HALEY WOODROW
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, EDUCATOR
HALEY WOODROW
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, EDUCATOR
Creating Composers Clinics
This 90 minute Creating Composers Clinic is designed to introduce the principles of composition to band students, as well as give them the opportunity to act as composers by customizing In Two Places for performance. Students will learn how to analyze and describe structural functions in music composition with vocabulary words such as exposition, form and closure. They will also learn to perceive pacing, structure and the storytelling aspect of music, as well as become more aware of how compositional choices affects listeners. Other outcomes include increased familiarity with ranges and orchestrational considerations, and a hands-on approach to assigning melody and balancing the ensemble for performance.
Education Articles
In Two Places
Well, I’m finally back from my unintentional hiatus from the blog. 2019 has proven to be a pretty incredible year so far; in large part due to me becoming a mom for the first time, as well as my current most popular work for band, "In Two Places" receiving an increasing number of performances. The new dichotomy present in my life – between being a parent and an artist, leaves me once again feeling like I am in two places!
My Texas PML Project
Welcome to my blog, which has been a smaller thing for me in the past, and is now a bigger thing in the present. You can expect to read about my thoughts and experiences on Music Education, Entrepreneurship, Worship in the Arts, as well as interviews on relevant topics and some about my work life and creative process!
Creating Composers Clinic
I would not be a professional, freelancing musician today if it were not for the band programs I participated in throughout middle school and high school.
Past Projects
My inaugural run of my eight-session “Creating Composers Clinic” served to introduce the principles of composition to a group of 8th grade students at Hillwood Middle School in Keller ISD. Throughout the eight weekly sessions, the students and I composed a collaborative composition for Saxophone Quartet, which was comprised, premiered and recorded by a group of their peers. We even teamed up with HMS Audio/Visual club to create a “music video” of the piece, which earned a finalist position in the 2017 Keller ISD Film Festival. In this video, each workshop participant’s picture is displayed, with the audio of their contribution playing underneath. The second half of the video features the entire composition, performed by the HMS Saxophone Quartet.