“Why don’t you add the motif to your composition?” His voice echoed through the large,
empty classroom. Dmitri Shostakovich, my tutorial partner, is critiquing my music! What a
dream!
Dmitri Shostakovich, a Russian composer and pianist, is my classmate at Williams
College. He has been assigned as my partner in the Music Composition Tutorial. I am looking
forward to learn more about why and how he composes music in the style that he chooses. His
music represents curiosity and creativeness, which are the perfect adjectives to describe
Shostakovich himself. He lived in the Soviet Union during World War II and his experiences at
that time gave him a different interpretation of life and it is reflected in his music.
I wonder
empty classroom. Dmitri Shostakovich, my tutorial partner, is critiquing my music! What a
dream!
Dmitri Shostakovich, a Russian composer and pianist, is my classmate at Williams
College. He has been assigned as my partner in the Music Composition Tutorial. I am looking
forward to learn more about why and how he composes music in the style that he chooses. His
music represents curiosity and creativeness, which are the perfect adjectives to describe
Shostakovich himself. He lived in the Soviet Union during World War II and his experiences at
that time gave him a different interpretation of life and it is reflected in his music.
I wonder