2023 MYC Composition Festival Winners

With great pride, Music for Young Children offers a wonderful album of 31 piano compositions authored by the winners of the 2023 International Composition Festival. Over 3,300 compositions were submitted, composed by students from ages 3 to 10 from Canada, the United States, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Each composition was judged within its level of the MYC curriculum. The final judging round took place on April 6, 2023 and was streamed live on the Internet.

Every student wrote out her/his composition by hand, included imagery, and in many cases offered poetry. This album includes the original student submissions as well as new renderings in the form of interactive SuperScore files.

Introduction

Compositions by the winners of the 2023
MYC International Composition Festival

  • Sunshine 1
    • Beautiful Rainbow • Andrew Foong
    • The Blue Monster Truck • Jaxson Pavone-Adrian
    • Paper Robot • Wyatt Ziebert
    • Snowflake • Nathaniel Hua
  • Sunshine 2
    • Ice Cream • Hudson Schwenk
    • Blue Sky • Annika Olsson
    • At the Funfair • Jamie Loh
    • Hovercraft • Tristan Grégoire
  • Sunbeams 1
    • Lullaby • Natalie Kovacs
    • My Day Off • Tang Quynh Anh
    • Cotton Candy • Cecelia Vanderjagt
    • Bunnies in My Backyard • Diya Arun
  • Sunbeams 2
    • Hop Hop • Theo Zborovski-Borowoy
    • Rabbit Eats Carrot (again) • Yeo En Qi Hannah
    • Calgary Winter is Cold! • Nathaniel Varghese
    • Happy Dancing • Lydia Hu
  • Sunbeams 3
    • Freeskate Fun! • Layla Kakish
    • Daydream on Mars • Sabrina Evans
    • Funtime Playing Basketball • Fong Tuey Kuok
    • Ocean Waves • Julia Trail
  • Moonbeams 1
    • Winter • Brier McCormick
    • Dolphins • Emma Bohlmann
    • The Walk • Kettner
  • Moonbeams 2
    • Butterfly Meadow • Aaliya Jarvis
    • Sun Rays • Beckham Carathers
    • Lazy Rain • Skye Desjardins
    • The Blooming Flowers • Vanessa Wee Xin Rui
  • Moonbeams 3
    • Gliding in the Air • Isaiah Lau Kai Herng
    • The Bad Dream • Eric Penner
    • Cheerful March • Arthur Seida
    • March of the Elephants • Josiah Lathrop