6th Grade

Throwbacks

Our Program

The 6th Grade singers chose to present a program of Throwback songs.

throw·back /ˈTHrōˌbak/ noun: a person or thing having the characteristics of a former time

On our concert website you'll hear the favorite oldie "Stand by Me", a library of throwback songs from our friends and families, and some harmony experiments using cartoon songs from our youth!

THROWBACK SONG LIBRARY

This slideshow is the product of interviews and discussion with our family and friends about their go-to Throwback Song.

Stand by Me by Ben. E King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

arr. Mac Huff

This is word cloud art is a product of themes that emerged from the singers' reflective writing assignments after reading through the original lyrics of "Stand by Me".

Virtual Choir

In order to create this virtual choir, the singers learned and practiced their music at home. Once learned, they recorded their solo voices while singing along with a guide track. They uploaded their audio recordings which were then aligned and balanced.

We've added photos of people, places, pets, objects, and hobbies that we've relied on for happiness and support during quarantine.

Experimenting with Different Types of Harmony

One of the traditional 6th grade projects is to write a medley together in class. We had planned to write a medley of old cartoon songs this year, but adapted our project to creating solo works.

First Step: Experience and Identify 7 Types of Harmony

7 Types of HARMONY

Cartoon Harmony

Second Step: Record and Create Using Garageband

Singers chose a cartoon song of their choice (or one of the songs previous slated for inclusion in our medley) and were challenged to record a live layer, then add a layer of one of the harmonies from step 1.

Final Step: Our Experiments in Harmony!

Scroll through the padlet and click the play buttons to hear some of our fantastically creative project results!

The Star-Spangled Banner by John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key

arr. Roger Emerson

Our first Virtual Choir!

Early in the year, Mr. Ito invited the 6th Grade Chorus to participate in our annual Memorial Day assembly. The students prepared most of this arrangement in class.

The Singers

In WMS Chorus, we've named our voice parts "Wellesley" and "Raider" because the singers perform both as Sopranos (high voices) and Altos (low voices) depending on the repertoire we're singing. This helps our singers to build the ability to sing harmony, but also maintaining access to their higher range.In "Stand by Me" the Raiders sang Soprano and the Wellesleys were the altos. For the "Star-Spangled Banner" the Wellesleys sang the soprano part and the Raiders were the altos.

"Wellesleys"

Cameron AhernAri BelaniHenry BrackenburyAbby BrownSafaa BushnerMichelle CaiAnshika ChaddaAlex ChengDylan CorenLeila CruzYorgi EneyniNalini FiorilloAddy FlaggBen FriedmanSara GanderSarah GinsbergOscar GraberAidan GreeneCharlotte GuptaLila GuptaLilly HammelAlexa HellerSamantha HirscheySpencer HirscheyJames HoffmanSydney KimAvery KimEthan KorakasPhilip KouAlyssia LandenAyla LinRachel LiuDespina MacriChloe MalekCharlotte McDonoughKsenya MedvinskyTucker MonroeArin NazarianLeila NewmanQuocan NguyenArianna O'NeillIzzy OrtizSophia PavanoJeffrey PengLila PlengeSteward SamMathilde SenterKate SnowAnton SodervallEliza SolomonCampbell SolomonSam StewardOwen TosiHarshith VeerareddygariMimi VellaAdi VermaCameron WalshNyomi WatsonNina WiedBaya WoznyShane WuczynskiSerena Zhao

"Raiders"

Chloe AbbrechtOliver AkgonulParsa AmuzgarGeorgia AshleyTess BassettKavan BelaniMolly BelliveauStella BjorkLydia BogdanovitchMia CepranoMelinda ChiuMarcel ColeLibby CournoyerAdrian DaigleEmma DohertyOri FeingoldLucy GandlerEllery GerhartLibby GilboySanah GoenkaArthas GouthamColin GravesLily HaigCaitlin HamburgerMaria HammelVince Hark (Zilioli)Cotter HealeyZack HuangKanata IacuzioJulia JarquinAlex JavidiEvan JoncasSami JumaNoor KashifEllen KimElizabeth KinneySarah LindquistCharlotte LussierVeera MalaiyaElla McKaySam NgBrendan NicolazzoAsher SeidmanOwen ShorrisFreja SignerRiley SpanglerMadoc SpolyarSofia SzymborskiHuan TrinhAlex Van DykeGigi VariKatherine VenturaCallie WalshSummer WoodwardAnita XiaKwan Zhang

Word art by Summer Woodward

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