Vermont MIDI Students

6th - 8th Grade Student MIDI Compositions Archive
Work Prior to 2004

The Dragon Dance©
Hillary and Jessica
Barre City Middle School


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We had to make a 24 bar composition using repetition to create 8 bar phrases. At first we wanted our piece to sound like a music box, but then we changed the instruments to make it sound like a dragon dance that would be in China. We think that changing the sounds of this piece made it sound better and more catching.

As Leaves Are Falling©
April, Danika, Lauren
Williston Central School


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We created this song in ABA form in the key of C. We created a melody and then harmonized it with the bass clef. The voices we used were oboe and clarinet. We named it, "As the Leaves are Falling", because it reminded us of autumn.

Rain in Japan©
Chelsea
Bellows Falls Middle School


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The first thing I did was make a four beat motif. The motif is repeated many times throughout the piece, but in an altered form. Then, I chose other rhythm patterns that worked well with the motif. Since the piece is in ABA form, I chose a different rhythm pattern for the B section. The A section is repeated in the end of the piece, but the last 2 measures are slightly different. Then, I added harmony using chords. I chose the Japanese Koto for the melody because it gave the piece an oriental ring. I chose the Kalimba because it complimented the Koto. The piece is called Rain in Japan because the short beats of the Koto sounded like rain.

Tambour©
Nicole
Bridport Central School


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This is my first time ever writing music. My music teacher suggested that I write a song to practice rhythms. She said that it was really good and that I should put it in the winter concert. I did. At first I wrote this piece to be played by snare drums with the bass drum playing a steady beat. I then added tambourine and recorder parts based on the feedback I got online. I also changed some quarter notes to eighth notes to make the rhythm more interesting. Tambour means drum in French.

ABA Recorder Piece©
Gabrielle
The Maple Street School


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I had an assignment to compose an ABA piece. I wrote it for two recorders since I am learning to play the recorder. It is 4/4 time and in the key of C.

Olympian Return©
Hilary
Hinesburg Community School


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My name is Hilary and I am in 6th grade at Hinesburg Community School. I was given the assignment to make a 12 measure song. The song had to have dotted half notes, half notes, 16th notes, quarter notes and 8th notes. We also had to have quarter rests and half rests. Our songs were in the key of C so my song starts and ends on a C. I chose my instrument, French horn, because I play this instrument, and I had originally written the song for my horn.

Thingy-ma-bob©
James and Thomas
Browns River School


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This piece is creepy. The piece is twelve measures long and is in the key of C. The alto saxophone plays the melody and there is a chord accompaniment on the electric guitar.

Arrangement©
Spencer
Barre City Middle School


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I started with a two instrument piece using write a bar repeat a bar or repetition. I've arranged it for string quartet and trumpet.

Peace©
Madison
Bellows Falls Middle School


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We wrote this song in AABA form. We just wanted a nice sound. We weren't intending a slow song, but when we wrote it and it ended up being slow, we liked it. We used a pattern and then repeated that pattern and different pitches. At first our instruments were bowedglasspad and soundtrack, but then we changed the sounds to flute and warmpad. This song is 16 measures long.

Midi©
Colby
The Maple Street School


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I love playing the recorder and also recently started piano lessons. My piece is for recorder and harpsichord, since the sound of the harpsichord goes so well with recorder.

Let the River Flow©
Jolin and Brittany
Barre City Middle School


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Our piece is on a method of write a bar repeat a bar in an 8 phrase method. We wanted the piece to sound like a slow moving, sad, and a sleepy mode song. Based on the feedback we received online, we change some of our chords to arpeggios and added lyrics. We also had to change some of the rhythms in the melody to go with the lyrics.

Way, Way Afar and Far, Far Away©
Melissa
Hinesburg Community School


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My name is Melissa and I am in the 6th grade at Hinesburg Community School. I was assigned to write a song in music class. The song had to be 12 measures long and had to have dotted half notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes. The song also had to have quarter rests and half rests. The reason I chose this title for my song is because I had heard it in a commercial on television and thought it fit. The song sounds secretive and far away to me.

The Pirates Picnic©
Brooke, Samantha & Susie
Charlotte Central School


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Opus 5

This began as an assignment to create a piece with a bass and treble clef. Originally we were assigned to have chords and inversions, but they had to be removed when we wrote it for two instruments. We chose the oboe for the treble clef and the bassoon for the bass. We wanted to use the French horn instead of the bassoon, but our notes were too low for a French horn to play. When we first wrote the piece, it was in the key of C, and all of the notes were a fourth lower. In order to make it playable by the instruments we chose, we had to make the pitch higher. When we listened to the piece with the instruments we chose, it reminded us of pirates.

Bounce©
Joe
Hazen Union Middle School


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Opus 5

I am a 7th grader at Hazen Union Middle School. I am taking a band composition class. For a project, I made a piece for the Opus 5 concert. It has a flute, clarinet and bassoon. When I revised the piece, I fixed some clashing notes and made the flute a bit higher.

~Rippling Lake Water~©
Jen
Williston Central School


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I wrote this piece in remembrance of a lake I go to every summer with my family. This lake's name is Lake Eden, and the water is always rippling, with a calm, peaceful movement and sound. I wrote the melody in the key of F, and then added harmony with an arpeggiated bass line. My piece had to begin and end on F, and I had to use at least one rest. My melody is played on the Grand Piano, and the harmony is played on String Ensemble 2.

Morning Madness©
Brittany and Steffani
Barre City Middle School


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Opus 5

This piece is a woodwind quartet with flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon. It is 33 bars long. We got our ideas from the books we received at the beginning of the assignment. We wanted it to be a relaxing piece, so in order to make it sound relaxing we had to let it flow and go high.

Celebrate America©
Mary Kathryn
Bridport Central School


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Opus 5

Originally I wrote this piece for flute. At first I just put notes down to give me something to work with, then I worked with the piece until it sounded good. I tried to use a pattern when I did change it. I'm in 8th grade, and I play the flute. Once the flute part was finished, I added a trumpet part which I later changed to an oboe. Then I added dynamics.

Joe©
Rosa & Becca
Bellows Falls Middle School


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We started with just an AABA pattern but then extended it. We tried to use the blues scale as a starting point. We wanted to create a fast paced song.

Harmony©
Nicole
West Rutland School


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First I had to write two measures of rhythm for A, then I repeated them. I had to do the same thing for B. The only guideline I had to follow for the melody was that the A section had to begin and end on C, and the B section had to begin and end on G. After I did all of that, I started to play the keyboard to find out which notes sounded good together and which ones didn't. Then I had to create a harmony line. I did that by writing half notes a third above the melody.

Riddle Pond©
Nate & Nathan
Barre City Middle School


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Opus 5

Our composition title is Riddle Pond. We tried to make a strong, moving piece. The mood we tried to present was dramatic.

Twinkle Variations©
Alicia, Ben, Caleb, Emily, Joe, Sam, Samantha & Shannon
Hazen Union Middle School


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Opus 4

The eight of us in class divided into four pairs. We added chords to "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and then created three harmony lines to go with the melody. Then we erased the melody and wrote our own. Finally we combined all four pieces and fixed the ranges so it could be played on brass instruments. We revised the piece according to suggestions we received. We then added dynamics and articulations so the piece could be performed live.

Evening's Farewell©
Ethan
Williston Central School


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I had to write a 16 measure piece of music in 6/8 time. It is in the key of F major. I used the chords F, B flat and C which are the 1,4,5 chords in the key of F major.

Moments of the Heart©
Abe
Bellows Falls Middle School



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In my song I made happy moments and some sad. I made my song just from writing the first measure and making the song match.

Festivities©
JS & DC
Charlotte


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We created the A section by making variations on the first five notes and went from there. The B section was kind of an experiment. Then we went back to the A section and finished the song. After getting some feedback online, we revised our piece by adding whole note chords to measures 16-19, continuing the "hits" at measure 46 and adding a drum part to the end.

King's Rumble©
Justin, Luke & Kevin
West Rutland School


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We composed in ABA form. We wrote a 2 measure rhythm for the A section, then repeated it. Then we did the same process for the B section. The A section begins and ends on C, and the B section begins and ends on G. We started our melody on the xylophone, then moved to the computer.

THE END©
Elizabeth & Meghan
Barre City Middle School

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The mood we tried to create was death and gloom. We started with a simple melody, then expanded upon it by adding counter melodies. Instead of using block chords, we made them into almost another melody. Our composition is 32 measures long, and is written for a string quartet. It is in the time signature of 4/4, and in the key of D minor to F major.

AGE OF SAIL©
Thomas
Danville School

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I had this tune in my head for a long time and wanted to write it down. It is a piece about two ships getting ready to engage each other in battle. The French Horn is the tension in the piece.

TRIO©
Grace, Paige & Jillian, 6th Grade

Bradford Elementary School

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We are three 6th graders and our assignment was first to choose the instruments we wanted to write for and then to write a two measure motif and answer it in the other instrument. After that we were to do that again and then create a new motif using both instruments.

FAN RAIN©
Jessica & Vanessa
Thetford Academy

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This piece will enlighten your soul with the sounds of the falling rain in the dark mist of your fantasies.

THE NIGHT©
Marilyn
Bellows Falls Middle School

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I had to create an AABA song form. My teacher helped me decide what chords sounded nice and went with the melody. Then we got my work book and we got the letters and we put the chords on the sheet of music. We then listened to the piece moved the chords around until the piece seemed finished.

A TIME OF PEACE©
Matthew
Milton Jr.-Sr. High School

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This piece was written in 3/4 time in the key of G major for piano and piccolo.

STARDUST©
Melissa & Alicia
West Rutland School

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We started by making simple rhythms using ta and titi. Then we transferred those same rhythms to quarter, half, whole, 32nd, and 64th notes. We put them onto a staff. We added our harmony in thirds. We had to start out with an A, B, A pattern. The A section had to start and end on C and the B section on G. We weren't allowed to take any big leaps in our melody. We worked very hard on this piece.

THE MONKEY©
Katy
Williston Central School

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I had to write a composition in F major. It needed to begin and end on F. I was able to choose notes from middle C to the top line F in my melody. I needed to include one rest. I also needed to harmonize my melody with an arpeggiated bass line.

EXPLORING THE AMAZON©
Sonya, Christine & Chelsea
Colchester Middle School

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We chose three out of six different South American rhythms. We put the first rhythm in the first measure on the percussion staff one. We used C for all the notes. Then we copied it on the rest of the measures. For the second rhythm, we put it on percussion staff two in the third measure. We used all C notes. Then we copied it on the rest of the piece. For the third rhythm, we put in on percussion staff three, in the fifth measure. We used all C notes. Then, we copied it onto the rest of the piece. Then our group made a melody using the C pentatonic scale. We composed two four measure phrases and one two measure coda. Phrase A started and ended on C. Phrase B started and ended on G. The coda started and ended on C.

COME AND PLAY WITH ME!©
Jenny & Molly
Rochester School

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Three months ago our whole band class was assigned to make a composition piece to put on the website. It had to include these following things: 4/4 time, 12 measures or more, ABA form, use notes you can play, use at least two different kinds of note values, and we had to give our song a title. This song is supposed to represent two people playing and singing. Molly and I played this piece at our school Spring Concert and I think a lot of people enjoyed it.

TRUMPET AND FLUTE DUET©
MK
Bridport Central School

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My friend and I have been working on this song for about a year. At first we just put notes on the staff sheet and then adjusted them as we needed to.

SUMMER RAIN©
Kyle
Proctor Elementary School

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In Music Time, I put a percussion rhythm in all measures. Then I wrote my own melody on the top line using whole, half, quarter and eight notes.

MAJESTIC MOOD©
Nate & Nathan
Barre City Middle School

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We used the write a bar repeat a bar method to begin this piece. We heard it in our heads as we went along. We tried to put together a sensible start and a good singable and playable piece. We tried to set a good, surprising and exciting mood and ended up with a strong majestic mood.

TURKEYS ON THE RUN©
5/6 Music Class
Burke Town School

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This was our first class composition and we loved doing it. We decided to write a piece about Thanksgiving and turkeys. We pictured the flute as morning, the clarinet as the turkeys, the trombone as the hunters, and the drum as the guns. The class decided that the piece should end with all the turkeys happily trotting away and the hunters stomping off in the distance. The students composed the piece in one of two of ways. They would either sing the themes or they would decide what motion would work best (steps or skips, upward or downward) and then a student would play it on the keyboard.

AUTUMN MORNING©
Mackenna
Danville School

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We were asked to write a piece in ABA form. The instruments are flute, clarinet and bassoon. This piece sounds like a foggy morning in the autumn. It also reminds our group of birds chirping.

JON'S 75TH©
7th Grade General Music Class
Thetford Academy

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We are seventh graders in a general music class. The assignment was to write a melody in aba form. Then we had to harmonize the melody using triads in root positions.

ARMB Latin©
Ashli Izor, Braden King, Michael Hammerl and Reid MacLean Crossett Brook Middle School

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We worked together to make a melody. We used keyboard and xylophones to get ideas. To make the harmony we decided to invert the notes of the melody, choosing notes that sounded good together and moving in the opposite direction. It sounded like a Latin rhythm to us. We added percussion by each making our own version of a percussion part and then choosing parts of each person's ideas.

SIMON AND MARIJKE©
Libby Hedding
Barre City Middle School

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When I wrote this piece I had no real thought of what I wanted. But, at this point of the work it seems like a journey to me. Then when I was thinking about my title with the two names, it really came to me that it reminded me of two people with the same life, and then they made a life together. They come to a new place and make a new life. It's 44 Bars long and I used Hammond organ, voice oohs and pizzicato strings.

MARCH OF THE BEANIE BABIES©
Sarah & Laura,
West Rutland School

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We started on xylophones and created a pretty twelve measure tune in ABA form. We worked together in small steps and finally created the first twelve measures. We put the measures on the computer and printed them out. Next we made the harmony by making the A section a third higher and the B section with half notes. We printed that out and wrote in the percussion. We put it on the computer and decided that it needed to be fixed, the beats and notes did not mix with our harmony. We tuned it up so that it blended well with sounds and beats. We then put that on the computer, we were happy with it, and then it was done!!!

THE CHASE©
Patrick, Jeff and Kurt
North Country Union Junior High School

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The piece is an example of program music and it signifies a chase. We first intended this to be played on 2 pianos, then we changed the instruments to a string quartet. We wanted to have some dissonance and consonance. So you will hear some clashing notes to signify a chase.

HAPPY©
David
Milton Jr. Sr. High School

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My assignment was to create a 12 measure song that started and ended on middle C in ABA form. I was assigned to stay within 1 octave of middle C. I was not supposed to have more than 3 skips per line in the treble clef. I was also to include at least one rest. I then added a bass line to my original piece.

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We had to write a song in 3/4 time. This piece is in the key of C. I used aaba form. I chose the Midi instrument "brightness".

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I'm a seventh grade student at Canaan Memorial High School. I was given an assignment to write a 4 measure melody using smooth voice leading. This means my melody has to be singable, and can't jump more than a fifth. When I was finished with the assignment, I added a bass line.

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We wrote this piece for alto and soprano recorder. Alto is on the bottom line and soprano is on the top. We wrote this piece with a branle (a 16th century French dance form) in mind. It is in 6/8 time and is in AABBAA form.

Helena and Adam are two seventh grade students who wrote this piece together. They both play the piano, so much of the work was done by playing melodies on the keyboard and then writing them on the computer. Their assignment was to write a two measure "question and answer in the treble clef," and then repeat the rhythm of these measures to complete a four measure phrase. After completing the melody, they wrote in a bass clef to accompany it. They finished the assignment before the rest of the class, and decided to add a coda.

Hi, I'm Lana and I'm in the 6th grade. The assignment we had to do was think of a piece that was in A, A, B, A form which is the first line is the same as the other two A lines and B is different than all the others. I made my piece but I had to go back and put in some eighth notes instead of having it all quarter notes. My key signature was a G major. I chose ice rain for the instrument sound. My time signature was four over four, which means four beats in each measure. The way I made came about my title was by first having "The Fall Symphony" but after two weeks of thinking about it I came by the title "The Song of the Millennium".

Matt Tatro critiqued my piece and suggested putting in some rests to make the phrasing clearer and easier to distinguish between the A and B sections. These were good suggestions, and in this final copy I added some rests.

Our piece is written for an alto and soprano recorder. It is in an AABBAA format. Our peice is modeled after a Branle. Our peice is in 6/8 time.

We composed a piece in AA,BB,AA form. This piece is themed from the Renaissance. This is a recorder piece for us to play.
The top part is for soprano and the bottom part is for alto. For the AA part we wrote an alto part, then we used thirds' to create the soprano part. Then for the BB part we created a totally new part, but we made the soprano part first, then again, we used thirds' to make the alto part. Enjoy Dance of the Cows, a VT Farmin' Piece!

It is a piece that I think is quite uplifting and will be enjoyed. I started creating it by making a harmony and adding in the melody and then I changed them and brought in percussion. for the ending I made the percussion parts either stop or slow down.

Trumpet duet w/ snare drum and bongo drums We took out the melody at the end and changed the percussion ending. We added a snare drum at the beginning instead of the brush. We also changed some clashing chords because of suggestions from the composer mentors.

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6th - 8th Grade Student MIDI Compositions Archive Work Prior to 2004

6th - 8th Grade Student MIDI Compositions Archive
Work Prior to 2004