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Kindergarten - 5th Grade Student MIDI Compositions Archive
Work Prior to 2004

Medieval Fanfare©
Zach, Beryl, Woody
Marion Cross School


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We are writing for brass quartet and have chosen Rondo form again for our piece. For our B, C and D parts we have an instrument branching off on a duet with the horn.

Dance of the Mice©
William
Bridport Central School

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My name is William and I have been playing piano since I was five. I am in second grade. This is the first song I have written. I think it is bouncy. I like the name I chose. I repeated some parts and I put a part backwards. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Traffic©
Hannah & Kelsey
Newport City Elementary

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We started with our title and added the notes and beat to make our song sound like traffic. The tempo is 120 and it is in the key of B-flat.

Moonlight©
Ethan
Founders Memorial School

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My assignment was to compose a song from scratch with a recorder line, a drum line, and a xylophone line. The drum and xylophone lines always had to repeat. My piece has little repetition in the recorder line. I got the name "Moonlight" because the speed and the combination of notes reminded me of the stars in the sky.

Sweet and Sour©
Mara
The Maple Street School

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I play the recorder and the piano. I started out calling this piece Superwoman and Superman, so it is about contrasts.

My First Symphony©
Sean
Champlain Elementary School

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I am a third grade student and this is my first time composing. I started writing for the violin and then wanted both the violin and the cello. I was allowed to write anything I wanted.

A Walk on Main Street
Allyson, Chelsea, Sarabeth
Rochester School

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We are fifth-graders, playing flute for our second year. The assignment was to write an ABA piece. We wrote the A section because Chelsea hummed a rhythm and Sarabeth made up a tune. We like playing rounds in our flute group, so Allyson wondered if this tune would work as a round. We think it does. We wrote the B section basically the same way. Then we copied the A section, and thought it would be fun to end the way we did.

Fiesta©
Katie, Bridget
The Grammar School

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Our assignment was to write a piece with a motif. Our motif is in measures 1&2,7&8, 19&20. Our piece is in 4/4 time and in the key of A minor. The tempo is 180. We also added a percussion part with agogo. Our voices are cello, nylon guitar and a tom drum. We hope you like it.

Just a Song©
Johannah, Bethany
Bridport Central School

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This a piece for piano and flute. This is our first piece we have composed. We both play flute and Bethany also plays piano. We are in 5th grade and like music. We just starting putting notes in, and it turned into the melody that we are using. We chose chords to match the flute melody that Johannah wrote. After we got feedback online, we made a middle section that switched the instruments so that first the piano played the first part of our melody, and then the flute played the middle part of the melody, then the piano played the last part of our melody. We ended by repeating the whole melody with the flute, and piano playing the chords.

Taking Flight©
Jahn
Marion Cross School

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I wrote this song for recorder in music class. I wrote 4 measures in AABA form, then my teacher wanted me to write 4 more with a different rhythm. Then I repeated the first part to make the whole song ABA

Tinker's Journey©
Alexis
Champlain Elementary School

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My form for the A section is ABAB and the B section is ABCD. I chose to name this Tinker's Journey because in the end of the song there is something that sounds like a tinker. The instruments are the drum, sandpaper, the bells, and the tinker. I started by putting two little compositions together and that formed the A section. Then I made question and answers and that formed the B section.

Haunted©
Chelsea
The Maple Street School

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I started to write this piece for piano because my friend Mara and I were going to compose pieces with the same title, which started out as Superwoman. At first I thought I would use recorder and piano, because I play both. Then I did just piano. We both changed the titles too. I played this at my piano lessons last year. My teacher said Haunted is a good title for a piece in a minor key.

In the Graveyard©
Ms. Fay's 4th Grade Class
Rochester School

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This is our first composition. It is based on the song "Skin and Bones". We wrote the lyrics first, thinking of things the old woman saw in the graveyard. Then we had to figure out how to write the rhythm for those words. Our teacher chose ABA form, so we had to choose words for the third line that had the same rhythm as the first. Then, we chose notes we can play on the recorder. We played the piece, and made some changes, sometimes because we liked it better, and sometimes because it was easier to play. Our teacher planned to end on the note G, but we liked the sound better to end on E.

Whispering Pines©
Guillaume
The Grammar School

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The assignment was to compose a harmonic piece in 4/4 time with a motif of 4 measures. My motif is the first and last 4 measures.

Empty House©
Chris
Founders Memorial School

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My piece is AABA. The teacher gave us the rhythm, and we could use the notes F,G,A. We then added harmony (3rds or 5ths). The inspiration for this piece was to go up and down on F,G,A.

Fast Track©
Chris
Newport City Elementary

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I wanted this piece to be interesting, so I put together a lot of instruments and pieced together different melody patterns. I am in 6th grade and have been composing for 3 years. This is the first song that I have started by myself.

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Renay©
Kylie, 5th grade
Founders Memorial School


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This piece is written for string quartet with some voice in the beginning and at the end. Violin I in the first measure says "hello" using two half notes. Then violin II answers "hello" in measure two using two half notes. Then in the third measure they say "hello" together using two half notes. In the last measure, the viola and violin II say "bye".

Taming the Snake©
Hugh
Rochester School


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I wrote this song for recorder in music class. I wrote 4 measures in AABA form, then my teacher wanted me to write 4 more with a different rhythm. Then I repeated the first part to make the whole song ABA.

Small Symphony #2©
Zachary and Beryl, 5th grade
Marion Cross School


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This is a piece written for bassoon and flute in rondo form. We initially worked on this on our own. After we finished, we showed it to our music teacher for some suggestions.

Daylight©
Emily, 5th grade
Malletts Bay School


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I am a fifth grade student and "Daylight" is my first composition. It reminds me of the sun rising and setting. I chose the sax for the top line, the clarinet for the middle and the flute for the bottom. I play the flute and the piano, and I think that music is really neat. I hope you like my piece.

Proud to Be Free©
Mrs. Chapman's 4th and 5th Grade Class
Waitsfield Elementary School


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Our piece has many steps. First, we wrote the lyrics as a poem. Then we used the lyrics to compose a melody. Our melody is in AABA form. Lastly, we added harmonies. Some chords are in block form and some are broken.

Flowing River©
Amber, Bailey and Nate, 4th grade
Richmond Elementary School


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Our class has been learning how to work on Sibelius. We are in the 4th grade. Our song is called Flowing River. We have three different instruments. They are the piccolo, violin, and the bass drum.

Etude for Violin©
Rachel
Underhill Central School jjjjjjjjjjjj


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I wrote this piece so that I could play it on my violin. My teacher asked me to begin and end on the same note.

The Nicks©
Nicholas
Williamstown Elementary School jjjjjjjjjjjj


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First I wrote 8 measures of rhythm. Then I made a melody. Then I went to the computer and listened to it. I made changes. Then I made chords for a harmony. I used French horn for my melody and trombone for my harmony.

Ocean Shore©
Alexa and Lindsey
Newport City Elementary


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We started with a 4 measure melody and drum ostinato. We had to choose a type of harmony to go with our tune. We started with thirds, added a clarinet ostinato, then on the next line we used a descant. On the third line, we put all of the pieces together.

Sha©
Chantelle, Shaun, Cally, Adam
Waterville Elementary School


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Quarter notes and eighth notes were all we could use. Our teacher had us write some lines of music. We were only allowed to use 4 instruments. They were, drum, whistle, maraca and scraper. Our form is that first, two instruments play at a time. Then one instrument plays. We repeated our patterns, and we have 3 arrangements that are all different.

Journey to the New World©
Jenny
Ferrisburgh Central School



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I used Sibelius to write a short song using the voice of a piano. I've only played the clarinet, and this was my first experience with a piano. I used broken chords in parts of my piece to make the harmony. This was a real learning process. I had never done anything with chords before, and I had never even done anything with the bass clef before.

The Ticking Clock©
Eric, 3rd grade
Hinesburg Community School


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I'm in the third grade. Our assignment was to use mi, so and la to make a song. We had to be careful to put the notes on the right lines and spaces, and our rhythms were to be eighth notes, quarter notes and quarter rests. This is my very first composition.

Rainbow©
Samantha, 5th grade
Bridport Central School


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I have worked on this song for a month. I play the flute, and I am in fifth grade. There is no key signature in this song. I used flute notes that I am familiar with.

THE LONG JOURNEY©
Max, 4th Grade
Richmond Elementary School


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I was thinking of someone walking home in a storm, he starts to sing this song to feel better. The music reminds me of the storm in Beethoven's 6th symphony, and I like the beginning rhythm of Beethoven's 5th symphony. I chose the 5/4 time signature because I didn't want the rhythm to be all da,da,da,da, etc. I liked the da,da,da,daaaa of the 5th symphony. I wrote this song as part of my recorder class. I am in the 4th grade.

SECRETS©
Zina
Founders Memorial School


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First, I made the melody. After that, I put in the harmony that I thought went well with the "mystery" theme. I tried to spread out the amount of playing for each instrument. I also tried to have a surprise ending.

FAYE'S HARMONY©
Faye
Berlin Elementary School


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This was an assignment for an ABA melody. I decided to add a piano accompaniment for harmony. That's why I chose my title. I think it came out pretty nice and I can't believe I wrote it!

DRUMMING FINE©
Cody, 5th Grade
Williamstown Elementary School


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I'm a fifth grader and have been playing the snare drum for two years. I wrote a piece for snare drum that I could play. I wrote it at the computer. I used Sibelius software. I had trouble writing rolls, but my music teacher told me how. I experimented with the rolls.

SNOWSHOE©
Trevor & Tyler, 5th Grade
Bradford Elementary School


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We are two fifth grade students and we have never done composing before. We wrote for flute because we really like the sound of it and didn't like the other instruments as much. We hope you like our piece.

SUNDROPS©
Christine
Rochester School jjjjjjjjjjjj


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I'm taking glockenspiel lessons. I was playing around at home and this tune came to me. My teacher helped me notate it. I made up the name Sundrops. It reminds me of drops of honey dropping from the sun.

TORTOISE AND HARE©
Kyle
Newport City Elementary School


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This is the story of the tortoise and the hare. I got the idea from cartoons and I wanted to write it. I started with the hare then the tortoise, then they race together. I finished with the tortoise and then the hare at the end to complete the tune

SWINGING MONKEYS©
Becky, Samantha & Jamie
Hancock/Granville After School Program


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First, we thought what our piece was about. It was Swinging Monkeys. One week we wrote the first 8 measures. The next week we wrote a B section of 8 measures, then copied the A section back. We made a few changes to the A section, because we didn't want it to be just the same. Then I, Becky, added on a left hand. For the left hand, I used almost all half notes. I used the keyboard to find certain notes that sounded good and were the right chord with the right hand. I changed the instrument to strings. Finally, I added the third part.

HOW THE WAVES ROLL©
Emma & Kayla, 5th Grade
Charlotte Central School


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This piece had its humble beginnings as the song of a drunken sailor, but after countless ideas explored on Wednesday mornings before school, it became what it is now. We have named our piece "How the Waves Roll" because that phrase appears in the refrain and because we think the melody rolls like a wave. We created lyrics but realize you cannot see them.

SNOWFLAKES FALLING©
Meghan, Victoria & Erika
Malletts Bay School


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We had a great time writing "Snowflakes Falling". We used the notes A,B,C,D and G in our melody. Our melody had to start and end on the note G. Our percussion had to be on Channel 10 on the computer. We hope we do this again in music. Hope you all like our piece.

KIRSTEN'S COMPOSITION©
Kirsten
John F. Kennedy School


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My piece is for French horn and tuba. It is in 4/4 time.

THE SONG OF THIRDS©
Christina, 3rd Grade
Bridport Central School


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I am Christina and I am 9 years old and in 3rd grade. I made up this song recently at a friend's house and recorded it on a cassette tape when I got home. But later when I listened to it, I forgot how I had played it on the piano so I changed it a little. Then I put it on the computer. Soon it was my dad's birthday and I dedicated it to him and gave it to him as a birthday present.

CRAWLING IN THE SNOW©
Elisabeth
Calais Elementary School


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I am doing a project for music class to learn how to write chords with other notes. First I started with just a melody, then I added chords and made a tune. I think the different chords and the melody work well with each other. I am proud of myself for accomplishing a tune.

THE HAUNTED THEATRE©
Class Project
Clarendon Elementary School


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A ghost, the wind, a werewolf, spiders, and darkness inhabit an old theatre. Sit back and picture what might be happening on stage or in other parts of the theatre. We have used some familiar excerpts of pieces we have heard and have used melodic ideas that represent the different characters activities.

SNACK TIME©
K-1 Class
Walden School


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Our class is in it's first stage of composing using improvised rhythms and the first six pitches of a diatonic scale. First we came up with the rhythms then added the pitches. After several versions, we finally agreed upon this.

SAILING TO REDWALL©
Peter
Ferrisburgh Central School


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I have made compositions at home, this is my first school composition. It just popped into my head. It reminds me of sailing down a river. I changed the main voice from piano to ocarina, and I added toms, because I wanted a Native American feeling.

WINTER'S HARMONY©
David & Scott
Williston Central School


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Our assignment for this piece was that it must be in three four time and 12 or 16 measures. In the key signature there must be one sharp, and the you must start on a second line G in melody. We could use dotted half notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes. We could only use notes within D below the staff and G above the staff. We could only use three skips per line with at least one rest in the whole song. We also had to harmonize our song by using dotted half chords.

A SPRING DAY©
William
Wallingford Elementary School


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This piece is written in 4/4 time. It is for violin and drums.

SWEET DREAMS©
Joanne & Brittany, 6th Grade
Mettawee Community School


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This was our first composition. Our assignment was to write 16 measures using AABA form in the key of F. We chose the Warm Pad for our instrument. We thought we should call it Sweet Dreams.

SNOWY DAY DREAM©
Tristan & Adron
Underhill Central School


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We tried to create a peaceful mood in this melody. We needed to stay in C major. We could not have wide leaps in the melody.

China Song©
4th grade class
Richmond Elementary School

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Our class had to write a song together. Each kid had one beat to add. The rhythms we could use were quarter, half, eighth notes and their rests. We chose our song to be in C pentatonic (5 tone scale) or C is do. We chose the title because we have a Chinese teacher spending the year with us, and we thought the song sounded like the kind of music you would hear in China.

Three Billy Goats Gruff©
Elementary Class
Williamstown Elementary School

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Our class wrote a musical version of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. We chose themes and sounds for the goats and the troll. We chose sounds from the woodwind family for the goats and an overdrive guitar sound for the troll. We also put in sounds of the goat's hoofs on the bridge.

Crane Wife Project©
Jesse
Wallingford Elementary School

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I am working with a group on a presentation about the Red Clover book The Crane Wife. I have used the pentatonic scale and tried to use Japanese instruments to play four different parts. Each line has a different rhythm and I tried to have the lines make nice harmony.

Lullaby Dreams©
Steph and Sharon and Mandy
Founders Memorial School

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It's soft and peaceful. It is a lullaby. It's meant for flute and piano and has lots of high notes for the flute. It makes you feel sleepy. It has a soft touch to it. We had to make a motif of one measure on the xylophones and then write it into the computer. We could use the computer to make our changes in two more measures and write an ending to our phrase. In measure 5 we used a different motif and made changes to it for measures 6 and 7. Measure 8 ends that phrase. In measure 9 we used the same rhythm as our first phrase, but changed the pitches and made variations to that new motif. Key of G major, Flute # 74 and acoustic grand piano #01. the tempo is 100 and the time signature is 4/4.

A Day on the Farm©
Elementary Class
Clarendon Elementary School

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The theme of this piece is a typical day on the farm. A farmer and many animals are represented by various instruments and melodic lines. There are two themes that play throughout the piece.

The Golden Girl©
Christina
Bridport Central School

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I am in second grade. Here is my second song! The tempo setting is 100 and it is in the key of D minor. When I play this piece, I usually hold down the damper pedal and bring it up and down between the last 2 chords.

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We each got 8 notes with which to compose - four quarter notes and four pairs of eighth notes. We had to each put at least one note on the home tone, and our notes had to be next to each other. This song is in the key of G, and the sound we chose was the space vox pad. When we listened to our song and looked at the shape of the tune, we thought of waves and surfing.

Our names are Molly and Casey, we are in third grade. We go to J.F.K in Winooski. First we wrote a four beat rhythm. Next we added pitches. Then we played it on the xylophone. Then we wrote measure 2 by using the same rhythm but different pitches.Next we put it on the computer and played it. First we had to add to the rhythm and put it on the staff in measures 5&6. Then we had to put measures 5&6 on the computer. Then we had people listen to our composition. Then we had to write measures 7&8. We did it by using the same rhythm, but different notes.Then we wrote measures 7&8 on the computer.

After we got comment by other teachers and a composer, we decided to add more to our piece. We have added more measures to our piece because we thought it would sound better. We decided we liked the first 8 measures so we repeated it and added a bass line.

Our song was based on animals in Vermont. A fox, hare, bobcat, and moose. During the song the fox and the moose are watching the bob cat chase the hare. The hare is trying to confuse the bobcat. The hare finally loses the bobcat and the song concludes.

The fox comes in on the first beat of the first measure. He is a guitar. The hare comes in on the last beat of the first measure. The bobcat comes in on the first beat of the second measure. The moose come in on the first beat of the ninth measure. The moose is the cello.

Tin
Kevan, Newport City Elementary

My piece is in the key of F, the sound I chose is acoustic Steel guitar.

This piece sounds like making music in the kitchen with sounds of tin plates and rice in containers being shaken.

(assignment - we began with a rhythm in rondo form, added pitches to create a
melody, then we added an ostinato of percussion sounds)

This is four 8-measure pieces put together to make one class composition. Each group used the repeat-the-pattern process. We created the melodies on the xylophones and then put our work on the computer. Then we added chords. We started and stopped on F and used chords from the key of F. We chose clarinet for the melody and banjo for the chords.

I composed the piece you will be listening to. The rules were that we could only use the notes that Beethoven used in "Ode to Joy" and we had to start on G, B, D, and end on G. Also we had to have the pattern A, A', B, then A'. My piece is in the key of G and I chose a trumpet for the instrument.

I wrote this piece using the form of "Ode to Joy" (AA'BA') by Beethoven. I was trying to create an interesting melody that I might be able to actually play on an instrument. In this assignment we started on G,B,or D, the notes in the G chord. We also ended on G. I added chords and then tried to create an interesting part in the bass clef. I chose is Fantasia Pad, general midi #89 for both staves.

I love music. When I started writing my music Mrs. Fay let us find a person to write music with. So I found a partner. Then Mrs. Fay gave us a paper so we could practice clapping Ta, TiTi, and Ts.

This piece was written by Katie, who takes piano lessons, and Laura, who enjoys the recorder. To create their composition, they first started with a drum track, striving for an eveness in their rhythm. They then added a bass line, one that they hoped would relate with the drum track. Lastly, they chose two other tracks that just "sounded good" to them. They used the "Trax" program, with track #1 keyboard percussion, track#2 synth bass 2, track #3 ice rain and track#4 crystal.

My class's assignment was to make a composition where the rhythm of the 2nd measure was the same as the first. The 4th measure the same as the 3rd. The rhythm of the 5th and 6th measures were different, but repeated in the 7th and 8th measures.

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Kindergarten - 5th Grade Student MIDI Compositions Archive Work Prior to 2004

Kindergarten - 5th Grade Student MIDI Compositions Archive
Work Prior to 2004