Always free · Online · Grades 1 to 8
Turn your musical ideas into finished pieces.
PieceFoundry helps young students take their first steps into music composition. In one on one online sessions, students learn how music is built, then write something of their own. Every lesson is free.
Mission
PieceFoundry exists to make music composition accessible to every young student, whatever their background or resources. Good composition instruction is usually expensive and hard to find, especially for children still in elementary and middle school. Removing that barrier is the whole point of this platform.
Every young person has melodies worth sharing. Learning to write them down builds creativity, patience, and a voice that lasts well beyond the lesson.
My Vision
I started composing as a young student myself, and I remember how it felt to hear an idea of mine played out loud for the first time. My vision for PieceFoundry is a place where beginning composers are encouraged to experiment, get things wrong, and keep going, guided by someone who walked the same path recently enough to remember it.
Over time I hope to grow PieceFoundry into a network of young mentors helping the next generation of composers find their own voices.
About Me
Gunes Sunar, founder of PieceFoundry
Hi, I'm Gunes Sunar, a high school senior, composer, pianist, and the founder of PieceFoundry. I began playing piano at age 5 and wrote my first composition in first grade. For many years I focused mainly on creating original works for solo piano, developing my own ideas through composition and performance.
More recently I expanded my writing beyond solo piano through advanced composition programs at the Penn State Young Composers Institute and the Indiana University Jacobs Composition Academy Summer Intensive. These experiences introduced me to writing for duos and chamber ensembles, and gave me the chance to develop works that were recorded or performed by professional musicians.
I created PieceFoundry to share what I have learned with younger musicians. Through lessons, educational materials, and composition resources, my goal is to help students explore their creativity, understand how music is built, and develop their own musical voices.
My name, Güneş, means sun in Turkish.
Listen
I wrote my first composition at age 7. This is it.
Resources
Original instructional materials written for young composers, free to download and use at home or in a classroom.
Starter worksheets
Short, printable exercises that help young composers explore melody and rhythm by hand. Start with Build a Melody from Three Notes, a basic worksheet for experimenting with note order and rhythm.
Download worksheet Build a Melody from Three Notes, 1 page PDFBlogSee all
Composition, creativity, and the science of music, one idea at a time.
New posts every other week, with ideas, stories, and techniques young composers can explore for themselves.
Book a Lesson
Always free
Every session is completely free. There is no cost and no catch. You can book 2 to 4 times a month.
30 minutes on Zoom
A focused 30 minute private lesson, one student at a time, over Zoom.
Availability
Open lesson times, all Eastern Time. Pick one and enter it on the form below.
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Open for a lesson. All times Eastern.
Nothing here works for you? Email piecefoundry@gmail.com and I will try to find another time.
Request a session
Fill in the form below and I will reply by email to confirm a time.
Contact
Questions about PieceFoundry or about lessons? Parents and students are both welcome to write.
Email piecefoundry@gmail.com