Nova Music for Composition Teachers

Manage Your Composition Students from Sketch to Score

Join composition teachers who mentor developing artists with organized portfolio tracking.

Common challenges for composition teachers

Sound familiar? You are not alone. These are the problems Nova Music was built to solve.

Tracking each student's portfolio of works-in-progress across various instrumentation and style projects
Managing students with different compositional goals — conservatory prep, film scoring, concert music, commercial work
Organizing score examples, reference recordings, and technique resources across many style periods and approaches

How Nova Music helps

Purpose-built tools that make managing your composition studio effortless.

Tag students by style focus (classical, contemporary, film, commercial), skill level, and current project instrumentation

Resource library stores score examples, reference recordings, orchestration guides, and theory references by style and form

Practice tracking with streaks encourages daily compositional sketching — building the habit that develops artistic voice

Scheduling handles individual lessons, portfolio reviews, workshop sessions, and reading rehearsal coordination

Up to 10 students on the free plan supports composition teachers mentoring developing artists at every stage

Voices developing

Composition teachers use Nova to mentor students through the long creative journey of developing an artistic voice

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best software for composition teachers?

Nova Music is a free studio management platform well-suited for composition teachers. Track student projects and portfolio development with custom tags, share score examples and reference recordings through the resource library, and encourage daily creative work with practice tracking.

Can I track student works-in-progress?

Yes. Nova Music's custom tags let you record each student's current projects, their stage (sketch, draft, revision, complete), instrumentation, and style. This gives you a clear view of every student's creative pipeline when planning lessons.

How do I build a library of score examples?

Upload score PDFs, reference recordings, and analysis notes to the resource library. Organize by style period, form, instrumentation, and technique focus. Students can access relevant examples that support their current compositional challenges.

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