Creativity and Collaboration

One of our goals at Motif is to nurture an environment that supports creativity and collaboration, not only with teachers and students at Motif, but also other musicians.

This year, teacher Julianne suggested featuring a composer each month to inspire students to listen to music that may not be on their current playlists and to do something with potential to see teachers also motivating each other by their various approaches to this studio-wide challenge.

The challenge was accepted with enthusiasm and the momentum is growing throughout the year.

Our November “Composer of the Month” was Canadian composer, Christine Donkin.  Christine generously offered to answer student questions throughout that month and our students diligently wrote a variety of questions asking about inspiration for compositions, instrument dynamics and study habits and methods.  How wonderful to connect with this creative, talented Canadian composer.

We have the unique privilege of hosting Christine Donkin in the Comox Valley this Spring for a special series of composition workshops for Motif students and Comox Valley teachers on Sunday afternoon, April 7th.

We look forward to seeing students and teachers inspired as they explore composition for themselves, whether brand new composers or students already composing, this will be a format that both can participate in!

You can follow our event calendar to see upcoming events each month.  Please ask your teacher or email us at motifmusicstudios@gmail.com if you are curious if an opportunity might be right for you!