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How to free our inner Mozart, Sama’ Abdulhadi or Stormzy
An impressive, jargon-free book that sets out to make music composition as easy as frying an egg... well almost
(L to R) Mozart in 1763-64, portrait by Jean-Baptiste Greuze; Sama’ Abdulhadi; Stormzy [Stormzy by Frank Schwichtenberg/Creative Commons]

A NEW book by James MacMillan and Jennifer Martin entitled Creative Composition for the Classroom is a particularly welcome development, as it hopes to demystify what composing is, how it works and how it can be taught.

MacMillan is likely to be a familiar name for anyone brought up through the Catholic church or just eager about classical music.

Martin is quite a creative powerhouse, who deserves many accolades for her various work across Scotland.

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