This unusual collection of secular songs is perfect for Christmas time and the winter season. It contains a mixture of new songs and well-known favourites encompassing styles from show-time to sentimental. Sing about chestnuts crackers wild geese flying south and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Includes a backing CD as well as Piano accompaniments and Guitar chords second voice parts and Recorder descants - all carefully written for easy learning.

The Christmas Story aims to involve a whole community - whether school music centre workshop or club. It is ideal for a simple staging so children can be involved in all aspects of a musical production. The instrumentation is completely flexible: it will work successfully with anything from piano or guitar and voices right up to the full scoring suggested including strings melody instruments bass instruments and mixed percussion.You will find the pieces easy to learn full of memorable tunes and above all fun - ideal for the hectic Christmas period in a busy school or community.

d'après la nouvelle de Guy de Maupassant-Isabelle Aboulker’s A Girl Called Dumpling for Mixed Choir Narrator and Instrumental Ensemble (Vocal score). “Choosing an opera libretto is always delicate particularly if the work is aimed at young adults or teenagers (performers and audience). Published in 1880 Guy Maupassant's short story 'Dumpling' contains all of the elements essential to the process fruition and purpose of my work. In 1870 France was conquered and occupied. The Prussians marched into Rouen. The analogies with contemporary history are numerous and offer choir conductors and teachers multiple sources of reflection and analysis. The dignitaries whoreadily give in to power and collaborate with the occupier contrast with a young prostitute who is brave generous and patriotic. The libretto was taken straight from the original text though some cuts were necessary in order to keep the rhythm and momentum required in setting Maupassant’s story to music”. -Isabelle Aboulker

A Musical Revue Celebrating the Importance of Music in Our Lives-Who are the very best advocates for your school's music programs? The kids! Advocacy is a continuous process of diligent education to bring awareness about the benefits of music learning to the general public. And kids can expertly share the joy of music making and learning in a variety of different ways. The authors worked together to develop a musical revue about the wonder of music. Each of the seven original songs can be performed together as a complete program or they can be sung in other contexts as well. The 30-minute revue includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography short narrations for up to 65 speaking parts and digital access to student PDFs. To performwith recordings the Performance Kit includes the Teacher Edition and digital access to student PDFs and performance/accompaniment audio recordings. Songs include: Music Is an Everyday Thing Many Things I Learned I Learned Through Music Playing Music Is Hard Work A Song in My Heart Working Together If I Didn't Have Music Our Place in the Choir. In addition to a musical revue the second half of the book is focused on strategies ideas and conversations about the importance of music study in children's and adolescents' lives. There are even writing and advocacy activities to engage students in the promotion of the critical role that music plays in their lives. The ten chapters concentrate on attributes of music education and how children benefit from music study highlighted in the Broader Minded Campaign put forth by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME): Decision Making Grit Multiple Ways of Knowing Creativity Collaboration Communication Critical Thinking Emotional Awareness Reflective Learning and Process Orientation. Suggested for grades 2-6.

22 Songs for Young Children-Voiceplay is an inspired collection of 22 songs for children aged 3-5 years. It can be used by all practitioners parents and carers whether or not they are music specialists in all Early Years settings. With clear guidance notes on how to lead the songs a huge range of extension activities children's book and CD Voiceplay empowers the practitioner and encourages children to embark on their own vocal and musical adventures.22 fantastic songs which incorporate movement actions play and storiesGuidance notes and extension activities for each songAdvice on singing with young childrenVoice playwarm-upsSimple guitar chords throughoutRelevant foundation stage areas of learning indicated for each songAlso suitable for ealy Key Stage 1CD with performances of every song and examples of extension activitiesThis full pack is complete with the children's word book full of delightful illustrations to inspire!

A Short Musical Play About Kids' Healthy Habits-Cover your sneeze please! See the doctor every year. Brush and floss your teeth. Wash your hands. Reinforce healthy habits with simple songs and raps for very young singers. Roger Emerson's K-1 4 Fun series features short 15-minute musical plays for Kindergarten and 1st Graders designed with simplicity in mind for busy teachers on-the-go. New lyrics have been set to familiar tunes for quick learning and the connecting rockin' raps spoken by the entire class are sure to be a hit! The Teacher Book includes piano/vocal arrangements with simple movement ideas. Teach these five songs and raps by rote or use the reproducible pages with lyrics and raps for additionalreading challenge. As a bonus the original song lyrics to these timeless children's melodies are included in the back of the book! The Enhanced CD offers performance and accompaniment-only track recordings with a melody instrument to help guide these young singers and PROJECTABLE/PRINTABLE PDFs of lyrics and raps. For additional vocal help there are also TRACK PLUS recordings for each song that feature the vocals at half volume. Use this to help transition the students from singing with the full version or have them perform with these tracks if they need a little extra help! Available: Teacher/Enhanced CD. Suggested for grades K-1.

Singing Sherlock is a pratical and easy-to-use resource for the music curriculum. It gives you enjoyable and structured ways to teach music concepts and vocal skills. Singing Sherlock is a unique collection of tried and tested songs which will inspire good singing in your school. Book 2 is suitable for children from the ages of 7 to 11. Also includes a demonstration CD that helps you teach the songs.

A Blockbuster Musical for Young Voices-Grab your cameras! We're makin' a movie about the one and only Santa Claus ? but what style of movie fits the greatest elfin hero of all time? Thanks to a little help from Cecil B. DeGrille Alfred Pitchfork Steven Reelberg and a few other illustrious filmmakers a young group of aspiring directors experience movie-making like never before from Epic Extravaganza and Film Noir to Spaghetti Western and Super-hero-adventure film. Watch out Hollywood! This musical offers options for a simple or elaborate production including the choice of two endings and suggestions for producing your very own movie. We'll even show youhow! Either way ? it will be a blockbuster! This 40-minute musical features six original songs and connecting script with over 50 speaking parts. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal song arrangements and choreography script helpful production guide and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. For added value the ready-to-use student books include songs and script and will enhance the musical experience for your young aspiring actors/singers! Available separately: Teacher Edition Singer 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals

Travel back in time and join inquisitive archeologists Taki and Tut and their fossil friend Lucy as they explore the wonders of ancient civilization. From the farm laborers of early Mesopotamia and Egyptian mummies who?rap? to a chorus of ancient Greeks and Romulus and Remus who dream of building a great city you and your students will love discovering the archeological mysteries of the past.Available: Teacher's Edition Singer 5-Pak Preview CD and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: 35 minutes. For Grades 4-8.

A KidSongs Musical-Pack your bag and get set for a whirlwind trip around the world with special stops in Mexico Scotland England France Italy Africa and Japan. Learn more about our neighbors across the globe as we celebrate tradition andcommunity. Enjoy some of your favorite sing-a-long songs from childhood with this musical for primary grades from KidSongs. The handy all-in-one Teacher Edition includes seven accompanied songs easy rhyming dialog simplechoreography reproducible songsheets staging and costume ideas. Available: Teacher Edition and ShowTrax CD (full performance and accompaniment only). Performance Time: 30 minutes. For Gr. K-3.

An All-School Revue featuring songs from GEMINI. It doesn't matter if we speak different languages or have different color skin or even dress differently because deep inside we are all much more alike than we are different!And the most obvious way is that ... we all started out as KIDS!! Even Babe Ruth had to eat all his vegetables to grow up strong! This 30-minute all-school revue features some 'old favorites' and some new original songs by GEMINI(San and Laz Slomovits) along with choreography by John Jacobson and short connecting dialog perfect for one group or the entire school.The Teacher's Manual includes full script and accompanied songs along withadditional classroom enrichment activities making this a production that can truly involve your whole school long after the show is over! Perform the songs with piano alone or use the professionally recorded ShowTrax Cassette orCD.Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition 5-Pak Preview Cassette (Full Performance) Performance/Accompaniment Cassette and CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For Grades 2-5.