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A complete sourcebook for choral directors of all levels, as well as choral methods classes. Contains 211 warm-ups with information on usage, photos illustrating correct posture and vowel formation, and a well organized index to make finding the right warm-up a snap. Belongs in every choral director's library.
Titles: All Through the Night * Amazing Grace * Camptown Races * Cindy * He's Gone Away * Poor Wayfaring Stranger * Scarborough Fair * Shenandoah * Siyahamba * Skye Boat Song * Homeward Bound. Appropriate for any combination of voices, male or female. 64 pages. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.
A complete music appreciation course in one, 120-page, reproducible book/CD package. For each of the 22 featured composers there is a bio (focusing on his or her personal life), a portrait, a listing of the types of music he or she composed, composer factoids, and a timeline. The CD contains a listening example for each composer. The reproducible listening guide includes information about each listening example and a second by second what to listen for in the music." Also included are reviews (assessments) for each composer, plus more than two dozen pages of supplementary material. And it's all reproducible! Composers: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Copland, Debussy, Dvorák, Elgar, Handel, Haydn, Hensel, Hildegard, Ives, Joplin, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Sousa, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Vivaldi, and Wagner. Reproducible PDFs included on the Enhanced CD, or purchase the Digital Download option to get a full PDF immediately. Great activities for remote teaching or distance learning!"
A collection of 10 folk songs arranged for voice and piano in a simple style appropriate for beginning soloists, unison classroom singing, and elementary choral groups. Included are reproducible melody-line song sheets for each song. Easy piano accompaniments strongly support the melody, and vocal tessituras are moderate; most have an octave range. Titles: * Li'l Liza Jane * Siyahamba * Scarborough Fair * De Colores * and Many More!
The songs of the British Isles---England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales---are among the most expressive and singable in Western music. The 11 songs selected for this collection are ideal for both the beginning soloist and the more skilled singer. Included are ballads, love songs, folk songs, and even two Christmas carols. Titles: *Annie Laurie *The Ash Grove *The Blaydon Races *Danny Boy *Flow Gently, Sweet Afton *Greensleeves *God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen *Scarborough Fair *Skye Boat Song *The Snow Lay on the Ground *The Water Is Wide (O Waly, Waly)
Expertly crafted for solo voice and piano, Folk Songs for Solo Singers, Volume 1 includes 11 favorite folk songs arranged by some of Alfred's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, and Carl Strommen.
This outstanding collection of 12 singable folk songs from eight countries features easily learned texts in six different languages including English. Pronunciation guides and optional English lyrics are included where needed. Songs from Italy, Germany, Venezuela, Spain, France, South Africa, Canada, and USA. 64 pages. Titles: A la Nanita Nana * All My Trials * Auprès de Ma Blonde * Cara Mamma * Chevaliers de la Table Ronde * Guter Mond * The Jones Boys * The Last Rose of Summer * Santa Lucia * Schlaf in Guter Ruh * Siyahamba * Valencianita.
This volume of best-loved folk songs for solo voice and piano contains fourteen memorable works arranged by three of Alfred's top writers: Jay Althouse, Mark Hayes and Ruth Elaine Schram. Includes "Camptown Races," "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and more!
There's nothing more fun than singing a partner song, and there's no better way to develop independent 2-part singing with your young performers. GRAB A PARTNER! by well-known composers Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse, features 12 terrific partner songs, each utilizing a well-known melody. Titles: * A Broadway Song (with Give My Regards to Broadway) * Which Ball Game? (with Take Me Out to the Ball Game) * Sing of the Spring (with Now Is the Month of Maying) * How I Love My America (with America, the Beautiful) * 'Round the Mountain (with She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain) * Angels Watchin' (with All Night, All Day) * Get That Fly! (with Shoo, Fly) * Come By Here (with Kum Ba Ya) * Dance Around the Room (with Zum Gali Gali) * Gettin' Ready for Santa Claus (with Up on the Housetop) * Heavenly Peace (with Silent Night) * Goin' to the Races (with Camptown Races). The Teacher's Handbook includes reproducible song sheets and appropriate easy-to-teach staging suggestions. So GRAB A PARTNER! and let's go! -Recommended for grades 2-7. -Staging Suggestions included. -Reproducible Student Song Sheets included.
This valuable collection for the church soloist is filled with 20 vocal solos arranged or composed by Jay Althouse. Includes solos for all seasons of the church year plus numerous Sundays throughout the year. It's all here, from Advent to Trinity Sunday, from Patriotic services to Communion. Includes useful "Seasonal and Topical Index."