Music Composition

Today, I had my students to compose a piece of music. They had to choose a time signature and a key signature. They had to have a minimum of 10 measures with different rhythms and the pitches that they can play with their instruments. Each student was really thinking about how they want to compose the music. It was very interesting to see some of the students are very creative with their composition. I thought that this activity was one way to find which students are creative and are capable to compose. After they all composed their music, we performed it. Students were very proud of themselves when they were performing the piece and we all had a great time. I should do this more often.