A Beginner's Guide Featuring Step-By-Step Lessons with Audio Video and Popular Songs!-The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner complete with audio tracks video lessons and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson learning the basics of singing and music reading while practicing the many exercises concepts and song excerpts within. Each book in the series features must-know instruction so you can start performing right away with a free online metronome! The voice book features lessons on: full-body singing breathing finding your voice vocal warmups the vocal break caring for your voice diction musicliteracy building skills working on a song dealing with nerves and more. Includes vocal lines from 12 songs: At Last ? Cups (When I'm Gone) ? Danny Boy ? Georgia on My Mind ? Give My Regards to Broadway ? Hallelujah ? Hard Times Come Again No More ? Homeward Bound ? I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me) ? Scarborough Fair ? The Skye Boat Song ? You Raise Me Up.

14 of the greatest standards ever written now in keys specifically designed for singers. Includes a book and 2 CDs - one CD for high voice and the other CD for low voice - so all singers, men and women, can find a key comfortable for their personal range. The book includes all of the songs written in both keys with lyrics clearly notated over the melody line. Rhythm Section: Steve Allee (p); Tyrone Wheeler (b); Jonathan Higgins (d). Songs and Keys (High/Low): You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Bb,G-/G,E-) I've Got You Under My Skin (Db/Bb) What Is This Thing Called Love? (Bb/G) Night And Day (D/C) Love For Sale (Ab-/F-) Just One Of Those Things (Eb/C) In The Still Of The Night (Eb/C) I Love You (Eb/C) I Concentrate On You (D/C) Get Out Of Town (G/Eb) From This Moment On (F/Eb) Easy To Love (G/Eb) At Long Last Love (Bb/G) All Of You (Eb/Bb)

Most vocal teachers have already discovered Jay's extremely popular Folk Songs for Solo Singers collections. And now Alfred is excited to offer another for vocal students and their Teachers! American Folk Songs for Solo Singers includes an excellent variety of solo material for recitals concerts and contests available in two voicings.  Titles include Bright Morning Stars Down in the Valley to Pray Honey Babe How Can I Keep from Singing? My Lord What a Morning Nine Hundred Miles Old Joe Clark Pretty Little Girl Shenandoah Simple Gifts Sometimes I Feel Like aMotherless Child Sun Don't Set in the Mornin' and The Water Is Wide.

ABOUT ALFRED'S ULTIMATE VOCAL SING-ALONG SERIES Alfred's Ultimate Sing-Along books give you everything you need to sing with your favorite songs. Each songbook has the lyrics, music notation, and chords to eight great hits, with lyrics-only pages included. There are two versions of every song on the CD: a full-performance track with an amazing sound-alike recording, and a professional accompaniment track so you can sing along. When you use the CD in your Mac or Windows-based computer, the TNT (Tone 'N' Tempo) Changer lets you easily change the key and temp to individualize the playback for just your voice and style. Titles (and artists): Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day) * Dr. Feelgood (Motley Crue) * Jump (Van Halen) * Photograph (Nickelback) * I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith) * Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon) * Blitzkreig Bop (Ramones) * Just What I Needed (The Cars).

Pro Vocal Men's Edition Volume 14-Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition the Pro Vocal series is for you. The book contains the lyrics melody and chord symbols for eight hit songs. The CD contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD but it is also enhanced for PC and Mac computer users so you can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo! Perfect for home rehearsal parties auditions corporate events and gigs without a backup band. This volume includes 8 classic hits: Can't Buy Me Love • Come Together • A Hard Day's Night • Help! • I Want to Hold Your Hand • In My Life • When I'm Sixty-Four •Yesterday.

Pro Vocal Women's Edition Volume 43-The Pro Vocal series offers a unique sing-along experience that's even better than karaoke. Whether you're preparing for an audition or singing on stage without the support of a backing band this book and CD set will help you to create a polished performance. The CD contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD player but is also enhanced for PC and Mac computer users so you can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo. Pro Vocal Women's Edition Volume 43: Singable Standards features the songs But Beautiful Little White Lies (I'm Afraid) TheMasquerade Is Over Prelude to a Kiss Glad to Be Unhappy I Thought About You I'll Walk Alone and In a Sentimental Mood.

ABOUT ALFRED'S ULTIMATE VOCAL SING-ALONG SERIES Alfred's Ultimate Sing-Along books give you everything you need to sing with your favorite songs. Each songbook has the lyrics, music notation, and chords to eight great hits, with lyrics-only pages included. There are two versions of every song on the CD: a full-performance track with an amazing sound-alike recording, and a professional accompaniment track so you can sing along. When you use the CD in your Mac or Windows-based computer, the TNT (Tone 'N' Tempo) Changer lets you easily change the key and temp to individualize the playback for just your voice and style. The Ultimate Vocal Sing-Along: Country Divas package features your favorite hit country songs for the female voice, along with an enhanced CD that lets you sing along with a complete backing track. Titles (and artists): All Jacked Up (Gretchen Wilson) * How Do I Live (LeAnn Rimes) * Some Hearts (Carrie Underwood) * This Kiss (Faith Hill) * Who's Sorry Now (Connie Francis) * Wide Open Spaces (Dixie Chicks) * Because You Love Me (Jo Dee Messina).

Pro Vocal Women's Edition Volume 60-Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition the Pro Vocal series is for you! The book contains the lyrics melody and chord symbols for eight hit songs. The CD contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so PC and Mac users can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo! Perfect for home rehearsal parties auditions corporate events and gigs without a backup band.This volume contains eight songs by Katy Perry: Firework I Kissed a Girl Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Part of Me Roar Teenage Dream Unconditionally and Wide Awake.

ABOUT ALFRED'S ULTIMATE VOCAL SING-ALONG SERIES Alfred's Ultimate Sing-Along books give you everything you need to sing with your favorite songs. Each songbook has the lyrics, music notation, and chords to eight great hits, with lyrics-only pages included. There are two versions of every song on the CD: a full-performance track with an amazing sound-alike recording, and a professional accompaniment track so you can sing along. When you use the CD in your Mac or Windows-based computer, the TNT (Tone 'N' Tempo) Changer lets you easily change the key and temp to individualize the playback for just your voice and style. Titles (and artists): Don't Rain on My Parade (Barbara Streisand - Funny Girl ) * Evergreen (Barbara Streisand - A Star Is Born ) * Fame (Irene Cara - Fame ) * Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland - The Wizard of Oz ) * The Rose (Bette Midler - The Rose ) * I Believe in You and Me (Whitney Houston - The Preacher's Wife ) * New York, New York (Liza Minnelli - New York, New York ) * The Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler - Beaches ).

A Musical Story for Young Choirs-What is that I hear whispering in the wind? Can you hear it too? Capture the dreams of the children and the wisdom of the Dreamcatcher as told in this original musical story of peace harmony love joy hope and charity. But watch out! For the Trickster is always lurking close by ready to crush these fragile dreams. This enchanting 30-minute musical is ideal for upper elementary through middle school performers and features eight original songs and a narrative script of poetry and dramatic prose. Dreamcatcher is designed to be performed in a concert setting with young singers on choral risers and minimal staging or use your imagination and stage it more elaborately. The castincludes an adult storyteller and multiple children's speaking parts that can easily be adapted to fit a variety of performance options. Listen to your heart and discover how your dreams can come true. Available: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals) Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: Approx. 30 minutes. For Gr. 4-8.

and Facility - Pro Vocal Mixed Editions-Vocal strength is essential to producing a good sound and singing with control and confidence. A weak voice is one that tires easily one that is inconsistent in sound quality and/or pitch and dynamics and one that gives out many years before the singer is ready to stop singing. Vocal strength is not all about singing loudly it's about singing well. The exercises and musical selections in Vocal Exercises For Building Strength Endurance And Facility are designed to help singers hone and refine their skills to develop the kind of control and consistency professional singers need to compete and find work. But mastering these skills is notjust a task for professional singers ? amateur singers who work on the exercises in this book will find singing easier and more fun with each new level of control they achieve. The online audio contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. In addition to vocal exercises several songs are included for practice including Danny Boy The House of the Rising Sun Look for the Silver Lining Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child and more.

Big Band Arrangements for Male Singers-Example vocals and separate background tracks on CD are provided in this collection of 9 big band standards voiced for men: There'll Be Some Changes Made · God Bless the Child · How High the Moon · Why Don't You Do Right! · Come Fly with Me · I Apologize · Volaré · Candy Man · The Way She Makes Me Feel.

Par MC NEFF STEPHEN. My research for Banished began with a small group of students during a Trinity Laban co-lab period in 2013, though the idea goes back over 30 years when I first saw Steve Gooch’s Female Transport and stored the idea of adapting it as an opera until the right opportunity arose. I have been involved in opera for a long time and it has always been a frustration for me that while there is an abundance of female talent (particularly so in conservatories and colleges) there is a noticeable lack of challenging roles available for young women. The roles most often undertaken are maids or innocent girls, compliant wives or tomboys. Not that the problem is necessarily confined exclusively to young women, but where good roles exist, the women are all too often merely passive or victims. Things happen to them rather than them making things happen. They are unable to influence their circumstances and are usually resigned to their fate. Worse still, they are often judged in some way responsible for what happens to them, culpable even because of their looks, their way of life or a streak of independence. Just think about Mimi, Carmen and Violetta (to name only three on a long list). All these characters die, and their attempts at individuality contribute to their demise in some way that they have no control over. With some exceptions female characters in opera are too often sad, mad or bad. Redressing this balance and taking advantage of the richness in vocal talent is only one reason to write an opera reflecting the reality of a group of strong women who work things out for themselves. The transportation of people to Australia at the beginning of the nineteenth century is not a particularly well understood part of history beyond a sort of folk myth. What were the circumstances, who were the people and what happened to them? Opera does not exist to completely answer these questions, but it can focus on the women as individuals and help tell their story. (All the women named in the opera actually existed.) My approach has to been to put the women’s narrative centre stage and, in the confines of an oppressive, dangerous environment go with them on their journey as they survive or sink. The demands on the women are huge. At every turn they are oppressed by their jailers, the system that brought them here and their own low expectations. They have to work out ways to overcome these odds. We discover them through their music in solos and ensembles, sometimes reflective, at other times boasting about their lives a petty criminals and trying to establish status and pecking order. Alongside this I have used references to music of the time to create another reality built on larger ensembles and choruses. This is a sort of collective consciousness aware of loss, longing and context – even of a broad political dimension to the realities of Transportation. Despite the acute awareness of their circumstances in these ensembles, there is also a resilience and strength that transcends the individual stories. Stephen McNeff / Instrumental Music / Répertoire / Voix