The popular Sing Say Dance Play series is all about connecting music with movement dance and speech in active participation while having a pile of fun! Here are MORE seasonal songs with games and activities from music specialists Cristi Miller and Kathlyn Reynolds that will motivate and challenge your young musicians throughout the school year. This tried-and-true collection features 12 songs written specifically for students in the lower grades and twelve songs for upper elementary along with helpful teaching suggestions and simple Orff or piano accompaniments. Keep music learning active as you sing say dance and play the year away! Available: song collection.Suggested for grades 1-6.

Oh Shenandoah & Other American Folksongs forms part of the Choral Basics series which has been carefully designed to provide rewarding varied repertoire for beginner choirs. These American folk songs are arranged for soprano and alto voices and the straightforward piano accompaniment provides good support for the singers. Included are the beautiful title song an enchanting version of the Shaker hymn Simple Gifts and a barn-storming medley of US country dances  Low-down on the Hoe-down! Stetsons at the ready...

A One-Act Musical-It's a snow day! Samantha tweets her friends with an invitation to hang out. The friends bury themselves not in the snow but in their individual electronic devices. Although resistant to play outdoors in the snow the childrensoon find themselves face-to-face with a walking talking sunglass-wearing snowman!Happy the Snowman used a slush fund to come to life to learn about today's technology. Quite frankly up until now he's been frozen out!Very quickly Happy is lost in a blizzard of techno-speak and electronic devices. After posting a video online of the snowman's song and dance Happy's adventure takes a dramatic turn as the video goes viral! When chased byscientists reporters and paparazzi his new friends text everyone they know to join in a friendly flash mob to distract his pursuers and to rescue our hero.Happy the High-Tech Snowman can be used anytime betweenlate fall and the end of the winter months and it lends itself to many community and instructional settings. For Grades 4-8. Available: Teacher Edition; Singer Edition 5-Pak; Listening CD; Enhanced StudioTrax CD; Preview Pack;Performance Kit.

Diese Sammlung vereint rund 50 alte und neue Chorsätze unter dem Motto des Trierer Chorfestivals 2015 ?Gott liebt diese Welt'.Motetten, Volkslieder und Geistliche Lieder, Spirituals, Wechselgesänge sowie Kanons in verschiedenen Sprachen und Besetzungen sind vertreten und machen sie zur idealen Grundlage für das Singen in der Messe, im Gottesdienst und bei Chorbegegnungen. Die Sammlung ist insbesondere auch auf Kinder- und Jugendchöre zugeschnitten.Im Juli 2015 findet unter dem Dach des Bistums Trier das 7. Deutsche Chorfestival ?Pueri Cantores' statt. Grundsatz des Deutschen Chorverbandes ?Pueri Cantores' ist die Begegnung durch gemeinsames Singen. Dies wird auch mit den regelmäßig veranstalteten Chorfestivals auf diözesaner, nationaler und internationaler Ebene gepflegt.- Für Messe und Konzert- Geistliches und Weltliches- Verschiedene Besetzungen (SSA, SATB), teilweise mit TasteninstrumentAus dem Inhalt?Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt' (S. Strohbach)- ?God so loved the world' (B. Chilcott)- ?A Song of Thanksgiving' (M. Patterson)- ?Peace I leave with you' (J. Barnard)- ?Verleih uns Frieden' (C. Mawby)- ?Du bist das Brot, das den Hunger stillt' (T. Quast)- ?Die Gedanken sind frei' (M. Nagel)- ?Der Weg zur Oper' (O. Gies)- Chorimprovisationen von O. Sperling und M. Balzer u.a. / Choeur Mixte

This new collection of folk songs - 'Laula kultani' (Finnish for 'Sing, my sweetheart') - offers choirs attractive literature to expand their repertoires and to perform concerts for many different occasions. The creative choral director has many possibilities for performing this music: thus instruments can be added, or - if there are difficulties due to pronouncing a foreign language - a small ensemble can sing the song, while the remainder of the choir hums the music in the background. The selected songs about themes of love and love's sorrow, dance, festival and celebration, are traditional folksongs which are well-known and popular in the countries of their origin. In puttingtogether this collection special emphasis has been placed on the musical quality of the settings. In addition to traditional settings, many songs in new arrangments by contemporary composers have been included. The settings range in difficulty from easy to moderately difficult. / Musique traditionnelle / RĂ©pertoire / Choeur

Composer and Organist John Merbecke lived in interesting times. He was born soon after the beginning of the 16th century and spent his whole life in service of music at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. In 1543 he was arrested for heresy and sentenced to death but received a royal pardon unlike the three others with whom he was arrested. He returned to his position at Windsor and began work on a concordance of the English Bible to replace the one that had been destroyed when he was arrested. The Book of Common Praier Noted was published in 1550 at a time when the continued use of plainchant was controversial. Here Merbecke sets the chants but in English ratherthan Latin.As a piece of history for students of monody and as a part of the church’s heritage Merbecke’s setting is invaluable.