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The Wizarding School for Composers is the premiere online training program for emerging, adult composers of all skill levels who want to refine their artistic craft, build their portfolio, and grow their careers.
Through semester-long live workshops, recording opportunities, pre-recorded courses, and more, the Wizarding School gives composers the skills they need to write award-winning music that captivates listeners and to promote their music in a way that generates at least one new commission or performance every month.
Recording Opportunities
Every ~3 months, the Wizarding School hosts recording sessions for emerging, adult composers. The goal of these sessions is to help you build your portfolio, expand your network, and promote your music. Check out a sampling of their recordings below and learn more about recording intensives.
Orchestra
Choir
Piano
Case Studies & Student Wins
Below you’ll find stories from Wizarding School students who have implemented the creative and career-building tools I teach.
Check out what they've accomplished to see what’s possible for you in your composing.
Her Second Ever Orchestra Piece Was Performed and Published
Composer: Stephanie Plautz
Piece: The Warmth in Yearning
Successes:
Programmed by the Concord Chamber Orchestra (WI) for its 2025–2026 concert season
Selected for the reading session of the the Texas Orchestra Directors Association 2025 Summer Convention in San Antonio
Published by Zicato Music in 2024
Recorded by the Budapest Art Orchestra in the Wizarding School for Composers’ 2023 Orchestral Composition Intensive
His Piano Concerto Won an International Prize and Received Its World Premiere
Composer: Danny English
Piece: Piano Concerto
Successes:
2nd prize in the World Piano Day International Composition Competition in Belgium
Programmed by the Edgewood Symphony Orchestra (PA) for its 2025–2026 concert season
She Went from Professional Cellist to Published Composer
Composer: Katie Troy
Successes:
English horn and piano piece "Runaway Llama Train" published through TrevCo Music
Commissioned by the South Georgia String Project
Commissioned by the Concordia University Symphonia (MI), led by Dr. Eduard Teregulov
"Alligator Alley" (solo cello piece) performed frequently by cellist Dr. Eduard Teregulov as an encore
Wizarding School students get performed and commissioned.
Laurel Christensen
“All Night I Could Not Sleep”
New Jersey All-State Choir
Jessica Margolin
“Return”
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco, CA
Joseph Jones
Fragments No. 2 for 6 players
Decoda Ensemble at Carnegie Hall
Wizarding School students get published.
Iain MacDonald, John Bradshaw, Katie Troy, Kevin Kopsco, Matt Hess, Jessica Margolin
All published oboe chamber works with TrevCo Music, the leading publisher of double reed music.
Wizarding School students get accepted to festivals and grad schools.
Greta Stiegler
Brevard 2023, Mostly Modern 2023,
Sofia Symphonic Summit 2024
Heather Savage
Appalachian State University’s master’s degree program in Music Composition
Beverly Beegle
Hidden Valley Emerging Composers Intensive 2023
Do you want to know how they did this?
If you’re an aspiring composer who wants to get their music noticed, then you might just be a few strategies, and best practices away from securing one commission or performance every month.
Join me for a 20 minute “Composing Craft + Career Clarity Call” to design YOUR Artistic Growth Roadmap. On the call, we will:
Review your current skills and portfolio
Identify what’s possible for your composing in the next 90 days and beyond
Uncover the no. 1 obstacle stopping you from writing killer music and holding you back from regular commissions and performances
Develop a custom plan that will supercharge your career
Are you ready to supercharge your composing?
“Joseph has been the most helpful composition teacher I’ve ever worked with.”
— Dr. David Ashton
NYC-based multi-woodwind performer, improviser & composer.
