There's no single right way to get students composing, and this episode proves it. Today, I'm sharing a chat I recorded live at TopMusicLive in Sydney this year, where I sat down with two TopMusicPro members, Devi and Mary, whose students' pieces won our members-only composition competition. We unpack Devi's simple chord challenge, a hand-crossing piece born from improvisation, and the surprisingly honest story behind one student's ChatGPT-assisted song.
Tim explained the four categories of the members-only TopMusic Composition Competition.
How Devi's chord challenge helps young students start composing.
Why Harvie built his diminished chord piece Creeping around just four notes.
How Juniper composed Clouds one hand at a time before adding lyrics.
Devi shared how the music came first and the words were written afterward.
Mary explained how Arianna's hand-crossing piece began as an improvisation.
Why the piece was written in the middle of studio chaos after a cyclone.
How Maya used ChatGPT for a chord progression starting point.
Mary shared how she helped Maya reclaim ownership of her own song.
Tim explained why repertoire remixing is an easy inroad to creativity.
Why notation is part of the learning, not just a competition requirement.
Tim highlighted why constraints and improvisation drive composition success.
Watch the Interview in YouTube
https://youtu.be/JlWVytFC58c
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