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Accessible Arts Division (All Grades)
Ethan Jones
Title: The Future
Grade: 5
Wonderfully Imperfect (Mega Orchestra)
Travis Ranch PTA (Fourth District PTA)
“You can be flexible about imperfection, which can lead to nice things. The song is not perfect, but it is really good. it sounds beautiful, and you should listen to it!”
Primary Division (Pre-K-Grade 2)
Ramon Madrigal
Title: Rainbow Shine
Grade: 2
Apperson St. Elementary School PTA (Thirty-First District PTA)
“This is my 2nd song Rainbow Shine or Lucky Fin 2. “Accepting Imperfection” means you should be kind to everybody. No one is perfect, but everyone can be different and special. For example, I am missing 3 fingers on my left hand. But, I can play the piano, do the money bars, and climb trees! I love music because it helps me grow and makes me happy. My song means everyone is lucky and special. “Rainbow rainbow I like your shine. Shining shining you are shining daily. Love me love me for who I am. Shining shining all the time.””
Intermediate Division (Grades (3-5)
Sumyee Kwan
Title: Sun, Rain, Thun, fun, Fun, FUN.
Grade: 5
Brywood Elementary PTA (Fourth District)
“Many Imperfections are out of our control, especially the weather. In this piano, violin, and drum composition, a bunch of kids are playing under a sunny day, but suddenly, it starts raining down hard, then comes THUNDER. But even with this weather, one kid looks at the sky and then down at the puddles with a smile, and then starts jumping about! More kids join in and they’re having so much fun by embracing the imperfect weather. Overall, imperfections are all the same, but different in how you view/handle it. So the best is just to ACCEPT IT.”
Middle School Division (Grades 6-8)
Sofia Reyes
Title: Inflection
Grade: 8
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School (Fourth District)
“The melancholy beginning of the piece Inflection represents an individual struggling to accept the differences that define them because of the goal of “perfection”. The change to a major key represents the eventual acceptance of these differences, the exuberance of “good enough”. Inflection can mean “the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice” or “a change of curvature from convex to concave at a particular point on a curve”, representing small differences- imperfections- that are defining of a certain subject. This piece encapsulates the struggle to accept differences perceived as “imperfect” and to find contentment in “enough”.”
High School Division (Grades 9-12)
Kai Hosein
Title: Perfectly imperfect
Grade: 12
Eagle Rock Jr./Sr. High PTSA (Tenth District)
“I chose to express the theme in the jazz tradition as jazz is a constantly evolving art form where a song is never played the same way twice and therefore, is never perfect. The song represents the two sides of a coin or the dark and light, ying and yang, where opposites create something whole. Positive and negative creates a balance. In the verse section of the song, the more positive melody represents the lighter side and in the chorus of the song, the minor chords represent the darker side and although they are opposites, they create a balance“