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"The Musicl Oshin City"
—Composed by 2nd graders
—Clear Creek Elementary School, October 2022
—Arranged during workshop by the elementary school composers
—Performed by JSoM students and community professionals
—School assembly 10/27/22
"The Musicl Oshin City"
Follow the students' composing process below
—with audio examples of the students experimenting with each musical idea
The students began by drawing an underwater environment.
They chose six different elements of their underwater environment to include in their melody:
1. Waves moving in an up-and-down motion, getting small as they get closer to the shore
Waves
2. A kraken was represented by crunchy sounds—two notes played together
Kraken
3. A shark smoothly swimming back-and-forth, getting faster and faster
Shark
4. Footsteps in the sand—each time you take a step, your foot sink a little bit when you
pick up the other foot
Footsteps
5. A blue whale made an appearance singing "OoOoOoOooooh"
Blue Whale
6. The final creature is a squishy jellyfish whose sound fades away
Jellyfish
After completing their melody, the three students got to work with a chamber group of musicians from the Jacobs School of Music and local professionals to explore, experiment, and create the final version of their melody, "The Musicl Oshin City"
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Photo credit: Bridget Reinheimer
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