A Fun Way to Incorporate Composing and Musical Creativity Into Your Teaching
Raise your hand if you tend to leave composing to those required college classes and the professionals who do it for a living.
Why is this? I think the biggest reason may be our own insecurity. I mean, how many of us grew up writing our own musical compositions? How many of us include this as a musical activity in our lives and work today?
If you had classical music training growing up, you probably didn’t spend much time composing or creating. Instead, the focus was likely on learning how to read and interpret what’s on the page (speaking from my own experience here).
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