from several original compositions released by the competition organizers that year. It was meant to test each group's fundamentals.

The free-choice piece was up to each school, provided it met the requirements for length and style. It was where a group could push its score higher.

Tanaka Asuka handed him a score she had already covered in notes with a marker. "Our required piece is Naoki Tasaka's 'Wind of Provence,' and our free-choice piece is Namie Horikawa's 'Crescent Moon Dance.'"

"Teacher Taki knows his stuff, right? Namie Horikawa is a renowned female composer from Kyoto Prefecture! She's a young talent in both orchestral and wind music, and her delicate melodies... Himemiya, you've heard of her, haven't you?"

"I have." Though only recently.

"Then that makes things easy!" She licked her red lips and rose from her seat. "Come to think of it, Teacher Taki prepared a score and CD for you. I'll go get them from him!"

"Thanks~"

After she left, he flipped through the several large sheets of music.

The pieces were only about twice as long as an ordinary pop song, but they were considerably more complex. They were classical and symphonic works, after all, with plenty of variations and transitions to convey changes in emotion and imagery.

Their hundreds of measures were divided into different