The Illinois Wesleyan Summer Music Composition Institute/Camp's unique program, now in its fourteenth year, was created specifically for high school students, including graduating seniors, who are interested in music composition and is structured to appeal to students of all levels of experience in music.
Prerequisite: a reading knowledge of music notation.
Students will -
Learn how to compose effective music in different styles.
Learn about the resources and opportunities that are available to young composers.
Learn about the opportunities for studying music at the collegiate level (as either a music major, or as a non-music major).
Subjects and activities:
The elements of music: melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, form, articulation, and dynamics
Faculty comments on students’ compositions
Performances of all students’ compositions (performed and recorded by professional musicians)
The opportunity to see and hear the music that other high school composers are creating
Career opportunities in music
Studying music at colleges, universities, and conservatories
Preparing your composition portfolio for the college audition process
Scholarship opportunities for music students
Film and television music
SongwritingJazz theory, harmony, arranging, and improvisation
The major twentieth-century and contemporary composers of concert music and their important music
Music notation (handwritten and computer-generated)
The Illinois Wesleyan Summer Music Composition Institute/Camp's unique program, now in its fourteenth year, was created specifically for high school students, including graduating seniors, who are interested in music composition and is structured to appeal to students of all levels of experience in music.
Prerequisite: a reading knowledge of music notation.
Students will -
Learn how to compose effective music in different styles.
Learn about the resources and opportunities that are available to young composers.
Learn about the opportunities for studying music at the collegiate level (as either a music major, or as a non-music major).
Subjects and activities:
The elements of music: melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, form, articulation, and dynamics
Faculty comments on students’ compositions
Performances of all students’ compositions (performed and recorded by professional musicians)
The opportunity to see and hear the music that other high school composers are creating
Career opportunities in music
Studying music at colleges, universities, and conservatories
Preparing your composition portfolio for the college audition process
Scholarship opportunities for music students
Film and television music
SongwritingJazz theory, harmony, arranging, and improvisation
The major twentieth-century and contemporary composers of concert music and their important music
Music notation (handwritten and computer-generated)
Music technology
Rehearsal strategies
Techniques of conducting
Organizations for composers
Composition competitions
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