|
The Composers Today purpose is to foster creativity among
students and teachers by encouraging composition and improvisation.
To provide
education in the skills of composing and improvising by
offering professional feedback, creative ideas and written
materials consisting of:
• Composers Today Syllabus
• Improvisation Syllabus and Guide
• Games and Activities for Improvisation
• 6 levels of student workbooks
To provide incentives for students of composition and improvisation
by sponsoring statewide projects and events, each with a
specific goal and deadline.
To provide recognition for young musicians through the
presentation of certificates, awards, prizes and performance
opportunities for their compositions and improvisations.
To offer opportunities and help in developing total musicianship
skills in all MTAC students.
There are four annual state-wide projects in Composers Today.
Each has a separate performance event.
A non-competitive
learning experience where students receive a written response
in the form of constructive comments and ratings, from two
professional evaluators. Compositions from the Evaluations
are selected for performance in one of several State Convention
Symposium recitals, based upon the two evaluators’
ratings and performance by the composer on a submitted tape
recording.
This competition
offers a 1st and 2nd cash prize for each of 8 divisions
based on age as of March 30. Two professional adjudicators
who provide constructive written comments judge compositions.
Winners perform their pieces (or have someone perform them)
at the State Convention and receive a certificate and cash
prize. Honorable Mention recipients may play at convention
and receive a certificate of performance.
The Guild provides a special format for the serious young
composers who plan to pursue music composition as a career.
Students who have had their work performed at MTAC
|
