PARTITIONS GRATUITES : CHANT - CHORALE
- John Converse

Arranged by Mary Mcdonald. For SATB choir and piano with optional rhythm section. The Mary McDonald Choral Series. CONVERSE, Hymntune, General Worship, Prayer, Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

SATB choir, keyboard accompaniment

SKU: GI.G-527

Level 2. Composed by John M. Feierabend. Choral. Conversational Solfege. Music Education. Octavo. GIA Publications #527. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-527).

Text by Noel Goemanne.

Conversat ional Solfege is a dynamic and captivating first-through-eighth grade general music program that enables students to become independent musical thinkers with the help of a rich variety of folk and classical music. It is organized around increasingly complex rhythmic and melodic content. Each new rhythmic or melodic element is discovered first in patterns and then reinforced with folk songs, rhymes, and classical examples. Central to the Conversational Solfege program is the use of music harvested from our rich and diverse American musical history. This variety of music serves as a common thread that spans and bonds generations. Each book contains varied song material so the teacher can select appropriate music for the lower grades or older beginners. This 12-step teaching method carefully brings students from readiness to, ultimately, creating music through inner hearing and then transferring their musical thoughts into notation—in other words, to compose music! This CD provides 14 classical selections referenced in Conversational Solfege Level 2. These examples provide reinforcement for emerging literacy skills, and they also enable students to listen to wonderful classical examples with greater attention. Listening to classical music can be challenging for elementary students. With nothing to hang onto, the many notes can be too much to comprehend and attention soon wanes. But with minimal literacy skills, students will have enough musical information to discover that classical music can be accessible and appealing. In the included booklet, timings are given for each selection and the portions of the music that are readable by the students are reproduced. Whether using this CD with Conversational Solfege instructional materials or simply as a resource of classical music with simple to read rhythmic and melodic material, both teachers and students will delight in discovering this wonderful music through literacy. This series is a complete, innovative approach to teaching music that will stay fresh year after year. CONTENTS Conversational Solfege Unit 5: 1. Antonin Dvorak • New World Theme Conversational Solfege Unit 6: 2. Franz Joseph Haydn • Theme from  the Surprise Symphony, 3. Camille Saint-Sans • Turtles from Carnival of the Animals, 4. Ludwig van Beethoven • Symphony No. 7, 2nd Movement, 5. Josef Strauss • Feuerfest (Fireproof) Polka, Op. 269 Conversational Solfege Unit 7: 6. Jacques Offenbach • Can-Can, 7. Dmitry Kabalevsky • Pantomime from the Comedians, 8. Edvard Grieg • In the Hall of the Mountain King Conversational Solfege Unit 9 and Unit 11: 9. Jacques Offenbach • Barcarolle Conversational Solfege Unit 10: 10. Edvard Grieg • Morning Conversational Solfege Unit 11: 11. Ottorino Respighi • Ground in G Conversational Solfege Unit 12: 12. Johann Sebastian Bach • Jesu, Joy of Men's Desiring, 13. Jean Sibelius • Finlandia Conversational Solfege Unit 13: 14. Ludwig Van Beethoven • Symphony No. 6, Movement 5  John M. Feierabend is Professor Emeritus and former Director of Music Education at The Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, Connecticut.

By Charles C. Converse. Arranged by Craig Jessop, John Longhurst. For SSAATTBB Choir. Medium. Duration 4:15

The Quintessential Guide to Creating Quality Musical Theatre Programs. Choral. Hardcover. 368 pages. GIA Publications #G9403. Published by GIA Publications

SATB choir

SKU: GI.G-8451

WGRG Liturgy Booklet - Number 12. Composed by Graham Maule and John L. Bell. Iona Community. Sacred. 48 pages. GIA Publications #8451. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-8451).

ISBN 9781909469112. English. Text Source: Wild Goose Resource Group, Iona Community, Scotland. Text by John L. Bell.

This new liturgy from the Wild Goose Resource Group seeks to engage people with the biblical and contemporary issues of wealth and material possessions in an accessible way. Spare Change & Gilt-Edged Grace is the twelfth in the series of WGRG Liturgy Booklets. It contains a full liturgy formatted in both leader’s and congregational versions. With hope, Liturgies such as this may evoke the beginning of an honest conversation on a subject that is given scant attention in our worship today.

Chamber Music Goodman (Mezzo soprano), Johnson (baritone), McNamara (tenor), Mrs. Chaney (soprano), Piano, alto voice, bass voice, choir:, soprano voice, tenor voice

SKU: PR.441410240

For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra. Composed by Steven Stucky. This edition: Vocal score. Libretto by Gene Scheer. Laquita Mitchell/Soprano, Kelley O?Connor/Mezzo-soprano, Vale Rideout/Tenor, Robert Orth/Baritone, Dallas Symphony Chorus (David Davidson, Director); Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jap van Zweden. Contemporary. Vocal Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2008. 132 pages. Duration 1 hour, 10 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #441-41024. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.441410240).

UPC: 680160589128. Libretto by Gene Scheer.

August 4, 1964 was commissioned by the Dallas Symphony for the 2008 celebration of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s centennial year. The 75-minute oratorio focuses on two events that came to a head on August 4, 1964, events that defined LBJ’s presidency: the discovery of the bodies of three slain civil rights workers in Mississippi, and the bombing of North Vietnam, which accelerated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. Gene Scheer’s thoroughly-researched libretto includes actual transcripts of White House phone conversations and government documents, as well as letters from the mothers of the slain civil rights workers.