This workshop focuses on techniques and tools to help high school students develop their ideas into their own compositions. We’ll start with short melodic and rhythmic figures and explore various ways those motives can expand to create a cohesive composition.
Cooperating Composer:
Stacey Berk, Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, teaches oboe, composition, music theory and songwriting. She has composed works for band, orchestra, chamber ensembles, ballet and voice.
Composer Responsibilities:
- Gather goals from classroom educator, student role(s) and length of workshop
- Model steps of composition with their own and/or student work
- Additionally, they may model software/technology used in composing and other skills as they and educator determine
Teacher Responsibilities:
- Contact Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) to contract with composer
- Ensure access to and hosting on school’s virtual platform
- Prepare students to work with composer
- Share classroom type, goals, and ideas with composer
- Determine format of workshop
- Determine length of workshop
- one 90-minute session
- two 45-minute sessions or
- three 30-minute sessions
- Schedule date and time with composer
Fees paid to WSMA (includes composer fees):
- $225 for one 90-minute session or two 45-minute sessions
- $250 for one 90-minute session or two 45-minute sessions + discount code*
*For the additional $25, a discount code is provided toward Student Composition Project registrations ($2 off comment only and $3 off competition).
Submit an inquiry form to schedule a workshop.
Payment will be submitted via an online form once the workshop is scheduled with the composer.
Questions about classroom workshops? Contact Victoria Donahue at 608-850-1022.
