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.

Musical Adventures and Universal Lessons-Musical Adventures and Universal Lessons! Fly away with me in a hot air balloon and see how different the world looks from up here! Spin out new adventures from the Caribbean Africa and Europe to Egypt India and China. Learnabout geography music and cultures that may be unfamiliar yet exciting! What might we find if we keep exploring new possibilities? What changes might we make if we stick together as friends and do our best each day? Discover howyou can make a difference! Whether on stage or in the classroom share your adventures and universal lessons with musical styles from around the world set to original songs. Program one or more of the six songs with short set-upnarrations. Expand multicultural learning with standards-based lesson plans recorded and printed student articles and world online video lessons by John Jacobson. The all-inclusive Teacher Book and Enhanced CD offers everythingyou need under one cover including color PDFs of articles and songsheets for classroom projection. Songs include: Fly Away With Me Helping Each Other Freedom Wandering Joy A New World. Suggested for grades 3-6.

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

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.

An All-School Revue for Young Voices-Join the celebration of a 'day off' in the life of a kid with this clever 30-minute all-school revue for Grades 1-6. From watching cartoons to piano lessons from football practice to chores you'll explore all the options foractivities ... or are they options? With 7 original songs and short connecting skits this is a perfect show for one group or the entire school. With the choreography and teaching suggestions included right in the Teacher'sManual you might even be able to enjoy your Saturday! Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Ed. (5-Pak) Preview Cassette (full performance) Performance/Accompaniment Cassette and CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For Gr. 1-6.

A short Christmas cantata suitable for Secondary and Junior schools as a concert item. The singable and thought-provoking songs focus attention on the less fortunate at Christmas time as well as on the festive fun side. Duration:15 mins. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.