The students’ experience of playing or conducting their own pieces was unexpected and exciting. “It’s the weirdest feel- ing standing in front of an ensemble and having them play your piece. It’s like nothing you can describe. It’s just this wash of emotion and sound that goes over you,” said Bouque. Sahill Deenadayalu was satisfied with the final result of his composition, but found it difficult to play. This required him to practice each hand slowly and separately. “I’m excited to play it. I haven’t performed it in front of anyone yet.”
The Honors Composition Concert revealed a wide variety of ages, backgrounds, instruments, and skill levels. Students who enter into the competition also get to perform their own work, strengthening the connection Hickey espouses. All of these participants interviewed were able to speak clearly and insightfully about their compositions and showed great joy in this sharing process. “It’s an incredible setting and incred- ible opportunity to be a part of such a wide variety of com- posers. It’s been a phenomenal experience,” said Birdsong.
2015 Winners Joshua Birdsong Alyssa Campbell Nikhil Deenadayalu
Tyler Bouque Sierra Cornell
Sahil Deenadayalu Madison Douglas Cory Hilton
Christian MacCarthy Noah Mallet
Molly Monahan Josh Moss
Timothy Parsons Aditya Ravi
Nikolas Simon Ben Snoek
Daniel Israel & Michael Haas Ava Suppelsa Jing Liu
Maria Zurbuchen
Composing for 2016
The Honors Composition Concert is a fun and exciting way for students to share their work. For teachers interested in entering student compositions, please visit http://www.
mmeamichigan.org/events/honors-composition-concert. All K-12 students may submit their original compositions elec- tronically. Winners will be invited to perform at the 2016 MMEA Honors Composition Concert in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Students may perform solo, in an ensemble, or direct a large group. Students are responsible for recruiting their own musicians. Notation is required for students in grades 7-12, but not K-6.
References
Hickey, M. (2012). Music outside the lines: Ideas for com- posing in K-12 music classrooms. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Chris Bulgren is a doctoral student and Graduate Student Instructor in the Department of Music Education at the University of Michigan where he assists in instrumental and general music courses. Before coming to Michigan, he taught in the Kansas Public Schools for seven years where he taught elementary general music, beginning band, and high school band. He has served as Adjunct Music Instruc- tor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music teaching elemen- tary music methods. In addition, he has served as Adjunct Professor of Music at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. His research interests include gender issues in music educa- tion, songwriting, popular music, and music in corrections.
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