| Begun in 2002, Composing Kids (CK) is an educational, innovative and interactive music program hosted by the CSO. During a 22-week period, fifth and sixth grade band students from one of Cape Cod’s partner school districts compose a 6 1/2-minute long mini-symphony. The children work with the CSO EducationDirector as well as music teachers from the partner school who instruct the students with the help of state-of-the-art computer software. Students learn a myriad of information about symphonic music and composition including melodies, harmonies, rhythm, tempo, texture, motifs and orchestration. The symphony is then performed at the CSO’s Young People’s Concert the following spring.
Click here to read the story behind the music and hear Quest Over Many Lands written by the students at the Morse Pond School in Falmouth.
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