A Cross-Cultural Curricular Supplement-A Cross-Cultural Curricular supplement. In just five short years WORLD MUSIC DRUMMING has become the hottest new addition to the school music curriculum in years. In thousands of classrooms (grades 3-12) across the U.S. andCanada teachers have found that this active hands-on approach really works. Through the teamwork approach to learning West African and Caribbean drum ensembles with songs and movement teachers are able to reach all of thestudents - even in middle school! Now comes Will Schmid's new book and playalong CD World Music Drumming: NEW ENSEMBLES AND SONGS that supplements the original World Music Drumming curriculum. These new pieces expand thedrumming spectrum to include new culture areas and contemporary drumming styles. All pieces and songs have been kid-tested by grades 3-12. Available Book/CD Pak.

A Selkie Tale is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by seven- to eleven-year-olds year olds. Four solo roles and several separate chorus groups give scope for the participation of a large number of children of all ability levels.The story is a humorous version of the Orkney folk-tale of an islander kidnapping a Selkie wife - a creature who is a seal in the sea and a woman on the land. Things go hilariously wrong with the Selkie wife escaping to rejoin her companions in the sea and Mansie the islander facing a most uncongenial alliance with his cousin and housekeeper Miss Trowie-Tattibogle.Unpitched percussionpart.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

The first contact little kids have with music usually is rhythmic. There’s nothing more elementary than drumming on everything laying around. Based on her work with small children German pedagogue Yasmin Abendroth collected a whole lot of games riddles verses songs and stories to carefully lead children on their journey to the world of music - and it’s done with fun too! The accompanying CD is fun to listen and play along to!