One of MusicaNeo’s main missions is the support of the development of music education in different countries. In 2013, we came up with an idea: encourage kids to study classical music on works by contemporary composers.

It happened for a reason. It’s no secret that children learn faster when the educational process is based on fun and interaction. Teachers complain that many pieces by contemporary composers are too difficult for children’s understanding. Without receiving a good idea of new music in childhood, a human can’t perceive the ‘alien’ language of modern art later on in life. The aim thus was to substantially ‘refresh’ the educational base, enriching it with new music pieces by modern composers that are fun and interactive for the learning child.

We started a fund-raising campaign at IndieGoGo asking for support in this project, and many responded. Although the sum gathered was not enough to hold a massive music competition and create a printed edition of the book as originally planned, it helped us to lay an important foundation. A music contest among modern composers was organized and a call for music scores was announced. We are glad that composers accepted the challenge and managed to create a lot of new pieces in a relatively short time. Among the 102 applications received, our music experts carefully selected 12 that are published in a digital sheet music booklet “Maestro-in-the-Making”. We are pleased to share with you the result of this common venture.

Below is the FREE download link for the “Maestro-in-the-Making” booklet:

The digital sheet music booklet “Maestro-in-the-Making”

About the booklet:

A sheet music collection of 12 educational easy-level pieces for ensemble or solo instruments. Provided are biographical information about the composers and the pieces’ descriptions. The authors of the included scores granted a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to publicly or privately perform their works for educational purposes.

We will make sure that this edition is distributed among as many educational establishments as possible and will follow its mission. Please feel free to download it and spread among your colleagues, students and friends, too.

We would like to once again express our deepest gratitude to everyone who made his or her contribution in supporting, creating and preparing the booklet.

The list of compositions included for publication in the digital music booklet “Maestro-in-the-Making”: