Working with Bang on a Can, each summer FSN invited 8th through 12th grade students enrolled in the band program at Drury to participate in a week-long composition workshop. Facilitators Nandi Plunkett, Nathan Koci, Zubin Hensler, Jeremy Thal, and Elena Moon Park—as well as Bang on a Can All-Star Mark Stewart— worked with these young composers to expand their understanding of music and explore the basics of composition. Collaborating closely in small ensembles as well as in a large group, the students were introduced to entirely new ways of making music. Some of the topics we touched on included methods of improvising, extended techniques, soundpainting (group improv via designated hand gestures), loop-based composition (both acoustically and digitally), and how to generate source material from found sounds. In 2016, the students were particularly inspired by a free-for-all exploration of the delightful instruments handmade by Gunnar Schonbeck, which live within a secret corridor of MASS MoCA’s massive post-industrial space.