| How to Be a Composer | |
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How to Be a Composer title card | |
| Genre | Music | 
| Directed by | Paul Yule | 
| Starring | Paul Morley | 
| Narrated by | Poppy Edwards | 
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | 
| Original language(s) | English | 
| No. of series | 1 | 
| No. of episodes | 2 | 
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Adam Barker Roy Ackerman | 
| Producer(s) | Paul Yule | 
| Location(s) | London | 
| Editor(s) | John Street | 
| Running time | 60 minutes | 
| Production company(s) | Diverse Production (Zodiak Entertainment) | 
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Four | 
| Original release | 18 July – 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, produced 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.