Applied Music – Composition, Fall Semester 2025 — Spafford 304, Dr. Wieland’s Office

• Odd-numbered Weeks: Individual Composition Lesson
• Even-numbered Weeks: 50-minute Composition Class
• Compositions are due online before class on Monday. (Weekly composition assignments are 80% of your semester grade.)

Finals Week, Dec. 11, 12, 15, 16, & 17: A Meaningful Culminating Activity TBD

As Time Allows:

• Create a meaningful culminating activity for finals week, e.g.
  • a composition recital open to other students and family
  • a new music listening extravaganza open to other students and family
  • another composition assignment
  • a creativity activity
  • other?
• Create listening guides.
• Discuss Creativity.
• Skim through these web pages: Old Composers and Young Composers
• Peruse Composition Associations and Awards.
• Discuss Getting Over Writer's Block.
• Learn a little about Copyright.