Music-COMP Newsletter for Parents and Students

Music-COMP Newsletter for Parents and Students Parent and Student NEWS March 20, 2015 Our Sponsors   Grants Received from -        This newsletter is for parents and students currently participating in Music-COMP. Feel free to share and send friends and relatives to our website for much more information and audio recordings. music-comp.org Read the articles below for important information about Opus 30 and so much more... Music-COMP's 20th Anniversary           1995-2015        Sandi MacLeod      Executive Director Feel free to contact Board President Bill Reilly or Executive Director Sandi MacLeod for additional information or suggestions.  OPUS 30 -Mentors select works for performance next weekend. Due date is Thursday, March 26th by midnightfor scores to be completed so they may be viewed by mentors to select those compositions that will work best in live performance.  Take a moment now and review your student's work. Have them show you the discussion they've had with their online mentor. Review the Profile under Users and update if needed. Review the Full Description to ensure it accurately describes the work that's submitted.   Over 110 compositions from students in grades 3-12 are currently being mentored by our twelve professional mentors. The concert on Wednesday, April 29th will be at the Chandler Music Center in Randolph at 6:30 pm. Rehearsals begin at noon. More information including up coming due dates for scores and other information available at our website. Look under Performances.  For examples of previous student works for strings and woodwinds, listen to audio files from Opus 28 here. If you have questions about Opus 30, contact Sandi.  Music-COMP organizes Regional Friends of Music-COMP The Board of Directors has set up Regional Friends of Music-COMP to gather more local fund raising and publicity. The board considers local support essential to  Music-COMP 's future. Join with us now to ensure funding for Opus 30 and the online mentoring for this spring - and for the years to come. See the map above and READ MORE ... Or contact your board liaison or your school's teacher to find out how you can help. Board of Directors Liaisons for regional Friends of Music-COMP : Central Vermont: Erik Nielsen and Mike Close Chittenden County: Elzy Wick Northeast Kingdom: Anne Hamilton Southern Vermont: Connie Wilcox and Sandi MacLeod Your help is needed now! Many parents and friends working towards this goal will ensure we succeed. Please contact your school's teacher or the Board liaison above. SUMMER WORKSHOP for STUDENTS July 20-24, 2015  Location Burlington High School Join Senior Mentor, Erik Nielsen, for a week long, half-day summer session for students with some composition experience.  Register Now to reserve your space as enrollment is limited! Registration and More information here:  http://bit.ly/summerstudentworkshop15 Summer Online Mentoring available too. View here.  Quick Links Music-COMP supports student composers and collaborates with others to perform student works.  Malayna Johnson, a senior at Harwood Union High School, is the March Student Composer Showcase feature on Vermont Public Radio Classical. Read more and hear her new work Limitless, a jazz inspired composition for brass and percussion. Read more and listen to her interview at VPR... Eileen Kocherlakota, a senior at Burlington High School, had a performance of her orchestral work, Hidden Mountains,by the Vermont Philharmonic on Sunday, March 15th. It's terrific to see so many Vermont Music Educators and retired VMEA members performing in this orchestra! Read more here ...  Sammy Beste, a seventh grader at Edmunds Middle School, was featured in the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Flynn Student Matinee Series program at the Flynn recently. Sammy made the evening news at WCAX. Read more... Ethan Duncan, an eighth grader at Williston Central School whoparticipates as an independent study student with Music-COMP, was the featured student composer at the world premier of his new work written for the VSO with Jaime Laredo, director, at the Vermont State House. Read more...   Susie Francy, a junior at Leland and Gray Union High School, was the VPR Classical Student Composer Showcase feature for February. Read more and hear her work from Opus 29... Twenty-three world premiers by students in grades 3-12 from all over Vermont and a student from Virginia were first heard at Opus 29, sponsored by Music-COMP on January 12, 2015. Listen to the works and read descriptions written by the students. Read more ...