Young Composers 2023
Young Composers is an annual summertime project in our studio that started back in 2013. All continuing students (which just means students who have taken lessons with the studio heading into that summer) work on creating an original piece of music. Then they notate it, and in the final week of lessons we have a recording session to lay down the tracks of their pieces.
Composing is such a valuable exercise for music students. It gives them a chance to take a little extra ownership of their musical journey and to put what we learn about music theory throughout the year into practice from a new angle. As a teacher, I enjoy seeing the different approaches that students take to composing, and what they draw inspiration from.
Be sure to let these young pianists know how much you appreciated their music the next time you see them. And for any pianists young or old out there, when you hear a song you like, feel free to sit down with the sheet music and try playing some of these yourself!
You can see the finished book of sheet music here, or click the image below.
And you can listen to the audio of each composition in the player below, or click here for the folder of audio files. Most of these are recorded live in the studio during the final week of lessons. However, if a student was unable to be in studio for recording week, we have pulled the audio from the notation software.