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Thanks so much for taking time to visit ComposeCreate. My goal is to create Music Kids Love® so your students love music and you love teaching! I’m passionate about helping piano teachers and music teachers to flourish, so you will find hundreds of articles, resources, and music to do just that. 

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What is ComposeCreate All About?

We believe that people (especially children and teens) are beautiful beings worthy of our respect and that they deserve music that is both interesting to them and beautiful no matter what level.

Bio

Wendy loves helping piano teachers and their students to flourish! Currently, she spends most of her time as a music composer, publisher, and speaker. She most enjoys composing music and creating resources that really connect with kids, right where they are, not where adults want them to be. Helping teachers remember what it’s like to be a child or a teenager again and experiencing that childlike wonder, excitement, and creativity is one of her life’s passions.

Wendy has most recently jumped into the world of creating Music Adults Love™, giving adults, teens and the older beginner more mature sounding music at even the easiest of levels. She believes that no student should have to play music that makes them feel childish, less-than, or embarrassed to play and is thrilled to be helping to fill this gap in piano repertoire.

Wendy received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Pedagogy and Masters of Music in Theory and Composition from Wichita State University where she studied with Pulitzer Prize Nominee Walter Mays. She graduated summa cum laude and taught theory at Wichita State University. In addition to studio teaching and adjudicating, she has served as a church musician playing the piano and organ for more than 20 years.

Wendy is a member of MTNA, KMTA, and WMMTA. She has served as president and in many other positions in her local association and also on the board for KMTA. Wendy is a nationally certified teacher of music (NCTM) and a member of ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.

Wendy’s favorite activities are composing and giving presentations on creativity, composition, understanding children and teens, and business matters. Her students have won various prizes for their compositions at a local and national level and has presented workshops at the Music Teachers National Association, SMU Institute for Piano Teachers, National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, National Federation of Music Teachers, various local and state associations, and online.

Her piano and choral compositions are published with Concordia Publishing House, Augsburg Fortress, Hal Leonard, Willis Piano Music and ComposeCreate.

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