TIMELINE

This is the basic (and flexible) timeline for the composition and completion of my thesis:

March-May: Study/review/listen/look at scores in preparation for the aural comprehension exam
Late May: Aural comprehension exam

June:
- Official thesis proposal
- Score order
- Seating plan
- Text chosen
- Text separated into sections
- Instrumentation for each section chosen
- Interludes or no interludes?
- Beginning of piece- spoken or instrumental first?
- Duration of each section
- Overall form diagram
- Create rough draft of instrumental score for 1 part 1 interlude/prelude/postlude
- Blog posts for progress

July:
- Form diagram of each Part
- 2 parts, 2 interludes
- Prologue or Epilogue
- blog posts for progress

August:
- 2 parts, 2 interludes
- Prologue or Epilogue
- begin work on extracting instrumental parts for completed sections.
- blog posts for progress

September:
- Intermezzo
- Prelude/Postlude
- continue working on instrumental parts
- blog posts for process

October:
- extract and edit score and parts
- blog posts for process
- Begin writing supplementary document about piece
- compile bibliography

November:
- rehearsals
- continue/finish supplementary document about piece
- prepare for oral defense


MUSIC
- Instrumental prelude (Do I want this or not?)
- Prologue
- Interlude 1
- Part 1
- Interlude 2
- Part 2
- Intermezzo/interlude
- Part 3
- Interlude 3
- Part 4
- Interlude 4
- Epilogue
- Postlude (Again, not sure if I want this.)

So there are in total:

Prelude/Postlude (possibly)
Prologue/Epilogue
4 parts
4 interludes (possibly)
1 intermezzo