Graphic Composers

We started to explore and compose music today. Not all of us know how to read or write music so we used a different form of musical score to express our ideas. It is called graphic notation. Composers in the early 20th Century started to use this as a way to free themselves from the constraints of regular printed music. Here is an example from that time period:

Students can decide how much freedom they would like in their music, how much freedom to give the performer, what instruments to use, etc. Yesterday was their first attempt so I am excited to see what comes out today after having some experience under their belt. We are video taping the performances and we can't wait to share them with the community next Friday. We hope you can join us!