Composing resources

Thanks for attending Celebrating Music Creation 2026! Below are worksheets that I’ve created to help at various points in the creative process. I hope they are a helpful resource to you!

Composition Recipe Card

Great for beating the blank page! This worksheet will help you set your intentions before beginning your piece.

Composition delivery checklist

The actual checklist I use before I deliver works to professional musicians! A beautiful-looking score begets beautiful performances.

Composition Story Board

This worksheet helps you to design the form of your piece by thinking big-picture.

Composition homework sheet

Fill this out every week so that your student can strengthen general skills and have specific prompts to work on during the week.

Variation Card game

Who said developing your ideas can’t be fun? Cut out the cards and draw at random to find ways to play with and expand upon your material.

Composition evaluation guide

Take the guesswork and negativity out of evaluating your work and get specific action items for how to improve it.