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  • Guillen Middle School
  • El Paso, TX
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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My orchestra students are constantly asking for arrangements of songs they here from all kinds of media. They tell me they want to learn how to play certain songs and melodies so they can play it for happy occasions and in some cases for sad occasions. If their requests are classical pieces or baroque pieces, which they hear in their video games or movies, I find those for them. When it comes to modern styles, there isn’t much out there written for middle school orchestra. With a music software program like “Finale,” from “Woodwind & Brasswind,” the students can arrange and compose the songs of their heart's desire. While creating these arrangements with this software program students can learn more about the fundamentals of music theory. In the end “Finale” can help mold the student’s craft and help the students perform their “Composed for You,” arrangements with confidence and excitement!

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My orchestra students are constantly asking for arrangements of songs they here from all kinds of media. They tell me they want to learn how to play certain songs and melodies so they can play it for happy occasions and in some cases for sad occasions. If their requests are classical pieces or baroque pieces, which they hear in their video games or movies, I find those for them. When it comes to modern styles, there isn’t much out there written for middle school orchestra. With a music software program like “Finale,” from “Woodwind & Brasswind,” the students can arrange and compose the songs of their heart's desire. While creating these arrangements with this software program students can learn more about the fundamentals of music theory. In the end “Finale” can help mold the student’s craft and help the students perform their “Composed for You,” arrangements with confidence and excitement!

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