Abstract
Due to the complexities associated with contemporary musical works, students seldom study and perform modern Canadian compositions. As a result, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada commissioned composers to compose a new work in collaboration with students and teachers of a large urban school board in a multi-year, multi-site research project entitled “Making Music: Composing with Young Musicians.” The following research question was addressed: what aspects of the compositions reflect student and teacher input? The 18 participants, all professional composers, commented that all teachers provided input that directly or indirectly helped shape the composition. Not only did they contribute their creative ideas and knowledge about instrumental range, the teachers encouraged students musically. The young musicians also contributed their musical creativities. Through a non-sequential compositional process of brainstorming, writing, revising, and editing, the students contributed ideas pertaining to the overall structure of the piece, as well as the thematic, melodic, rhythmic, and instrumental aspects of the composition.
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