The Complete Resource for Community Choirs. Par BURNS ALISON / PARTINGTON GITIKA. 43 flexible songs, from simple unison to four parts, by established writers and arrangers Ideal for community choirs of all types and school groups of 11+ years Vast range of repertoire, including well-known pop songs, traditional songs from around the world, contemporary songs, protest songs, and rounds Diverse themes, including Peace and Reflection, Liberty and Freedom, and Celebrations Warm-ups and practical tips on working with amateur singers and the natural voice Supporting rehearsal plans for each song, from the basis of learning by ear Copiable pages CD containing MP3s of learning tracks (providing individual vocal parts) and backing tracks for some pieces Recordings of full performances available to download Community Voiceworks is an unrivalled collection of fun, reflective, empowering, and moving songs in the practical Voiceworks format. With five sections covering a variety of life's key themes, there is something for everyone - from classic hits such as 'Sitting on the Dock of the Bay', 'If I had a hammer', 'Walking on Sunshine', and 'Something Inside So Strong' to well-known traditional songs and new works by acclaimed choir leaders. The CD provides recordings of individual parts, allowing non-readers to learn aurally, and song sheets are photocopiable. A truly inclusive collection for all groups who love singing together, regardless of experience!/ Recueil / Voix

40 Fun Warm-Ups Using Songs from Across the United States. Keeping singers in our ensembles excited and energized during the warm-up process is a consistent hurdle for educators across the nation. By using songs that are indigenous to different parts of our country, teachers in choral classrooms can help students prepare their minds, bodies and voices while sharing a bit of our culture and history from different areas of the United States. All of the songs can be used with both inexperienced beginners and advanced singers. The lesson suggestions introduced with each song are intended to be aspringboard for teachers to modify and adapt to their own students' needs and skill levels. Each melody includes strategies that are accessible for those who are just learning how to use their voices, and also for those more sophisticated singers who enjoy a good challenge. Keeping singers in our ensembles excited and energized during the warm-up process is a consistent hurdle for educators across the nation. By using songs that are indigenous to different parts of our country, teachers in choral classrooms can help students prepare their minds, bodies and voices while sharing a bit of our culture and history from different areas of the United States. All of the songs can be used with both inexperienced beginners and advanced singers. The lesson suggestions introduced with each song are intended to be aspringboard for teachers to modify and adapt to their own students' needs and skill levels. Each melody includes strategies that are accessible for those who are just learning how to use their voices, and also for those more sophisticated singers who enjoy a good challenge. / Musique traditionnelle d'Amérique du Nord / Etude / Voix

Arranged for Medium-Low Voice with Piano accompaniment. Most of the arias in this collection were written in the 1600s and 1700s by composers who were intent on expressing their feelings and entertaining their listeners. They wrote for the present and didn't write many instructions for their performers as they would always be present when their music was performed. However, the success of their music transcended their lifetimes, and over the years editions have become nothing like their original forms. This edition seeks to return to the composers' original intentions and produce an authoritative and faithful re-production of their works. Includes an accompanying CDof professionally recorded backing tracks. / Opéra-opérette / Recueil / Voix

A Musical Revue Celebrating the Importance of Music in Our Lives. Par JACOBSON JOHN / BRINCKMEYER LYNN. 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 perform with 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. / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Voix

Par BROWN JASON ROBERT. The complete vocal score for the musical, based on the novel by Robert James Walker, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The Bridges of Madison County won a Tony Award for Best Original Musical Score in 2014. / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Voix

Rockschool is about playing the styles of music you love.This pack contains the songs for Level 2, covering grades 4 and 5. This level is tailored to those of you who are building upon the fundamentals as a vocalist. Each book is a standalone resource that features sound-alike backing tracks with top line melody featuring a wide range of artists including Robbie Williams, Coldplay and The Beatles.The level 2 book features:Aural testsRhythm examples and exercisesQuick study piecesBacking vocals techniqueFull mixes and backing tracks over 2CD'sDuel key backing tracksRockschool students are always encouraged to be creative with the Rockschool tunes so feel free to improvise and adapt them to suit your own vocal style. / Voix

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

La guerre de Sécession, ce grand conflit fratricide qui a joué un rôle décisif dans l'élaboration de notre histoire et notre conscience nationale, il existe n'est plus dans les souvenirs de première main des hommes vivants. Parmi nos souvenirs, cependant, sont ces 48 chansons des guerre civile, les chansons marching agitateur et hymnes patriotiques, les ballades sentimentales allègrement et les comiques ditties, le proposant des chansons et chansons à boire et chansons combats et aimantes chansons des Etats-Unis le plus sanglant et lutte plus importante. Par le biais de ces chansons, un âge qui est passé est porté à la vie, et nous vivons avec les hommes et les femmes qui marchaient y a un siècle de cette terre qui est le nôtre. / Voix

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 not just 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 CD 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. / Voix

Kenneth Simpson. This collection is divided into ten sections: music - learning music - times and seasons - Christmas - greetings - gusto - drollery - getting around - birds and beasts - and miscellanea. Most of the items are musically straightforward and of moderate compass. / Voix