Sea Idylls Composition Project 2012

The composition project this term has a nautical theme. Students must compose a backing track to the associated video which is 1 minute and 21 seconds in length. A template score has been provided in Noteflight which already has the correct number of empty bars laid out for each section. Providing the tempo remains unchanged …

Autumn Leaves Composition Project

Over the next half term I am running a composition project in which all my students are entitled to take part. The composition entitled “Autumn Leaves” must fit with the video and could take the form of a backing track or a song. There is a score of the appropriate length already set up on …

Autumn Leaves Project

This term, my students have been creating a backing track for an Autumn Leaves video I made. Most have chosen to use a drum track and record a performance of their piano piece along with the drums. This provides the extra challenge of playing in time with the drums! We have used Tape Machine and …

Waterfalls Project 2014

 Waterfalls Project 2014 Starting this half term, I am running a studio-wide composition project; “Waterfalls“. Object: Compose a piece of piano music, 96 seconds in length, titled “Waterfalls” to reflect/accompany the video. There are three different types of waterfalls featured which may each be represented differently in your composition. You may want to team up with a partner …

Sea-side composition

An update on the Sea Idylls Composition Project 2012 v1.1 of the video template is now available. The format and structure remains unchanged but the video track now includes some moving images amongst the sequence of stills. To use the updated video template in your noteflight composition, you need to delete the current video from …