2015 Composition Contest Winners!

The student confidently steps onto the stage, and announces his original composition before taking a seat at the grand piano.  He performs beautifully for the audience.  The parents, and certainly the teacher, are surprised how quickly three short years have flown past since he began Let's Play Music, and now he's graduating from the program as a viable musician.  Audience members gasp in delight to hear the creativity, knowledge, and feeling bursting from compositions by unassuming six-, seven-, and eight-year-olds.

This is a familiar scene every Spring in Let's Play Music studios nationwide.  The program helps students read and play piano music, but the more fantastic result of three very short years is a student body who understand the music, enjoy the music, and create their own music!

Today we share the video of the winners from the 2015 National Composition Contest: students who made it clear that they will forever be creators of music.  Winners were announced earlier in June at the National Let's Play Music Symposium for teachers.  1,500 young composers completed compositions in 2015.

WATCH HERE:

 

Best Overall Composition, by Asia: Sledding.
Teacher: Trina Harding 
"My song is about me and my dad sledding fast down a long hill."
 

Best Use of Chords, by Jackson: Piano Man in China.
Teacher: Lily Hight

Best Melody, by Katie: Swallow & The Tortoise
Teacher: Shea Morley
"You will hear a swallow. She's happy because she is invited to a birthday party. Then you'll hear a tortoise, slow and sad, because he isn't invited."

Best Use of ABA Form, by Kien: Robot's Workshop
Teacher: Anna White
Video: coming soon!
 
Most Original Composition, by Oliver: Dragon & the Man
Teacher: Stacie Raddatz
You'll hear an exciting tale of a man who sneaks into a dragon's lair for a diamond.

Honorable Mention, by Aleena: Avaleena
Teaher: Debbie Huish
Aleena's composition "Avaleena" is about her and her sister Avalee. The title is both of their names together and she wrote the song for her sister Avalee. In the song you will hear happiness, fighting and sadness. Aleena loves her sister Avalee. 

Honorable Mention, by Gavin: Here Comes a Bison
Teacher: Tina Gosney
"The reason I wrote this song is because I love Bison"


Honorable Mention by McKenna: Make a Wish
Teacher: Heather Prusse
"I dedicate this song to both my sisters, because they're the best."  
Honorable Mention, by Elida: Best Friends Forever
Teacher: Natalie Pasqueralli
"My song makes me feel happy because whenever I play it, It reminds me of my best friend, Sophie."

Honorable Mention, by Quentin: Angry Creature
Teacher: Annie Miller
"If you listen carefully, you'll hear a troll, a goblin, and a zombie." 

Honorable Mention: Dog Bite Boogie
Teacher: Liz Murdock