Young Composers Project 2024
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Do you know a child who is creative, who loves music, who likes to sing or dance? Maybe they are already taking music lessons. But even if not, would they enjoy a musical adventure? Maybe they have a story to tell with music. Children in grades K-7 are eligible to participate in this unique and exciting opportunity.
Voices Chorale NJ (VCNJ) is pleased to announce our award-winning Young Composers Project (YCP) for spring 2024. In 2017, VOICES and its founder, Dr. Lyn Ransom, received the Chorus America Education and Community Engagement Award for the Young Composers Project which had enabled over 500 children to compose their own music and experience the excitement of having it performed!
This year, Ken Guilmartin, composer, founder and Artistic Director of Music Together, along with composer and music educator, Helen Linz, will provide mentorship through in-person workshops as part of the YCP 2024 as they encourage the children and help them refine and prepare their composition for performance by the children and/or if they so choose, by VCNJ.
It might be difficult to imagine that a child with limited or no ability to read or write music, can create an original composition that can be performed. However, it is possible and is part of the wonderful experience your child can have in participating in the Young Composers Project!
Voices Chorale NJ (VCNJ) is pleased to announce our award-winning Young Composers Project (YCP) for spring 2024. In 2017, VOICES and its founder, Dr. Lyn Ransom, received the Chorus America Education and Community Engagement Award for the Young Composers Project which had enabled over 500 children to compose their own music and experience the excitement of having it performed!
This year, Ken Guilmartin, composer, founder and Artistic Director of Music Together, along with composer and music educator, Helen Linz, will provide mentorship through in-person workshops as part of the YCP 2024 as they encourage the children and help them refine and prepare their composition for performance by the children and/or if they so choose, by VCNJ.
It might be difficult to imagine that a child with limited or no ability to read or write music, can create an original composition that can be performed. However, it is possible and is part of the wonderful experience your child can have in participating in the Young Composers Project!
- Mentoring Workshops
- Workshops will be held – in February, in March, and in April – dates, times, and locations to be determined.
- A final workshop-rehearsal will be held at Music Together Headquarters, Hopewell NJ on the evening of Monday May 13, 2024.
- The Young Composers Project Concert with Voices Chorale NJ
- This culminating concert to celebrate the children’s accomplishments will be held at Music Together Headquarters, Hopewell, NJ on the evening of Monday May 20, 2024.
- Registration deadline is Sunday, January 28, 2024
- Compositions/songs
- Must have a vocal element, which may be performed by VCNJ or the child or both.
- Children will be mentored to create new works or develop pre-existing ones as part of the project. Compositions should be primarily the child’s creation, with facilitation by parents and/or music teachers, as needed.
- Compositions may include piano accompaniment, which will be provided for the concert performance (children may choose to play but that is not required). Compositions may include other instruments, and that must be arranged for by the young composer.
- Compositions will eventually need to be notated, which may require facilitation by teachers and/or parents. However, this requirement should not be an obstacle to participation.
For more information about YCP 2024: contact Carole Moore, VCNJ Young Composers Project Administrator
[email protected] or 609-658-2636
[email protected] or 609-658-2636
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Location: 225 Pennington-Hopewell Road; Hopewell, NJ 08525
