At the end of the class, each student composer receives an award in the name of the Quartet.
The student composers seem to have an uncanny way of skirting cliches.
In a national competition last year, Casio offered student composers of synthesized music equipment and cash prizes.
The orchestra performs not only works of the standard art music literature, but also new works of student composers.
Last year, the institute added another layer to the process by asking student composers from the Juilliard School to create scores for participants.
It is the only conference in the world designed to bring together student filmmakers and student composers for discussion.
The ensemble also premieres works by the student composers.
It became a tradition, for example, for pianists to include a new work by a student composer on a degree recital.
In addition, the center will introduce several programs in the coming year to bring together student composers and artists from a variety of performing arts.
During her high school years, she entered the annual state sponsored contests for student musical composers and won three years in a row.