Workshops & Structure
The Composers’ Guild meets after school on the campus of Morton High School in Morton, IL. While students are strongly encouraged to compose year-round, the official Guild season runs from November through the end of April. In Their Own Write, the annual public performance of student compositions, is typically scheduled in early February and a private live performance workshop is typically scheduled in late April.
Workshop 1 - Intro to the Creative Process
Workshop 2 - Fantastic Melodies & How to Write Them
Look below to listen to a sample of this workshop!
Workshop 3 - Form & Structure (Macro-level planning)
Workshop 4 - Melodic Development: The Composer as Magician
Workshop 5 - Harmony 101
Workshop 6 - Writing Good Accompaniments
Workshop 7 - Specific Instrument Writing
Listen to a sample workshop:
This is a sample of the workshop “Fantastic Melodies & How to Write Them” from a Composers’ Guild meeting in the fall of 2019: