The 6th period, sixth grade general music students composed a 5-part rondo piece and video to illustrate the connection between music and visual art forms. Continuing with their study of musical form, students explored 5- and 7-part rondo. They composed and performed short polyrhythmic pieces to experience the forms, then began work on a larger musical work with a supporting video.
Sixth grade student Quanisha Dandridge contributed original lyrics sung on an improvised melody, while Maurice Banyon and DeShawn Westbrooks rapped their original rhymes. The music was composed by the students, built on a rhythmic ostinato, and performed on drums and percussion.
The composition originally started as a 5-part rondo with Quanisha's singing representing the "A section." On the final day of the project, Don-Angelo Woodard presented us with a verse he had composed for the piece. We decided to add Don-Angelo's verse as an extended introduction to the piece. The final form was a 5-part rondo with extended introduction (that was the class consensus, anyway). The video was developed by the students to support the music and the form. The form is mapped out below the video player.
- Introduction - Don-Angelo singing, dancing
- A-section - Quanisha singing, girls dancing
- B- section - Maurice rapping, solo dancers
- A-section - Quanisha singing, girls dancing
- C - section - DeShawn rapping, solo dancers
- A-section - Quanisha singing, girls dancing
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