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.

Unison Teacher Edition-If it is to be it is up to me! Young people are bombarded with choices every day ... at school at home at play. Promote positive choice-making with this high-energy 30-minute revue developed by youth service organizationsPrimary Focus and the Character Counts coalition. Through music and drama your singers can explore the six pillars of character: trustworthiness respect responsibility fairness caring and citizenship. The Unison Young Choiredition is an adapted version with unison vocals and short connecting dialog. The SAB edition can be used by middle and high school ensembles. It's your choice ... and it counts!Available: Unison Teacher's Manual Unison SingerEdition 5-Pak Unison Preview CD Unison ShowTrax CD SAB Score SAB Singer Edition 5-Pak SAB Preview CD SAB ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For Elementary through High School.

Bitesize Golden Apple-Everything you need for a great show!Bitesize Golden Apple musicals are short effective tuneful mini-musicals suitable for school assemblies or as part of a mixed performance.SuperkidsRock! Is a mini-musical written in the styles of rock jazz and blues and focuses on 'saving the planet' through conservation. It deals with issues of recycling energy conservation water and respecting the environmentin which we live. There are five simple songs making it ideal for assemblies or class performance and it fits in perfectly with the topic work on the environment.Lyrics and script can be downloaded free of charge fromGolden Apple's website at www.goldenapplemusic.com/bitesizeSuitable for Upper key stage 1 and Lower key stage 2.