ABSTRACT
This interlude discusses reasons why students (should) compose. It first gives insights into argumentations that are found in the discourse of music education in schools and especially those that one finds in the school music curricula. Composition is seen as a tool to achieve musicianship or as the process and/or product of creativity. Further, the development of personalities is known. Second, the interlude describes reasons to compose outside the curricula, e.g., in school projects together with composers and music theatres. Further, settings out of school and informal settings are being looked at. With a broad understanding of composing as a creative activity, several argumentations and places to take place such as community music become visible.
