GCSE Summer Composition Workshop
Complete and improve your GCSE Music composition draft this summer
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A focused online workshop for GCSE Music students from Hong Kong who are now living in the UK, especially students preparing for Year 11 and working on their free-choice composition draft.
This workshop is designed to help students strengthen their musical ideas, develop their composition skills, and receive guidance on how to improve the quality of their work before submission.
Workshop Dates: Monday to Friday, 20-31 July 2026
Session A: 5:00-6:00 p.m. UK time
Session B: 9:00-10:00 a.m. HK time
Instructor: Dr. Sheung-Ping Lai
Registration Deadline: 17 July 2026
IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR YOU?
This workshop is suitable for GCSE Music students who:
✔ Are preparing for Year 11
✔ Have started or completed a free-choice composition draft
✔ Want clearer guidance on how to improve their composition
✔ Need help with melody, rhythm, harmony, structure, texture, and musical development
✔ Would benefit from feedback before refining their final work
✔ Prefer support in Cantonese and/or English
If your composition has ideas but still feels unfinished, unclear, or difficult to develop, this workshop will help you understand how to shape it into a stronger and more complete piece.
WHAT STUDENTS WILL GAIN
By joining the workshop, students will receive:
✔ Basic composition principles and practical skills
✔ Step-by-step guidance to complete the composition draft
✔ Feedback to improve the quality of their work
✔ Support with developing musical ideas into a more structured composition
✔ Guidance on harmony, texture, form, and musical coherence
✔ A clearer understanding of how to revise and strengthen their draft
The aim is not only to help students complete a piece, but to help them understand how to make their composition more convincing, musical, and well-organised.
WHAT THE WORKSHOP COVERS
Throughout the workshop, students will work on the key areas needed to build and improve a GCSE composition, including:
✔ Generating musical ideas
✔ Motivic development
✔ Melodic shape
✔ Rhythm
✔ Phrase structure
✔ Form
✔ Basic harmony
✔ Harmonic patterns
✔ Texture
✔ Integration of musical elements
✔ Creating contrasting sections
✔ Completing a short ABA composition
✔ Presenting and reviewing new compositions
Students will be guided through the process of turning musical ideas into a more complete and polished composition.
SCORE SUBMISSION AND FEEDBACK
Students are invited to submit their free-choice composition drafts for evaluation and feedback during the workshop.
Deadline for score submission: 17 July 2026
Please upload your score as a PDF file in the registration form. Alternatively, you may submit it by email to: splai3@hotmail.com
Submitting a draft allows for more focused feedback and helps the workshop better support each student’s actual progress in composition.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Dates: Monday to Friday, 20-31 July 2026
Session A: 5:00-6:00 p.m. UK time
Session B: 9:00-10:00 a.m. HK time
Students may choose the session time that best fits their location and schedule.
WORKSHOP FEE
Regular Fee: HK$4,700 / US$600
Registration Deadline: 17 July 2026
Early Bird Fee: HK$4,230 / US$540
Early Bird Deadline: 10 July 2026
Early registration is recommended, especially for students who would like to submit their composition draft for feedback.
WHY JOIN THIS WORKSHOP?
Many students begin their GCSE composition with good ideas, but find it difficult to develop them into a complete and well-structured piece.
This workshop gives students practical guidance on how to continue, improve, and refine their work. With support on musical ideas, structure, harmony, texture, and feedback, students can approach their composition with more confidence and direction.
Whether the draft is still in progress or already mostly complete, the workshop will help students see what can be improved and how to move forward.
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