Close your eyes, open your mind, and let the music carry you away. The National Association for Music Education (MENC), in conjunction with Technology Leadership Network (TLN), announced the winners of NSBA’s Student Electronic Music Composition Talent Search 2008.
Each year students from around the country submit their compositions for review by a national committee. Winners are selected for each of the following categories: elementary (through grade 5), middle level (grades 6-8), and high school (grades 9-12). Entries are judged based on their aesthetic quality; effective use of electronic media; the power of the composition and its presentation in communicating to school board members, administrators, and others; and the excitement and effectiveness of electronic music composition in the school curriculum. NSBA and MENC work together to emphasize and raise awareness of the important role of arts in 21st Century learning environments and K-12 education to ensure well rounded students and curriculum.
This year’s winners are:
High School Winner: Daniel Mulé, The Gates of Hell
Middle School Winner: Erin Graham, The Starship
Middle School Runner Up: Lindsey Zeichner, Fire
Winning students will be honored at NSBA’s T+L Conference in Seattle, October 2830, 2008. In addition, each winner will receive a prize package made up of software and materials from Sibelius USA, MagicScore Music Software, and MENC.
Please visit the T+L Website to listen to 2008′s national winner’s compositions! Their music is sure to inspire and impress you as each composition tells a story and reveals the wonderful role that arts play in the education system.
