Any Composition Competitions for High School Composers?

musician34
Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:12:15 +0000

My state music association had a high school composition competition; winners got to attend the All State festival and participate in a masterclass. They also had the same thing on the local district level. I did get a lot out of some of the masterclasses; they brought in a huge variety of composers and that was awesome to see in high school. As @compmom said, I would worry less about how much you have on your resume and more about your music! You have quite a bit of time. I never did a summer program for composition in high school because of deciding to be a composer too late in the game for that, but that could be useful if you don’t have access to musicians otherwise. Re: notation questions, score study and listening can be really useful (you should be able to do interlibrary loans even if your town library is lacking), especially if you’re trying out some more extended techniques. Good luck!