Grade 12 Music Students Write Fugues

Nancy Promane
This month during our remote learning, the Grade 12 Music class made a wonderful attempt to write their first composition. The students were tasked with writing a fugue, which is a compositional technique made popular in the Baroque era by J.S. Bach, and continues to be a technique used throughout the history of music. This technique involves the imitation of a short melody that spins into multiple voices. Through the study of J.S. Bach, students looked at the way in which this master composer was able to write in the style of a fugue. This technique is extremely difficult to compose, requiring great detail in both the melody and harmony.
The students were asked to compose a fugue fashioned off the melody, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Guidelines were given throughout the project, which resulted in a variety of creative compositions from our budding composers. The students worked diligently on their songs and they are proud to share them with the CDS community. Please enjoy.
 
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Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.