| How to Be a Composer | |
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How to Be a Composer title card |
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| Genre | Music |
| Format | Documentary |
| Directed by | Paul Yule |
| Starring | Paul Morley |
| Narrated by | Poppy Edwards |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Adam Barker Roy Ackerman |
| Producer(s) | Paul Yule |
| Editor(s) | John Street |
| Location(s) | London |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Diverse Production (Zodiak Entertainment) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Four |
| Original run | 18 July 2009 – 19 July 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
How to Be a Composer is a British television documentary first shown on BBC Four in July 2009.
The show (2 x 1 hr, made by Diverse Production and directed by Paul Yule), was based around the former New Musical Express journalist Paul Morley learning how to create a piece of classical music. The films observe Morley spending a year at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London. Even though Morley begins neither knowing how to read music nor how to play a musical instrument, by the end of the year, with the help of his tutor Christopher Austin and the students at the Academy, we see the performance of his String Quartet.