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.

Sir Terry Pratchett's enquiring adventure into time travel has its young teen hero Johnny Maxwell and his friends confronted with their own bomb-stricken street in WWII. Can they change history and avert the catastrophe? Matthew Holmes' script and song superbly support the plot in a musical for young people to perform and everyone to enjoy. Johnny and his friends travel back in time to their own street site of a bombing raid intended for a nearby industrial complex. 'Collateral damage' is not the only disturbing issue: what happens to the present if you try to save lives in the past? Serious subjects but with Terry Pratchett there's always the humour as well andthe musical includes a host of likeable characters. Matthew Holmes' script skilfully carries the plot along in Terry Pratchett style and his music swings to contemporary pop and the glorious sound of the forties Big Band. The complete performance pack with its photocopiable script and piano vocal score includes everything you need for rehearsing and presenting the final show plus there's full audio support on CD so you don't need to read a note of music.

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse... The peace and quiet of Christmas Eve is distributed by a noisy clatter outside. Who can it be? This pack contains everything you need for your performance suitable for music readers and non-music readers alike: Piano/Vocal score Script Cast list Staging suggestions Expandable cast list - a part for everyone Costume ideas The accompanying CD features rehearsal performances backing tracks and incidental music.This nineteenth century festive favourite is now a heart-warming eye-catching toe-tappingly good musical specially created for schools to perform.

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.

A Musical Celebration of America's Westward Expansion-There's gold in them thar hills! Gold has been discovered in the hills of California. Land is being given away to settlers willing to make a fresh start in the newly explored regions of the American West. Cowpokes andminers farmers and trappers gamblers and adventurers of all kinds are making their way west to chase the promise of the American Dream. They come by way of wagon train horseback stream boat and rail. Go West combines music history and drama to explore important facts about the westward expansion of early United States and discovers that real gold is not always the kind made into ingots and baubles. Real gold is discovered in the ideas andinspiration derived from new lands fresh starts and attainable dreams abundant in the promises of the land of the free. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school performers this historic and entertaining 35-minute musicalfeatures 7 original songs connecting script John Jacobson's choreography and a helpful production guide. The Teacher Edition includes full script accompanied songs Production Guide and choreography suggestions. Available:Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals only) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 Singer books P/A CD). Performance Time: Approx. 35 minutes. For Grades 4-8.

Whether you're staging your first or your fiftieth children's musical production here's an indispensable planning guide that will ensure a successful performance. Includes techniques for staging characterization customizing for your particular cast using children's artwork costumes make-up sound systems developing self esteem and more. Comes unbound so you can place it in your own loose-leaf binder.

29 Songs from the Stage and Screen-This giant two-volume resource will be indispensable for teachers working with children singing solos. There is a large variety of material from classic Disney songs to Broadway to movie favorites to songs from “Sesame Street.” Each volume has songs for both girls and boys. Kids' Musical Theatre Collection: Volume 1 includes 29 songs from stage screen and television musicals these are by far Hal Leonard's largest collections of solos for children. Access to companion recorded accompaniments are available online for download or streaming.

100 Inspiring Ideas-Penny Stirling is Director of Yorkshire Young Musicians and one of the UK's leading figures in instrumental teaching. She regularly acts as adjudicator examiner consultant and Professional Development leader in the UK and abroad and holds a Fellowship at the Royal Northern College. Karen Marshall is a successful instrumental and classroom teacher based in York. Specialising in multi-sensory music teaching she trains teachers across the UK on teaching students with special needs regularly writes for Music Teacher magazine and is co-author of the acclaimed Get Set! Piano series.

Singing Spelling is a user-friendly songbook and CD designed to support spelling teaching and enrich young children's experience of language in a fun and engaging way.The songs and activities introduce key spelling and grammar rules and are written in a exciting modern style on subjects that interest children. Each song or chant is accompanied by a set of activities and ideas for further development.No music reading is required and the pack includes a CD with sample performances.

This brilliant cross-curricular song will reinforce history in the best way possible - by singing about it!Before teaching the song it can be played as background music whilst other World War Two-related classroom activities take place. That way the children become familiar with the song before they learn it. Fact learning made fun Perfect showpiece for assemblies and classrooms Photocopiable and whiteboard lyrics CD of backing teaching and performance tracks Fulfils OCA Music Scheme Unit 20 Performing Together