Mission Statement

There are very few opportunities for young composers to have their work performed live by real instruments and ensembles. Our mission is to bring compositions to life with a program dedicated to inspiring musical creativity in young composers all across Connecticut. Inspired by the NowBeat Project, the program will consist of K-12 students submitting applications to our committee and selected applicants will be tasked with composing a short work for a selected ensemble. Throughout the program, they will have their drafts reviewed by current WCSU composition students and will receive feedback before submitting their final score to be rehearsed and performed by WCSU students in a final performance. The final performance will be a pay-what-you-wish charity fundraiser that will support local public CT music classrooms that are in need of extra funding.

K-12 Applications will be open soon!