Jenkyns’ songs for young singers can best be described as art songs for the children. Their ranges and technical requirements are just right for the younger age groups and their lyrics as in Percy the Porcupine are perfectly gauged for their performers.Peter Jenkyns was a 20th century British composer singer and educator who wrote a series of songs for primary-aged children sensitively arranged and with appropriate lyrics. Jenkyns was the headmaster of two primary schools outside of London for whose choirs he composed songs for the St Albans’ Schools Music Festival. He was also a highly-regarded Gilbert and Sullivan patter-song singer and he founded a localGilbert & Sullivan society which is still thriving.

Roger Quilter (1877-1953) was a British composer best known for writing many gentle and beautiful songs. Along with Henry Balfour Gardiner and Percy Grainger he was a member of the Frankfurt Group a group of friends who studied composition together at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. Slumber Song is a gentle lullaby scored for Unison Voices with Piano accompaniment. The lyrics were written by the little-known poet Clifford Mills. It makes the perfect closing number or even an encore for any choral concert.

Cobwebs is a delightful little piece taken from Fancy-Fair a collection of eight songs for young children by Peter Jenkyns. It is scored for unison Voices with Piano accompaniment but is also suitable for solo performance. English singer composer conductor and musical director Peter Jenkyns (1921-1996) wrote many of his well-known songs with children in mind for the choirs of the schools he was headmaster of to perform at the annual St. Albans Schools' Music Festival. The excellent pieces by this writer of little art songs for the under 12s are well received and much anticipated by audiences and performers alike.

Unison piano and optional percussionAn ear-catching piece about gossip! Children repeat conversations overheard on the two-five special train with a delightful accompaniment of cymbal claves and drum.

Somebody's Knockin' at Your Door. Spirituals are an important part of the educational canon for young singers, and they serve as a powerful reminder of the enduring cultural importance of the African American musical tradition. This unison/2-Part setting offers aplayful sense of urgency as well as alternate lyrics for church and

A wonderful well-researched musical about saving the planet as seen through the eyes of animals on land sea and air. Written by the successful partnership of Michael and Jill Gallina this is a superb one-act play to inspuire all! Through rhyming dialogue and creative characterisations the animals teach young people on a picnic the three R’s of ecology - recycle Replenish and Respect. The seven songs in unison and two-part demonstrate a variety of blues rap calypso ballad and funky rock styles. Students will enjoy dramatising the 12 animals (which are easily costumed) the eight young picnickers the conga-line of fish and the chorus which can be any size.This is the Performer's Part with all lyrics and the libretto. The Director’s Score (SP19649)includes staging costuming props and scenery suggestions.

The “Hymnz4Kidz” series burst forth last year with considerable fanfare led by one of the brightest new names in sacred music Heather Sorenson. Now comes the latest release: This Is My Father's World.Traditional hymns dressed in fresh and snazzy outfits that captivate young singers and teach them our legacy of hymnody is grabbing everyone's attention. The series offers a host of correlating products: Accompaniment Tracks Orchestral Score and Parts and a downloadable Digital Toolkit (including a short skit director's resources activity sheet and much more). Teaching old hymns has never been so much fun!

Autumn by Witold Lutoslawski is a children's song cycle for unison Voices and Piano. Arranged and translated by Richard Steinitz.

It's hard to imagine what the angels experienced the night Jesus was born but this delightful song gives us a glimpse. Perfect for Christmas Eve or a Christmas concert your children will love the bouncy melody and rhythmic charm of this instant classic.

Uses: Christmas There is a peacefulness in the gentle sway of this seasonal sacred song. A very warm original from some of the most successful children's writers of our time. Available: 2 part treble LiteTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:59.