Inaugural Cohort — Starting January 2027

Your Musical JourneyStarts Here

Composer Club is enrolling its first cohort, starting January 2027. Over 12 weeks, your student will go from zero to a finished original piece — produced, mixed, and released on Spotify under their own name — guided by an instructor with a music degree, 20 years writing music (including commercial and video game placements), and 7 years as a certified classroom teacher. Limited to 15 students.

This is our very first cohort — intentionally small, so every founding family gets direct, personal feedback and ground-floor pricing before the program grows.

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Ages 12–17
100% Online
$250 / student
Curriculum

What You'll Learn

Twelve weeks, four milestones, one finished track. Every phase ends in something your student can actually hear.

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Weeks 1–3 · Getting Started

Set up your studio & find your sound

Learn what a DAW is and how to navigate BandLab, connect and play the Akai MPK Mini keyboard, record your first original notes through virtual instruments, and master tempo, rhythm, and beat-making — while training your ear to name what you hear.

Milestone: “The Vision” — a creative brief for the piece you'll build.

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Weeks 4–6 · Building the Music

Write the music

Major and minor chords and how progressions create emotion, tension and release, writing a melody or motif that carries a piece, and choosing the instruments, synths, and pads that match the mood you're after.

Milestone: “The Sketch” — a 30–60 second foundation with beat, chords, and melody.

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Weeks 7–9 · Shaping the Piece

Turn ideas into a composition

Structure a piece into sections — intro, development, climax, resolution — build energy with dynamics, tension, and automation, and learn to give and receive real, specific feedback in a guided peer critique.

Milestone: “The Rough Cut” — your full 2-minute arrangement, start to finish.

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Weeks 10–12 · Finishing & Releasing

Mix, master & release

Balance levels, panning, EQ, and reverb, master your track for streaming, and walk through artwork, metadata, and distribution — DistroKid to Spotify — as a class.

Milestone: “The Release” — your finished track live on Spotify under your own name.

Every week: a Classical Listen

Each skill is paired with a masterwork that shows it in action — from Stravinsky's rhythm to Debussy's texture to Bach on Spotify — so students build real listening literacy alongside their production chops.

About the Course

Intro to Music Composition

Each week your student joins a small group on Zoom to learn hands-on — writing rhythms, building melodies, arranging full pieces — using BandLab, a free browser-based music production tool. No expensive software, nothing to install.

By the final session, every student has a complete original track — mixed, mastered, and released on Spotify under their own name. Not a class project that lives in a folder. A real piece they made, own, and can share.

Composer Club is taught from a Christian worldview — we treat creativity as a God-given gift, and it shows in the culture of every cohort: encouragement over competition, and honest feedback delivered with kindness.

12 Weeks

Weekly live sessions

Live on Zoom

Interactive classes

Up to 15 Students

Small cohort size

Spotify Release

Publish your music

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The Weekly Rhythm

How It Actually Works

A predictable weekly rhythm, so students always know what comes next — and parents always know what their student is working on.

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Meet live every week

Your student joins a live, one-hour Zoom session with a small group of peers — not a pre-recorded video course. They follow along in real time, ask questions, and share their work.

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Practice in BandLab

Between sessions, students complete a short assignment in BandLab — the free, browser-based studio we use. Nothing to install, and every skill builds on the last.

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Get direct feedback

Before the next class, the instructor listens to each student's work and gives personal feedback. No rubric dropped in a portal — real notes on the actual music they're making.

Progress is tracked through four milestones across the 12 weeks — The Vision, The Sketch, The Rough Cut, and The Release — all building toward one goal: a finished, original piece released on Spotify under your student's own name in the final week.

Get Ready

What You'll Need

We keep the barrier to entry low — just a few essentials to get started making real music.

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Akai MPK Mini MK3

A portable MIDI keyboard controller — the only piece of hardware in the course. Plug it in, open BandLab, and you're ready to play.

~$100
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Computer with Internet

Any modern laptop or desktop with a web browser and a stable internet connection. BandLab runs entirely in the browser.

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BandLab (Free DAW)

Free browser-based music production software. No download, no install — your student signs up for a free account and starts making music.

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Pricing

Simple, One-Time Fee

No subscriptions, no hidden costs. One payment covers the full 12-week course and everything your student needs to make great music.

Full Course Access

$250/ student

12-week cohort · Starting January 2027

Everything included:

  • 12 weekly live Zoom sessions
  • BandLab DAW access (free, browser-based)
  • Weekly instructor feedback on your tracks
  • Private cohort community
  • Your finished track released on Spotify
  • Course materials & reference guides
Enroll Now — $250

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Spots are limited to 15 students per cohort and may close early if the cohort fills before the enrollment window ends.

One item to purchase separately: Akai MPK Mini keyboard (~$100) — available on Amazon or any music retailer.

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