Manuscript Submission

Question #4 Students Getting Published

This will be an ongoing series consisting of questions that I have received after giving the Composition for Kids lecture.  The first three questions came from members of KMTA this summer.  They included:

  • When do you have your students first begin writing down their compositions?
  • Do you have your beginning students use notation programs?
  • How do you get your […]
  • Submitting Manuscripts to a Publisher

    Several budding composers have asked my advice on submitting manuscripts to publishing companies.  I’ve given them a few suggestions, but I recently found this Guide to Submitting Manuscripts from the Lorenz Corporation that captures a lot of the things that composers need to consider before submitting manuscripts. 

    There is excellent advice contained in this document including researching the “personality” of the publishing company to […]