Community Spotlight: Creative Music Making

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By Malcolm Mungo

With all NYC public schools closed, students are doing school from home. But how do they practice music at home without instruments?

Well, all students in music will be able to write and compose their own songs on a platform called Music First. This platform allows students to work with their peers to create cool songs. It also has many music exercises that can help students identify notes better and sight read music.

So far, we have been tasked with creating a song on Soundation, one of the many apps on the Music First website. Plenty of 6th, 7th and 8th graders have made amazing pieces of music in the app, and we are getting more and more used to it.

Our goal is to be composing full-fledged songs and posting them on Soundcloud for people to purchase. This opportunity may help many students to discover how fun it is to compose music and eventually become a popular artist. Jouseph Tenecla from class 603 is one such student. Check out his Covid-19 song here.

Our music teacher, Mr. Stapp, is very excited about this project. He mentions that the biggest thing for him "was being able to get students who I can't see in person excited about making music, WITHOUT having their instruments."

This project will hopefully further this community’s creativity and imagination and help to create a safe and fun learning environment for all.

For families, we hope you can continue to aid your student in being a creative music writer, and for students, keep creating amazing pieces of music!

Jouseph Tenecla, Class 603

Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 21, 2020 at 9:48 AM

    Nice

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  2. UnknownApril 24, 2020 at 7:22 AM

    Amazing!!! I got a clarinet at home but these are good for people who don't have the instruments :)
    -Suhayeb Ahmed

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