What a joy it was performing the wonderful music created by these Young Composers.

At the dress rehearsal, each Young Composer supervises the performance of their composition.

Front Row (L to R): Emily Jones, Alexandra Gordon, Lauren Seidl

Middle Row (L to R): Sarah Faltz, Seth Mahoney

Back Row L to R): Robert Rosen, Brian Cyr, Shelby Sparks, Schuyler Pietz, Sandy Weyers, Jeanette Colombe

The Very Young Composers of Central Wisconsin has been awarded a grant form the National Endowment for the Arts to support the class of 2019.  This grant serves as additional validation of the quality and unique character of the program.  This is the third time the VYC program has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The VYC Seminar/Workshop was held the last weekend of October.  Jon Deak who created the VYC program through the New York Philharmonic https://nyphil.org/education/learning-communities/very-young-composers joined us to help prepare our volunteer Teaching Artists for the VYC class in January.  The Teaching Artists are all music majors at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.  Here are some images from the sessions.

Teaching Artists, Jon Deak (3rd from left), and VYC staff.

Brian Cyr models an "Instrument Interview."

Teaching Artists participating in group exercises.

Jon Deak modeling the scribing process.

The results of an exercise to encourage musical details.