COMPOSING:

Composing is a priority for students at Little House. It offers students the unique perspective of a composer and requires them to learn details of notation and musical structure in a way not easily achieved otherwise. The experience is invaluable to their musical education.

For private students, composing is done primarily in the spring semester as they prepare for the Young Originals Composition Project. This program, sponsored by NYSMTA, District 4, publishes compositions of students of District 4 member teachers. All participating students must notate their compositions themselves and prepare them for publication. They are invited to perform their works in a public concert at the Westchester Conservatory, White Plains, NY, and awarded their own copy of the Young Originals Publication.  When the composing is complete, students have a published composition to be proud of.

Several students from Little House Piano Studio have entered their Young Originals compositions in the New York State Music Teachers' Association Composition Competition and won first and second places for their works. At the state level, students are awarded cash prizes and their compositions continue on to the Eastern Regional Composition Competition. If they win there, they continue on to the National Composition Competitions!