I think it was really cool to play someone’s piece who was in our class’ song. I really enjoyed Sierra’s piece because it was a little challenging (especially with my cast,) but not too hard. It was a really good experience.

This is my piece so far. It has been fun composing it. I liked making it because I have always listened to all these pieces of music, but now I could make my own with chords. Last time we did not use chords, but this time we did, so it was very fun. I started out by making a series of chords. Then I made a main melody with the chords. After I made my main melody, I orchestrated my A section. Then I made a melody for my B section and orchestrated that. I made an ending, added dynamics and articulations. Now we are working on orchestrating one family of instruments. I started with the wood winds for my A section. There is also brass and strings. Then there is percussion. I am looking forward to writing my program notes, because I have made a good story to go with my piece.