A working hub for private composition lessons. Materials are built as the lessons land, so this collection grows over time, and score study runs through all of it: reading a score closely to see how a passage is made.
Close-reading guides for specific scores and passages. This is the method under every area here, whether the aim is a compositional strategy, an orchestration technique, or a point of notation.
Lessons and handouts on writing for instruments, working from range and transposition toward balance, doubling, and color, tied back to what the music is trying to do.
Lessons and handouts on setting music clearly on the page, from standard practice to the choices that make a score readable in rehearsal and performance.
Browser-based diagrams for analysis and teaching: form, texture, register and orchestration maps, and process. Each one is self-contained and opens in the browser with nothing to install.
Beyond the lessons, a running list of organizations, funding, residencies, and opportunities for composers lives on the resources page.
The composition portfolio you build across your studies, and how to organize and submit it, is covered on the portfolio page.