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.

One hundred and seven Two-part exercises by Zoltan Kodaly based on the concept that singing is the most effective way of entering fully into the spirit of music and of understanding it. The theoretical studies for correct intonation in Let us Sing Correctly attempt to instill a natural intervallic approach to singing.

One Singular Sensational Holiday Revue-Auditions are underway for the 400th Anniversary of North Pole Musical and everyone is in a panic! The dancing Reindeer are ?hoofin' it ? but don't know what to do with Rudolph and his 4 left hooves. The elves aretired of always getting the short end of the stick and are singin' the blues. The snowmen are ?chillin'? but worried about the funky hot lights and the toys are trying to do the entire Nutcracker Suite in 3 minutes!The annual Christmas show keeps getting bigger and bigger each year. But wait a minute! Is bigger really better? See how Santa finds a way to remind everyone of the true meaning of the season. This sensational 35-minute holidayrevue features seven original songs in a variety of musical styles choreography and helpful production guide and a script with 26 speaking parts and adaptable cast list for groups of varying sizes and teaching objectives linkedto the National Standards for each song. The expanded Performance Kit/CD provides 20 Singer books along with the Teacher Edition and a P/A CD. Available separately: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (withvocals) Preview Pak (1 singer book 1 Preview CD) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 singer books P/A CD). Duration: ca. 35 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

A Musical Caper About Finding a Place to Belong!-Welcome to Camp Runamok and the wackiest summer camp experience you could ever wish for! This musical has everything you love and fear about the summer camp experience from the morning routine to corny camp skits and the ultimatetalent show. Put away your technology and allow this nostalgic romp to take you on a journey of finding a place to belong through the mighty highs and comic lows of Summer Camp! This 40-minute musical features seven originalsongs and connecting script with over 50 speaking parts. The Teacher Edition is filled with quality performance material including piano/vocal song arrangements and choreography script helpful production guide and teachingobjectives 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! Availableseparately: Teacher Edition Singer 5-pak Preview CD (with vocals

A Rollicking Western Adventure - Teacher-Come on dudes and dudettes! Join us for a rollicking western adventure - ride the open range have a rough \'n\' tumble hootenanny share a tale and a song or two and sleep under the stars. This 35-minute musical adventure features seven songs with rhyming narration and 39 speaking parts adaptable to various cast sizes. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography script helpful production guide and digital access to PDFs of singer songsheets lyric sheets and narrations. To perform with recordings there are 2 options. For cost-saving value the Performance Kit/Audio Access includes the Teacher Edition w/singer PDFs and digital access toperformance/accompaniment audio recordings. The dialog is not recorded. Songs include: Yee-Haw Home on the Range in Montana Giddy-Up The Cowboy Code Billy the Bad Under the Stars Until We Meet Again. Approx. 35 minutes. Suggested for grades 1-5 (with opportunities for all grade levels).

The delightful story of the little green frog and his hibernating friends. It is a misty damp autumn day. The playful wind suddenly dashes around the trees whisking off their beautiful leaves. The animals are preparing for theirlong winter hibernation so the little green frog decides to give a harvest party but things almost go terribly wrong. In the end the frog learns to say 'thank you' and his friends learn that wrongly lit fires can be verydangerous indeed! Seven new songs and simple improvised percussion with opportunities for mime and animal dances.You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.Professionally recorded demonstration and backing tracks are available to purchase and download here .

A Multicultural Holiday Celebration-The magic of the season explodes into a kaleidoscope of color when a group of young artists transform the main street of Graysville into a watercolor wonderland! From Hanukkah and Kwanzaa to Christmas Las Posadas and beyond discover the colors and celebrations of December in your town and around the world with this creative 30-minute holiday revue that's ideal for young performers. Includes John Jacobson's choreography in the Teacher's Edition and ona handy video (available separately) showing the moves from the front and the back a helpful production guide and seven original songs. Available: Teacher Edition Singer 5-Pak Performance/Accompaniment CD Preview CD (withvocals) and Choreography

At last...a full performance of Roald Dahl's revolting children's favourite! Dahl's Revolting Rhymes has been a standard text for children's imaginations for many years and now in this updated version pupils can play the roles themselves in this exciting and colourful stage musical. Perfect for the end-of-term concerts or amateur productions with youth theatre groups the pack comes with combined CD and CD-ROM of all accompanying music extra exercises design ideas activities. Disgustingly funny!Performance time: Approx. 40 mins.