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Composing in the classroom

The hippest music teachers help their students create original music. But what exactly does that mean? What even is composition? In this post, I take a look at two innovators in music education and try to arrive at an answer. Matt McLean is the founder of the amazing Young Composers and Improvisers Workshop. He teaches his students composition using …

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Posted byEthanJuly 12, 2016July 12, 2016Posted inAutobio, Composition, Improvisation, Interfaces, Music, Music Teaching, Recording, Software, Technology, WritingTags: Alex Ruthmann, aQWERTYon, Beatles, Beethoven, classical music, composition, hip-hop, Matt McLean, Missy Elliott, MusEDLab, music teaching, Pharrell, remixes, sampling, schoolsLeave a comment on Composing in the classroom
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