Composers Project

In the summer of 2020, Levine piano and composition faculty member Sam Post set out with colleagues Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal and Ralitza Patcheva to compose music tailored specifically to Levine piano students. Supported a faculty grant, they presented their pieces to the piano faculty, and later in the year, the students had their say in a master class of the new pieces, overseen by the composers. In these videos you see the work of the students coming to fruition.

Score and Recordings

Gentle Rain by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal
  • Score PDF
  • Recording featuring Sarah Levinson-Waldman, student of Melinda Baird
Get Some Treats for My Goober by Sam Post
  • Score PDF
  • Recording featuring Jenna Franke, student of Amanda Halstead

The Harmonic Playground #1 by Ralitza Patcheva
  • Score PDF
  • Recording featuring Sagan Vinocour, student of Sam Post
The Harmonic Playground #2 by Ralitza Patcheva
  • Score PDF
  • Recording featuring Lucy Beall, student of Amanda Halstead
The Harmonic Playground #3 by Ralitza Patcheva

Score PDF
Recording featuring Miles Dorsky, student of Amanda Halstead

Invention No. 8 by Sam Post
  • Score PDF
  • Recording featuring Henry Wang, student of Darya Gabay