Choral, Vocal & Classroom Resource Guide

2015–2016 Choral, Vocal & Classroom Resource Guide

Alfred Music provides a wide variety of educational, Contents: practical, and appropriate literature for ensembles Warms-Ups & Sight-Singing...... 1 General Musicals & Programs...... 10 –11 of all sizes and ages. Please visit us at alfred.com New Chorals & Resources...... 2–4 Seasonal Musicals & Programs...... 12–13 to see sample pages and hear recordings of all Vocal Collections...... 5 Songbooks...... 14–15 the titles featured in this brochure. Visit us today! Classroom Resources...... 6–9 Sample Exercises...... 16 Visit us often!

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Vocalize! Sing at First Sight . . . More Melodies! 45 Accompanied Vocal Warm-Ups Reproducible Exercises that Teach Technique for Sight-Singing Practice Composed and arr. Andy Beck By Andy Beck and Brian Lewis Each exercise in this invaluable resource is Augment your sight-singing curriculum designed to reinforce fundamental vocal with this supplemental exercise book that concepts for choral and solo singers of any directly correlates to levels one and two age. Organized in 11 focused categories, the of Alfred Music’s popular Sing at First Sight purpose of every warm-up is evident, and method. Every melody in this reproducible clearly-stated directions optimize growth. resource appears in both treble and bass clef, Supportive piano accompaniments, including and the Data CD includes digital files of the progressive modulations, are lightly- entire book for printing and projecting. More See sample exercises orchestrated on the enclosed recording—perfect for ensemble rehearsals, Melodies! is highly effective when used on on page 16. studio lessons, or at-home practice. As an added bonus, PDF files on the a routine basis after each of the sequential enhanced CD provide extracted vocal lines on reproducible singer pages. lessons, as needed for additional drill to master challenging concepts, or as An instructional book you will use again and again! a general review following the completion of the original textbooks. Topics include: beginning warm-ups, posture, vowels, breath support, Reproducible Book & Data CD (00-42793) ��$34.95 tone quality, diction, dynamics, articulations, diphthongs, blend, scales, intervals, harmony, and more. Sing at First Sight Book & Enhanced CD (00-40024) �� $34.99 Foundations in Choral Sight-Singing By Andy Beck, Karen Farnum Surmani, The Choral Warm-Up Collection and Brian Lewis A Sourcebook of 167 Choral Warm-Ups This well-organized, sequential method clearly Contributed by 51 Choral Directors introduces new music reading concepts, reinforces those concepts with rhythm and pitch exercises, Various / compiled and ed. Sally K Albrecht motivates students with helpful hints and This incredible resource consists of warm-ups for challenge exercises, features choral excerpts at the every situation and vocal area. Set the mood for a end of each unit, and provides a comprehensive successful choral rehearsal while developing and review and evaluation (including written activities, reinforcing positive ensemble vocal techniques. ear training drills, and formal assessments). Royalties donated to the ACDA Endowment Trust. Level 1 concepts include: whole note through Book (00-21676) ��$22.95 sixteenth note rhythms • major key signatures • diatonic intervals • simple and compound time The Complete Choral Warm-Up Book signatures • music signs and symbols • dynamics, A Sourcebook of 211 Choral Warm-Ups articulations, and tempo markings • unison, for Choral Directors 2-part, and 3-part singing. By Jay Althouse and Russell Robinson Level 2 concepts include: singing in minor • A complete sourcebook for choral directors of all chromatics • unison, 2-part, 3-part, and 4-part levels. Contains 211 warm-ups with information on singing • identifying major and minor intervals • usage, photos illustrating correct posture and vowel advanced rhythmic patterns. formation, and a well-organized index to make Textbook, Level 1 (00-22017) ��$7.95 finding the right warm-up a snap. Reproducible Companion/CD, Level 1 (00-23833) ��$39.95 Book (00-11653) ��$22.95 Textbook, Level 2 (00-28448) �� $7.95 Reproducible Companion/CD, Level 2 (00-31264) ��$39.95 NEW CHORALS & RESOURCES

EXPERIENCE ALFRED Title SATB SAB/3-PT 2-PT WOMEN MEN TRAX PAX Africa (Arr. Sharpe) 43531 MUSIC’S POPULAR African Gloria (Poorman) 43218 43219 43220 African Noel (Arr. Thomas) LG52747 43239 CHORAL Agnus Dei (Poorman) 43216 43217 43182 All About That Bass (Arr. Billingsley) 43480 43481 MOVEMENT Alleluia Madrigal (Moore) 21698 21699 21700 43282 And This Shall Be for Music (Stevenson, Johnson) 43303 43304 43305 43182 DVD SERIES And Wherever You Go (Wagner) SVM05010 43194 SVM05011 43195 43182 Annie: Choral Highlights (Arr. Gilpin) 43547 43548 43549 With staging by Ave Maria (Caccini/arr. Liebergen) 20142 20143 20144 43183 22963 Sally K. Albrecht Best Day of My Life (Arr. Beck) 43175 43176 43178 43178 43177 43179 A Better World (Poorman) 43241 43242 & Andy Beck Bill Bailey (Arr. Albrecht)* 43512 43513 Here’s the quick and easy way Bound for Glory (Arr. Gartner) 43413 43413 43414 to add simple yet effective Breathe Soft, Ye Winds (Philips, Gilpin) 43294 43295 43296 43182 choreography to your By the Waters (Perry, Perry) 43198 43199 43200 43182 choral performances. Can You Hear the Angels? (Gilpin) 43375 43376 43378 43377 43379 Candlelight (Arr. Rutherford) 43291 Canta Conmigo (Johnson)* 43306 43307 43308 Chantons (Quinault, Lully/arr. Liebergen) 43263 43182 The Christmas Waltz (Arr. Hayes) 43407 43408 43409 43410 43411 DIGPX00005 Clever Chameleon (Beck) 43339 43182 Clouds (Ed. Gilpin) 43283 43284 43285 43286 Colonel Bogey’s Grand Old Flag (Arr. Gilpin)* 43246 43247 43248 Cool Kids (Arr. Billingsley) 43523 43524 43525 43526 Cossacks of the Steppe (Parks, Parks) 43281 43182 The Coventry Carol (Croo/arr. Hayes) 43465 43466 43467 43468 DIGPX00010 December Prayer (Arr. Gilpin) 43441 43442 43443 43444 Deo Dicamus Gratias (Lewis) 43256 43182 Dies Irae (Gray) 43927 43298 43182 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Arr. Van Cleave) 43476 43477 43478 43479 DIGPX00011 Dona Nobis Pacem (Mozart/arr. Liebergen) 43255 43182 Dream (Souders, Souders) 43365 43366 Everything I Didn’t Say (Arr. Billingsley) 43287 43288 43289 43290 Everything Is Awesome (Arr. Billingsley) 43170 43171 43172 43173 Eye of the Tiger (Arr. Van Cleave) 43445 43446 43447 43448 DIGPX00008 Fa La La La (Arr. Gray)* 43317 43318 43319 Let Sally & Andy Fame (Arr. Bram) 41871 do the work for you! Feel the Joy of Hanukkah (Brownsey, Lantz) 43439 43440 Festival Alleluia (Poorman) 43209 43210 43211 43182 Five Favorite Holiday Songs (Arr. Billingsley)* 43518 43519 43521 43520 43522 DIGPX00016 With a Song! Follow That Star (Althouse) 43340 43341 43342 43343 43344 DIGPX00000 A Choral Movement DVD Foreign Lands (Ballantyne) 43464 43182 Sally K. Albrecht & Andy Beck Frosty the Snowman (Arr. Albrecht) 43460 43461 Titles: Bill Bailey • Canta Conmigo • Fruitcake (Hagemann, Leka)* 43387 43388 43391 43389 43390 43392 Colonel Bogey’s Grand Old Flag! • Fa La La La • Five Favorite Holiday Songs • Gloria Deo (Althouse) 43181 Fruitcake • The North Pole Marching Glorious Peace (Parker, Drennan) 43425 Band • Sing Gloria! • Sisi Sote • Snow Day! Snow Day! • With a Song. Go, Tell It on the Mountain (Arr. Moore) 43393 43394 43395 43396 43397 With a Song! (00-43333) ��$39.99 Gone, Gone, Gone (Arr. Beck) 43279 43280 Gonna Get Over You (Arr. Sharpe) 43567

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Title SATB SAB/3-PT 2-PT WOMEN MEN TRAX PAX Good News! Chariot’s A-Comin’ (Arr. Gilpin) 43371 43373 43372 43374 NEED AN Good Time (Arr. Dietz) 43570 Grateful (Arr. Billingsley) 43550 43551 43552 43553 ACCOMPANIST? Green Eggs and Ham (Arr. Beck) 43501 38173 38174 38175 Don’t Miss PianoTrax 7 The Heart of the Matter (Arr. Gilpin) 43349 43350 43351 43352 DIGPX00007 Many of our Choral Designs The Heart of Rock and Roll (Arr. Shaw) 43575 43576 43577 DIGPX00020 selections feature outstanding piano Heartache Tonight (Arr. Gilpin) 43571 43572 43573 43574 accompaniments. Now your choirs How Can I Keep from Singing? (Arr. Shaw) 43231 43232 43233 can rehearse or perform with those accompaniments using our new I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Longfellow, Calkin/arr. O’Connell) 43270 43271 43272 43273 PianoTrax 7 CD. I Know Where I’m Going (Arr. Hayes) 43451 43182 I Thought About You (Arr. Langford) 43402 43403 DIGPX00003 If the Snow Could Sing (Bernon) 43369 43370 Imagine (Arr. Althouse) 43204 43205 43207 43206 43208 The Impossible Dream (Arr. Hayes) 43535 43536 43537 43538 43539 DIGPX00018 In the Dark of Midnight (Beck) 43345 43346 43347 43182 It Was a Lover and His Lass (Shakespeare, McGrath) 43462 PianoTrax 7 CD (00-43182) �� $44.99 It’s the Hard-Knock Life (Arr. Zegree) 43532 43533 43533 43534 I’ve Got a Crush on You (Arr. Althouse) 43527 43528 43529 43530 DIGPX00017 I’ve Gotta Crow (Arr. Albrecht) 43223 43224 PianoTrax 7 CD contains accompaniment tracks for the Iza Ngomso (Tin) 43555 43556 following 33 choral publications: Jasmine Flower (Arr. Wagner) 43258 43259 43260 24995 Jenny (Kerr, Myers) 43240 Agnus Dei And This Shall Be for Music A Jolly Wassail (Arr. Gray) 43384 43385 43386 And Wherever You Go Joyeux Noël! (Arr. Wagner) 43225 43226 43227 43228 29611 Breathe Soft, Ye Winds A Jubilant Song (Albrecht) 43325 43326 By the Waters Jubilate! Joy We Bring! (Vivaldi/arr. Liebergen) 43192 43193 43182 Chantons The Lake (Poe, Althouse) 43257 43182 Clever Chameleon Cossacks of the Steppe Let Me In (Arr. Kirkendall) 43406 DIGPX00004 Deo Dicamus Gratias Lift Up Your Voice! (Johnson) 43398 43399 43400 43401 Dies Irae Listen to the Music (Arr. Shaw) 43578 43579 43580 43581 DIGPX00021 Dona Nobis Pacem Living in America (Arr. Van Cleave) 43452 43453 43454 43455 DIGPX00009 Festival Alleluia A Lot of Livin’ to Do (Arr. Gilpin) 43514 43515 43516 43517 DIGPX00015 Foreign Lands Love at Home (Arr. Mattson) 41907 I Know Where I’m Going In the Dark of Midnight Love Is Here to Stay (Arr. Langford) 43292 Jubilate! Joy We Bring! Love’s Tempest (Maykov, Newmarch, Gray) 43348 43182 The Lake Loy Krathong (Frombach/arr. Courtney) 43320 43321 Love’s Tempest Make Them Hear You (Arr. Hayes) 43353 43354 43355 43356 43357 DIGPX00001 A Midwinter Carol Me and My Broken Heart (Arr. Emerson) 43359 43360 43361 43362 Music in the Water Merry Christmas to All! (Arr. Weston) 43237 43238 My God Is a Rock My Heart Belongs to You A Midwinter Carol (Rossetti, Johnson) 43322 43323 43324 43182 O Hear the Joyful Singing Music in My Soul (Strickland) 43380 43381 43382 43383 DIGPX00002 On Yonder Hill Music in the Water (Boies, Gray) 43261 43262 43182 Pie Jesu My God Is a Rock (Arr. Gray) 43264 43265 43266 43182 Prelude to Bethlehem My Heart Belongs to You (Parker, Courtney) 43234 43182 A Sailor’s Song Sing Gloria! My Immortal (Arr. Frizzell) 43568 The Sky Over Shannon Noel Fantasy (Arr. Waggoner) 39820 39821 43415 39822 Sometimes I Feel The North Pole Marching Band (Fisher, Beck)* 43363 43364 Like a Motherless Child O Come, Little Children (Arr. Schram) 43417 43418 43419 43420 Three French Folk Songs O Hear the Joyful Singing (Gastoldi/arr. Liebergen) 43189 43190 43191 43182 Au Clair de la Lune Fais Dodo Oh Happy Day (Arr. Shaw) 43557 43558 43559 43560 43561 DIGPX00019 Le Coucou

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Title SATB SAB/3-PT 2-PT WOMEN MEN TRAX PAX Old Joe Clark (Arr. Armstrong) 43180 On Yonder Hill (St. Vincent Millay, Donnelly, Strid) 43412 43182 Once Upon a Time (Arr. Langford) 43569 Over the River (Arr. Beck) 43416 27079 27080 Over the Sea to Skye (Boulton/arr. Wagner) 43212 43213 43214 43215 41181 Peace, My Heart (Tagore, Emery) 43358 Pie Jesu (Fauré/arr. Robinson) 43330 43331 43332 43182 Prayer of the Children (Arr. Hayes) 43469 43470 43471 43472 43473 DIGPX00012 Prelude to Bethlehem (Brooks, Clementi/arr. Gray) 43201 43202 43203 43182 Psalm 121 (Raminsh) 43564 43565 Put a Lid on It (Arr. Billingsley) 43482 43483 43484 43485 DIGPX00013 The River (Arr. Albrecht) 43327 43328 43329 A Cappella Roar (Arr. Phan) 43511 By Deke Sharon, Ben Spalding, and Brody McDonald The Rose (Arr. Lawson) 43554 More than any other person, Deke Sharon is responsible for the current success of pop A Sailor’s Song (Perry, Perry) 43277 43182 a cappella. Founder of the House Jacks (the Santa Tell Me (Arr. Billingsley) 43562 43563 original “rock band without instruments”), See the Baby (Althouse) 43299 Deke continues to influence through his work with The Sing-Off, Pitch Perfect, Shadow Dancing (Arr. Shaw) 43507 43508 43509 43510 DIGPX00014 Pitch Perfect 2, and Vocalosity. Combine Shenandoah (Arr. Erb) LG51846 LG53071 LG52677 Deke’s expertise with that of directors Sing Gloria! (Albrecht)* 43368 43367 43182 Ben Spalding and Brody McDonald, add a foreword by Ben Folds, throw in advice Sing We and Chant It (Arr. Robinson) 19262 5809 19263 43293 from contributors like Peter Hollens, and Sing We Now of a Very Merry Christmas (Moore) 43424 you have one of the most comprehensive volumes ever created on the subject of Sisi Sote (Beck)* 43313 43315 43314 43316 contemporary a cappella singing. Divided The Sky Is Low, the Clouds Are Mean (Dickinson, Althouse) 43196 into eight sections, including Setting The Sky Over Shannon (Bernon) 43235 43236 43182 the Stage, Getting the Band Together, Arranging, Preparing, Technology, Making a Snow Day! Snow Day! (Albrecht, Althouse)* 43229 43230 Name, Extras, and Making It. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Arr. Althouse) 43300 43301 43302 43182 Book (00-41814) ��$24.99 Sonnet 29 (Shakespeare, Helvey) 43459 Style (Arr. Billingsley) 43545 43546 Swedish Harvest Song (Arr. Swift) 43188 Sweet Talkin’ Guy (Arr. Althouse) 43221 43222 Swingin’ with the Gershwins! (Arr. Huff) 43426 43427 43428 43429 DIGPX00006 The Telephone Hour (Arr. Albrecht) 43456 43457 43458 Text Me Merry Christmas (Arr. Billingsley) 43474 43475 Then and Now (McCrae, Aitken) 43197 They All Laughed (Arr. Langford) 43404 43405 Three French Folk Songs (Arr. Franklin) 43278 43182 Tommy: A Choral Medley (Arr. DeSpain) 43503 43504 43505 43506 Tongo (Arr. Gilpin) 43450 43449 Alfred’s IPA Made Easy Tshepa Thapelo (Arr. Gray) 43274 43275 43276 A Guidebook for the Ubi Caritas (Stephens) 43184 International Phonetic Alphabet Uptown Funk (Arr. Bram) 43582 By Anna Wentlent We Are the Music-Makers (O’Shaughnessy, Beck) 43185 43186 43187 43182 How many years has it been since your last diction class? This handy guidebook While the Snow Lay Sleeping (Parker, Sorenson) 43421 43422 43423 43182 is an easy reference for the symbols used Wings (Arr. Beck) 43249 43250 in IPA: what they look like and how they are pronounced. Example words for every Winter Sleigh Ride (Perry, Perry) 43267 43268 43269 symbol are included in English, Latin, With a Song (Albrecht, Althouse)* 43309 43310 43311 43312 Italian, German, French, and Spanish. And The World Is Ours (Arr. Gilpin) 43540 43541 43543 43542 43544 an online resource includes recorded demonstrations of every sound. A clear and concise tool for singing in foreign * Featured on With a Song! Choral Movement DVD (00-43333) languages, equally useful in the choir room and the vocal studio. Book (00-42789) ��$12.99

4 VIEW & HEAR samples instantly at alfred.com! VOCAL COLLECTIONS VOCAL COLLECTIONS Songs of the Far East Contemporary Art Songs for Women for Solo Singers 10 Poetic Settings for Female Voices 10 Asian Folk Songs Arranged for Solo Voice Presented in Two Keys and Piano for Recitals, Concerts, and Contests Music by Vicki Tucker Courtney Arr. Lois Brownsey, Vicki Tucker Courtney, Ruth 10 stunning settings for female voices of any Morris Gray, Marti Lunn Lantz, Jonathan Lim, age, featuring texts by female poets. Each Sonja Poorman, Ruth Elaine Schram, Michael Scott, piece is offered in both high and low keys. and Douglas E. Wagner Equally appropriate for the mature recital singer and the developing voice. This exquisite collection of vocal solos features folk songs from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Titles: Chimes • The Christmas Letter • A Taiwan, and Thailand. Appropriate for both Fancy • Gifts • I Am the Wind • Repetition • developing singers and mature vocalists, each Rhapsody • What Do the Stars Do? • What of the ten beautiful arrangements is sung largely in English and a phonetic Would I Give? • Will There Really Be a Morning? pronunciation guide is included for the phrases in Asian languages. Book & CD (00-41751) ��$26.99 Titles: Arirang • Burung Kakak Tua • Flower Drum Song • High Green Book (00-41749) ��$15.99 Mountain • Japanese Snow Song • Jasmine Flower • Kangding Love Song • CD (00-41750) ��$16.99 Loy Krathong • Sakura • Uji River. Medium High Medium Low Contemporary Art Songs for Men Book & CD (00-43489) (00-43486) ��$26.99 10 Poetic Settings for Male Voices Book (00-43490) (00-43487) ��$15.99 CD (00-43491) (00-43488) ��$16.99 Presented in Two Keys and Two Clefs Music by Vicki Tucker Courtney Masterwork Duets for Women 10 exquisite settings for male voices of any 8 Standards from the Baroque, Classical, age, featuring texts by male wordsmiths. This unique book offers each piece in both treble and Romantic Periods and bass clefs, high and low keys. Equally Ed. and arr. Patrick M. Liebergen appropriate for the mature recital singer and Eight of the world’s best-loved duets for the developing voice. women are brought together for the first time in one publication. Representing a wide range Titles: An April Day • Birthday Verses • of styles and composers, these selections from The Growth of Song • I Love Thee • the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods Music I Heard • A Song • November • To . . . • are presented with historical information, IPA When Christmas Comes • A White Rose. pronunciation guides, and suggestions for Book & CD (00-39857) ��$26.99 performance. Edited and arranged by Patrick Book (00-39855) ��$15.99 M. Liebergen, this truly valuable collection is an CD (00-39856) ��$16.99 indispensable resource for duet singing. Titles: Laudamus te • Shepherd, Shepherd Leave Decoying • Stabat Mater Holiday Hits for Two dolorosa • Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten • Sull’aria • Belle nuit, 8 Contemporary Duets on Popular ô nuit d’amour • Sous le dôme épais (Flower Duet) • When at Night I Go to Sleep. Holiday Songs Book & CD (00-43492) ��$26.99 Compiled and ed. Andy Beck Book (00-43493) ��$15.99 This ultimate anthology of holiday songs from CD (00-43494) ��$16.99 the pop music genre includes eight festive standards presented as duets. Two singers of Songs of the Season any voice part will enjoy singing these flexible 10 Vocal Solos for Winter arrangements with either the stylish piano and Holiday Performances accompaniments or the fully-orchestrated CD. Perfect for seasonal programs, concerts, Composed and arr. Sally K. Albrecht, productions, and recitals. Jay Althouse, Andy Beck, Brian Fisher, Greg Gilpin, Ruth Morris Gray, Mark Hayes, Victor C. Titles: Believe • I’ll Be Home for Christmas • It’s the Most Wonderful Time Johnson, Donald Moore, and Douglas E. Wagner of the Year • Jingle Bells • The Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth • Mele Many of Alfred Music’s finest writers have Kalikimaka • Sleigh Ride • Yes, Virginia (There’s a Santa Claus). contributed to this special collection, which Book & CD (00-41748) ��$26.99 includes carol arrangements, famous texts, Book (00-41746) ��$15.99 masterwork melodies, and original songs. Find CD (00-41747) ��$16.99 selections for holiday concerts, winter recitals, church services, and community events in this one useful volume. Voiceworks Titles: Blessings of the Season • Carol of the Star • December’s Keep • From A “How-To” Manual for Vocal Students and Teachers an Irish Cabin • The Icy December • Jonathan’s Bell Carol • A Midwinter By Henry A. Alviani Carol • Prelude to Bethlehem • The Season of Love • Under Winter Moon. A must-have resource with chapters on posture, Medium High Medium Low breathing, vocal cords, tone, vowels, consonants, Book & CD (00-43498) (00-43495) ��$26.99 intonation, and phrasing. Book (00-43499) (00-43496) ��$15.99 CD (00-43500) (00-43497) ��$16.99 Book (00-27465) ��$14.95

5 CLASSROOM RESOURCES MUSIC HISTORY & CULTURE READING & NOTATING Accent on Composers Hear It, Read It, Write It! The Music and Lives of 22 Great 30 Sequential Music Dictation Lessons Composers, with Listening CD, By Dave and Jean Perry Reviews/Tests, and Learning music is much like learning a language. Supplemental Materials There are three basic elements: listening, By Jay Althouse, Sally K. Albrecht, reading, and writing. This well-organized book and Judy O’Reilly provides step-by-step sequential lessons for developing these skills. Rhythm, note, and Alfred’s most popular 100% interval concepts are taught in the following reproducible series! Each volume way: first, hear and echo a short musical includes a biography, portrait, listing example; second, read and perform a notated of musical genres, interesting factoids, exercise; and third, notate musical phrases as and timeline for 22 great composers. demonstrated on the CD. Worksheet-style student pages are included in the Listen to an example of each composer’s book. Ten-minute activities for teaching or assessment, recommended for music while following the helpful listening fourth through ninth grade ensembles or music classes. guide. Also included are reviews/tests for each, plus more than two-dozen pages of supplementary material. Book & CD (00-44557) ��$29.99 PDFs of the entire book are included on the Enhanced CD. Ready to Read Music Volume 1 composers: Bingen, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Hensel, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Verdi, Brahms, Sequential Lessons in Music Reading Readiness Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Sousa, Elgar, Debussy, Joplin, Ives, Stravinsky, By Jay Althouse and Copland. Packed with four sequential units of eight lessons each, all designed to prepare your Volume 2 composers: Dufay, Palestrina, Pachelbel, Purcell, Rossini, Berlioz, students to read music. Most of the lessons Chopin, Offenbach, Saint-Saëns, Mussorgsky, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Puccini, are followed by a page of exercises, ideal for Mahler, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Ellington, student assessment. As a bonus, there are Britten, and Bernstein. page after page of large, reproducible music Volume 1 Reproducible Book & Enhanced CD (00-20048) ��$39.95 symbols, which are great for bulletin boards Volume 2 Reproducible Book & Enhanced CD (00-41908) ��$39.99 and flash card learning. Reproducible Book & Data CD Meet the Great Jazz Legends (00-40031) ��$29.99 Short Sessions on the Lives, Times, Reproducible Book (00-21835) ��$26.99 and Music of the Great Jazz Legends By Ronald C. McCurdy 60 Music Quizzes for Theory Introduce a new generation of music and Reading enthusiasts to 17 legendary jazz artists who One-Page Reproducible Tests have enriched the world with their incredible to Evaluate Student Musical Skills talents. Dr. McCurdy’s illuminating stories about the lives, times, and music of these great By Jay Althouse jazz musicians spans the entire Twentieth Includes sections on the basics, rhythm, Century, from early New Orleans jazz through note names, key signatures, musical symbols the golden age of swing, plus the avant-garde and terms, time signatures, keyboard and jazz fusion eras. Includes units on Louis identification, as well as a musical puzzles Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella segment. Perfect for student assessment. Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and more! Reproducible Book & Data CD Book (00-20815) ��$14.95 (00-40035) ��$29.99 Reproducible Activity Sheets (00-20817) ��$14.95 Reproducible Book (00-27144) ��$24.99 Listening CD (00-26329) ��$14.95 Book & CD (00-32179) ��$26.95 Rhythm Workshop Book, CD & Reproducible Activity Sheets (00-32180) ��$39.95 575 Reproducible Exercises Designed to One-Page Composer Bios Improve Rhythmic Reading Skills By Sally K. Albrecht 50 Reproducible Biographies This reproducible book will encourage and of Famous Composers enable your students to develop solid rhythmic By Jay Althouse reading skills. It features 100 pages containing Contains brief, informative, and interesting 575 rhythm exercises in a variety of time one-page biographies of 50 of history’s signatures. New concepts are introduced greatest composers. Also included, as a bonus, and combined together to challenge and are one-page histories of each of the six eras motivate your students. The Enhanced CD of music from the Medieval era through the includes reproducible PDF files of each page, Twentieth Century. plus multiple rhythm audio tracks in various musical styles and tempos that can be used to accompany your students as they clap, tap, play, or speak the Reproducible Book & Data CD rhythms. Recommended for grades four and up. (00-40033) ��$24.99 Reproducible Book (00-31263) ��$19.99 Reproducible Book & Enhanced CD (00-38270) �� $34.99

6 CLASSROOM RESOURCES PLAYING LISTENING Rockin’ the Radio Music Class Playlist Pop Arrangements and Teaching Strategies 36 Engaging Listening Lessons for Orff Instruments from Various Musical Styles By Mari Schay By Melody Easter-Clutter Rock out to songs like Katy Perry’s “Roar,” Creative listening activities from a master the Beatles’ “She Loves You,” and Journey’s music educator! These dynamic ideas invite “Don’t Stop Believin’” with Mari Schay’s age- students to experience, analyze, and reflect on appropriate, skill-building arrangements for an array of musical genres, including Motown, Orff and classroom percussion. Along the pop, rock ‘n’ roll, bluegrass, opera, Broadway, way, you’ll reinforce rhythmic concepts, note and film. Teacher preparation will be minimal reading, playing techniques, and so much more, as materials are few, and lesson planning is as the author includes several pages of teaching easy as Common Core and National Standards strategies to guide the process (even addressing the new National Standards). are listed on every page. Assemble the 12-song playlist online then explore A handful of traditional favorites rounds out the balanced songlist. Equally three lessons for each song. And with hits like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” appropriate for existing Orff ensembles or general music class. The Enhanced CD and the new Disney classic “Let It Go,” music class has never been so much includes full performance demonstrations of all ten songs, as well as printable/ fun! Recommended for grades four and up. projectable instrument parts. Recommended for grades four through nine. Book (00-43502) ��$19.99 Book & Enhanced CD (00-44551) ��$29.99 Active Listening Lessons: Celebrate with Sound! The Nutcracker Suite Creative Holiday Chants with Body Hands-On Activities Percussion and Classroom Instruments for Exploring Tchaikovsky’s Ballet By Richard D. Cross By David Bretzius This fun-filled and easy-to-use book offers Seven, detailed lesson plans on Tchaikovsky’s an educational way to celebrate the holidays! The Nutcracker Suite! Listen and perform along Each chant presents three stepping stones with the professionally-recorded orchestral to rhythmic reading: practice the spoken CD. Each individual layer of the ensemble will ostinatos first, transfer to body percussion learn and practice their part through rhythmic next, and then play on classroom instruments. chanting and body percussion before PDF files on the included Data CD make it a transferring to classroom instruments. The piece of cake to print or project the music step-by-step instructions build to a culminating Orff performance for each notation in your classroom. 20 holidays, four seasons of the year, and even a movement. Student scores are included on the enhanced CD for printing happy birthday chant are included! Recommended for grades two and up. and projecting. Recommended for grades two through six. Book & Data CD (00-44465) ��$24.99 Book & Enhanced CD (00-41909) ��$29.99 About Time! Playing with the Classics 18 Rhythm Stick Routines Music Masterworks for Children for Reading and Playing By Peggy D. Bennett By Andrew Briggs For experienced music teachers Pass out the rhythm sticks and let the fun begin! and novices alike, these simple, These energetic rhythmic routines are active charming, and playful lessons give learning at its very best. 18 familiar classroom children a chance to sing, move, and songs are presented with notated rhythm act while they listen to the music of patterns and kinesthetic stick routines: tap them great composers. on your knees, click them together, cross with a neighbor, and more! The simple rhythms can Volume 1 contains a CD with 30 tracks, be learned by rote or read off the reproducible including selections from Gershwin’s student pages. Plus, concise background information makes it easy to lead An American in Paris, Beethoven’s a discussion about the history and culture of each piece. Recommended for Symphony No. 5, Bizet’s Carmen, grades one through six. Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, Haydn’s “Surprise” Symphony, and Book & Enhanced CD (00-42785) ��$29.99 many more. Sound Stories Round the Year Volume 2 includes a listening list which recommends 15 tracks, all of which Folk Tales, Fables, and Poems can be downloaded from iTunes, Amazon, or GoogleMusic as needed. The for the Music Classroom musical selections include Strauss’s “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Gershwin’s “Summertime” from By Karen Farnum Surmani and Anna Wentlent Porgy and Bess, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Vivaldi’s “Winter” from The It’s storybook time in music class! This useful Four Seasons, and many more. collection adds instrument playing and Volume 1 Book & CD (00-37605) ��$26.99 sound exploration to well-known literature. Volume 2 Book (00-39205) ��$19.99 The 16 sound stories have been thoughtfully organized by season, providing a choice for every month of the school year. 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7 CLASSROOM RESOURCES EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER DEVELOPMENT Jazzy Fairy Tales Accessing Music A Resource Guide for Introducing Enhancing Student Learning in the Jazz Music to Young Children General Music Classroom Using UDL By Susan Milligan and Louise Rogers By Kimberly McCord, Amy Gruben, and Designed to bring jazz music into Jesse Rathgeber elementary general music, this book Based on the philosophy of Universal Design and CD may be used to supplement an for Learning (UDL)—a way of planning, existing program or to provide a ready- teaching, and assessing instruction that is made, easy-to-use, all-encompassing naturally inclusive of all possible types of music curriculum. The CD is narrated learners—Accessing Music explores alternative and beautifully sung by Louise Rogers and creative ways to reach disabled students with easy call-and-response exercises in the classroom. Help students get more and songs to accompany the stories. A from the classroom, while sparking a lifelong delightful educational resource for any interest in music and music making! classroom! Recommended for preschool Book & Data CD (00-42413) �� $34.99 to grade three. Volume 1 Book & CD (00-36596) ��$29.99 You Want Me to Teach What? Volume 2 Book & CD (00-44281) ��$29.99 Transitioning to the Elementary Dizzy Dogs and Curious Cats Music Classroom By Mari Schay and Michael Tolon Music, Movement, and Literature Activities for Preschoolers You’re a secondary instrumental or choral specialist, newly assigned to the general music By Dena C. Adams and Claire D. Clark classroom. What now? First, take a breath, Dizzy Dogs and Curious Cats is filled with calm down, and then read this book. Two engaging, easy-to-use, and fun music experienced teachers who conquered this activities for preschoolers. Designed for both challenge offer practical advice with great teachers with little or no music background care and wit. Chapters of the book address and seasoned professionals seeking fresh attitude, school environment, classroom ideas, this resource will introduce your management, curriculum and assessment, and students to familiar tunes, chants, and student performance. In addition, concrete lesson plans are provided for delightful new songs and poems. each grade level. Soon you will figure out the job and find the joy! Reproducible Book & CD (00-42775) ��$26.99 Book (00-42787) ��$19.99 Music Tech 101 GENERAL RESOURCES A Group Study Course in Modern Music Production Using Audio Technology The Music Center Handbook By Brian Laakso 15 Do-It-Yourself Learning Stations Perfect for students with a passion for music for the Music Classroom outside of traditional programs, this book covers the basics of music technology using By Danielle Bayert plain-English explanations. The classroom- Divide your class into small groups and rotate tested course material includes interactive them through a wide range of engaging music media and access to a corresponding website activities. That’s the goal of this ultimate with teacher resources and updates. learning center resource. It’s student-guided learning at its best! Detailed directions include Book (00-44079) ��$19.99 a list of materials, reproducible templates, and step-by-step instructions for assembling Learning Music with GarageBand the creative stations. And complete lesson on the iPad plans clearly outline the objectives and activities for each. Grade level recommendations are provided throughout the book, ranging from The Essential Classroom Guide to kindergarten to sixth. Music Production, Performance, Book & Enhanced CD (00-44468) ��$24.99 and Education with iOS Devices By Floyd Richmond Creative Connections This essential GarageBand guide by the And the Art of Play in the Music Classroom president of the Technology Institute for Music Educators is your foundation for teaching By Jane Barbe music production in the classroom. Your Creative Connections is an outstanding students will be creating music on a higher resource for general music teachers, compiling level than ever before. Includes sections on specially crafted games, songs, and lesson recording, performing with smart instruments, and creating loop-based plans to actively connect new material to prior compositions, as well as over 40 GarageBand song files. knowledge. Fully reproducible and designed for grades two through six, the activities utilize the Book (00-44081) ��$19.99 art of play to introduce, explore, review, apply, transfer, master, and assess musical concepts. Also included is a Data CD with templates and visuals for easy projection, classroom sharing, and immediate use.

8 Reproducible Book & Data CD (00-42860) ��$24.99 CLASSROOM RESOURCES INTERACTIVE RESOURCES GAMES, PUZZLES & POSTERS Recorder Express Interactive Alfred’s Music Playing Cards: Soprano Recorder Method Instruments for Classroom or Individual Use By Karen Farnum Surmani and Andrew Surmani By Artie Almeida A fun and innovative way to learn about musicals Integrate technology into your recorder instruments! These are real playing cards divided curriculum with these interactive lessons into four suits, each representing a different based on master teacher and professional family of instruments: brass, woodwind, string, recorder player Artie Almeida’s Recorder and percussion. Each card shows an instrument’s Express. Designed to be used alone or with the image and includes facts about its origin, best-selling method, each of the 11 lessons design, and use. In addition to the 52-card deck, introduces a single note, teaches its fingering, four jokers provide brief descriptions of the and then incorporates the note into a song. corresponding instrument families. Deal me in! Play along with recorded accompaniments and 52-Card Deck (00-44696) �� $6.99 then extend learning with a skill-building activity. Climb aboard the Recorder Express! Utilizes flash technology that works on individual computers and interactive whiteboards. Recommended for grades two and up. Color Me Mozart! Biographies, Recordings, and Interactive Software (00-44714) ��$29.99 Coloring Pages for 25 Great Composers The Tale of Guido d’Arezzo By Anna Wentlent, Charles Grace, and Mitch Wyatt An Interactive Storybook about the Inventor of Music Notation What a fabulous and fun way to learn about the great composers! This 100% reproducible By Maritza Mascarenhas Sadowsky book includes a coloring page and information Long before the lines and spaces, the flags sheet for 25 masters. From Bach surrounded by and beams, music had to be memorized his children and Tchaikovsky conducting because there was no way to write it down. the ballet, to a blindfolded Mozart at the That is, until clever Guido came along! Learn keyboard and even Gershwin strolling how this Medieval monk laid the groundwork the streets of New York, these illustrations for the system of music notation that we use are both educational and enjoyable. today. This true story is told with beautiful Biographies, fun facts, and famous illustrations and age-appropriate vocabulary, works are included for each, and the which can be read from the screen or heard by clicking the listen icon. Enhanced CD contains PDF files of the Embedded audio plays period music, whimsical sound effects, and a entire book, plus masterwork recordings professionally-voiced narration. As you scroll through each interactive for each composer. A wonderful tool page, be sure to click highlighted elements to watch the story come to for music classrooms or individual use. life. Utilizes flash technology that works on individual computers and Recommended for grades kindergarten Ludwig van Beethoven interactive whiteboards. Recommended for all ages. and up. 5 Interactive Software (00-44712) ��$29.99 Reproducible Book & Enhanced CD (00-44554) ��$29.99 Composer Gallery 24 Caricature Posters of the Masters By Jay Althouse, Charles Grace, and Mitch Wyatt The whimsical design of this full-color poster set depicts 24 favorite composers as delightful caricatures on 9” x 12” cardstock. On the backside of each, learn more with compelling biographies, dates, and historical information. Includes: Bach • Beethoven • Berlin • Berlioz • Bernstein • Brahms • Chopin • Copland • Debussy • Dvořák • Ellington • Handel • Haydn • Everyday Improvisation Hildegard • Mendelssohn • Mozart • Morley • Rossini • Saint-Saëns • Schubert • Sousa • Stravinsky • Tchaikovsky • Verdi. Interactive Lessons for the Music Classroom 24-Poster Set (00-42973) ��$29.99 By Joan Eckroth-Riley Music Puzzler What a wonderful way to address the National Standards! These well-constructed interactive 80 Reproducible Music Puzzles lessons provide a smooth and easy way to By Sue Albrecht Johnson teach improvisation and composition to This completely reproducible puzzle book elementary students (grades one through features Kriss Kross, Word Searches, Musical four). Each plan starts with a song, chant, or Sudoku, Crosswords, and several Complete poem; provides prompts for active listening; the Story pages. The data CD contains PDF invites students to improvise as a group and files, so teachers can post or print each individually; and concludes with a rubric-measured assessment. Kids will page. Use these puzzles as vocabulary have so much fun singing and moving to the songs, playing classroom builders, extra credit exercises, or enjoyable instruments, and manipulating the cartoon-style graphics on your homework assignments. Includes answer keys. interactive whiteboard. Recommended for grades three and up. Book & Interactive Software (00-42786) �� $34.99 Reproducible Book & Data CD (00-39991) �� $34.99 9 GENERAL MUSICALS & PROGRAMS

Cinderella . . . If the Shoe Fits! The Cuckoo A Fantastic Fairy Tale Musical The Day the Cuckoo Lost Her Colors for Unison and 2-Part Voices A Mexican Folk Tale for Unison Voices By Sally K. Albrecht By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Who can resist this all-time favorite An uplifting story, teaching both heroism and fairy tale, told with fun and flair? Our kindness. Features several Spanish words and acting troupe takes over the stage short phrases. area, playing rhyming Narrators, singing Villagers, friendly Animals, charming Royalty, energetic Messengers, the haughty Stepmother The Drum and Stepsisters, the irresistible Fairy A Mini-Musical based on a Tale of Generosity Godmother, and lovely Cinderella. By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Of course, once the charming Prince All children have dreams, just like Jordan’s discovers the proper owner of that dream of one day having a drum. Based on a famous sparkling slipper, everyone folk tale from India. lives happily ever after! Approximately 30 minutes. Recommended for grades three and up. Titles: Once Upon a Time • If Only • Come One, Come All • Catch His Eye! • Couldn’t, Shouldn’t, or Won’t • A Waltz • Midnight! • If the Shoe Fits. CD Kit (Book & Enhanced CD) (00-43433) ��$69.99 The Emperor’s New Clothes Teacher’s Handbook (00-43434) �� $34.99 A Humorous Fairy Tale Musical Enhanced CD (00-43435) ��$49.99 By Dave and Jean Perry Experience this Hans Christian Andersen tale of a goodhearted but gullible king, duped by two scoundrels.

At the Bandstand! Gilbert & Sullivan ROCK! A Rock ‘n’ Roll Review A “Poperetta” for Unison and 2-Part Voices Various / Andy Beck and Brian Fisher By Mark Cabaniss and Alan Billingsley This easy-to-stage musical is an absolute blast, with In this “show within a show,” a group of students familiar ’50s songs, clever characters, and hilarious prepares a concert of Gilbert and Sullivan’s greatest punch lines to spare. hits—just as the actual icons magically appear from “the great beyond!”

The Best Little Theater in Town The Granny Awards A Broadway-Bound Musical A Musical Fairy Tale Review By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse By Janet Gardner A tightly-knit cast goes into action to save their Granny, who has retired from show business, theater from being shut down in this “play within a honors all of our favorite fairy tale characters! play” that introduces elements of a classic musical.

Bones! It’s Easy Being Green! A Toe-Tapping, Foot-Stomping, Knee-Slapping, A Songbook or Program Hip-Swinging, Hand-Clapping, Finger-Snapping, Teaching Us Ways to Save Our Planet Spine-Tingling Musical By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse By Janet Gardner These entertaining unison songs can be performed Oh, no! The custodian has knocked over the famous individually or combined into a program, with “Smart Charles Cartilage skeleton, and the disconnected Tips” read before each song. bones have no clue where they belong!

Character Street Movin’ in the Right Direction! A Character Education Musical A Program or Songbook for People and Puppets to Build Character and Integrity in Young People By Andy Beck, Brian Fisher, and Michael Souders By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Join Fuzzy Monster and the gang as they learn about This vibrant program features a variety of songs that kindness, courage, perseverance, responsibility, reinforce positive goals. Optional narrations for up to respect, and more. A few optional stage puppets will 35 speakers. steal the show and add to the fun!

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The Nightingale School Daze, Version 2.0 An Enchanting Imperial Tale Scenes and Songs from a Rockin’ School Day By Andy Beck and Brian Fisher By Janet Gardner This classic Hans Christmas Anderson tale explores Alfred Music’s all-time favorite musical presents the unlikely friendship between a Chinese emperor everyday classes and activities in humorous vignettes and a singing nightingale. and easy-to-learn songs.

Of Thee I Sing! Show Me the Money! A Celebration of America’s Music A Musical Salute to the Faces on American Currency By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse By Marilyn Magness and Alan Billingsley From Native American chants to the Detroit Comedic and dramatic vignettes teach about the Motown sound, you too can discover and enjoy American presidents and statesmen whose portraits the music of America. appear on our currency.

The Phantom of the Music Room A Small Part of the World A Humorous Musical Mystery Folk Songs from Here, There, and Everywhere By Janet Gardner Compiled and arr. Sally K. Albrecht Who is playing the piano in the school after dark? This multicultural presentation features catchy Students set out to solve this musical mystery. folk songs from 13 countries, tied together with Features six musical classics with clever texts. informative dialogue.

Pinocchio Stone Soup An Adventure at the Puppet Show A Mini-Musical based on the Famous Fable By Andy Beck and Brian Fisher By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse There’s just no telling what kind of mischief this When a group of travelers creates a delicious meal famous fictitious puppet will get into today—on from unexpected ingredients, the gloomy citizens of his very first day of school. Old Town learn that “the greatest gift is to share.”

The Princess and the Pea Tom Sawyer & Company A Traditional Tale Told Anew A Mini-Musical based on By Andy Beck and Brian Fisher The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Eager-to-wed Prince Nicholas narrates this By Mark Cabaniss / arr. Alan Billingsley story of a classic fairy tale kingdom anxious for Take the stage with Tom, Huck, Becky, and Aunt Polly! his royal nuptials. Five unison songs and selected vignettes highlight memorable moments from Mark Twain’s classic American novel.

A Race to the Finish Tweet! A Mini-Musical based on Aesop’s Fable A Unison or 2-Part Musical for the Birds “The Tortoise and the Hare” By Andy Beck and Laura Groves By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Four little birds consider what life is like Recreate Aesop’s popular fable of the famous “out there” in this super cute musical with a race between the steady turtle and the great growing-up message. overconfident rabbit.

Rats! The Story of the Pied Piper Welcome to the Jungle A Humorous Fairy Tale Musical A Mini-Musical based on Aesop’s Fable By Dave and Jean Perry “The Lion and the Mouse” The town of Hamelin is overrun with rats, until the By Andy Beck and Brian Fisher mysterious Pied Piper offers to solve their dilemma A group of storytellers narrates this charming story of for a small fee. promises kept and friendships made.

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A Christmas Line Crazy Carols! A North Pole Musical 7 Christmas Favorites for Unison and 2-Part Voices with Wacky School-Time Lyrics By Andy Beck and Brian Fisher Arr. Sally K. Albrecht With additional music by Lois Brownsey Create a fun-filled holiday program with these and Marti Lunn Lantz seven well-known carols, arranged with new lyrics It’s a casting call for the annual holiday and a rhyming script. revue and a host of familiar North Pole faces are lined up to audition, headshots and resumes in hand. Three Elves, a not-so-famous Reindeer, Crazy Christmas a stage-worthy Snowman, Mrs. C. A Jolly Holiday Songbook or Program herself, and regular kid Cameron make By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse the first cut and are put to test by their Everything’s wild at the North Pole this time of year. never seen but consistently heard Join the fun as Santa, the Elves, the Reindeer, and all through a sound system director— of your students go crazy for Christmas! Santa Claus! Fantastic Broadway-style songs (complete with easy dance routines) and a simple script (that requires almost no scenery or props) bring this fabulous 30-minute musical to life. Recommended for grades three and up. Titles: A Christmas Line • Showbiz Snowman! • Razzamatazz • Let’s Hear Dear Santa It for Mrs. Claus! • The Candy Cane Twist • When I Hear the Sounds of Letters and Songs to the North Pole— Christmas • Shoulda Been a North Pole Elf • Steppin’ Out with Santa. A Merry Mini-Musical CD Kit (Book & Enhanced CD) (00-43430) ��$69.99 By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse, Andy Beck, Brian Fisher, Teacher’s Handbook (00-43431) �� $34.99 Lois Brownsey, and Marti Lunn Lantz Enhanced CD (00-43432) ��$49.99 When the postman announces final call for letters to the North Pole, choir members rush to the mailbox with secrets and wishes!

The Animals’ Christmas Tree December Gifts A “Tree-mendous” Mini-Musical A Holiday Mini-Musical or Program By Andy Beck and Brian Fisher By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse When the animals of Winter Wood awaken Traditions vary with each December holiday, but all to find their favorite pine tree is missing, they have one thing in common—exchanging gifts. join together to mount a search!

The Big Chill (Hoping for a Snow Day) December Nights, December Lights A Wintertime Mini-Musical A Seasonal Celebration By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse, and Lois Brownsey The students and faculty are surprised to learn that A variety of candle holders displayed in a shop they share the same wintertime wish . . . a snow day! window leads a group of students to discover the different ways we celebrate in December.

Bring On the Snow! A Dickens of a Christmas Songs and Sketches for a Snowlarious Winter A Musical based on A Christmas Carol By Andy Beck and Brian Fisher by Charles Dickens This hilarious variety show is chock-full of one-liners By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse and silly skits, with plenty of parts to show off oodles When visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, of young actors. present, and future, Scrooge sees the coldness of his humbug ways.

Broadway Santa Fiesta! The Legend of the Poinsettia The North Pole’s New York Debut A Christmas Mini-Musical for Unison Voices, By Andy Beck and Janet Gardner based on a Mexican Folk Tale Join this hilarious holiday excursion to NYC, as the By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse North Pole gang makes history performing Santa’s As Nochebuena approaches, young Alicia learns that original stage play. giving from her heart is magical, when her lowly gift blossoms into the fiery poinsettia plant.

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Jingle Bell Jukebox and The Reindeer Games Jingle Bell Jukebox . . . The Flip Side! A Merry Mini-Musical A Presentation of Holiday Hits By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Various / Andy Beck and Brian Fisher Housetop Hurdles and Antler Ring Toss are just a Both of these publications features a title song few of the exciting events taking place in this light- plus eight popular seasonal tunes. Program the hearted musical. Let the games begin! songs individually, as a concert set, or as a simply staged soda-shop musical.

Nanny Claus: The North Pole Nanny Santa’s Rockin’ Christmas Eve A Magical Christmas Musical A Rock ‘n’ Roll Evening at the North Pole By Andy Beck and Brian Fisher By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse, Andy Beck, When the naughty antics of the Elf family children Lois Brownsey, and Marti Lunn Lantz cause another nanny to quit, who will care for them? Don’t miss this incredible TV variety show, Why, Nanny Claus! complete with two commercials!

North Pole Diaries Santa’s Stuck in the ‘50’s Collected Christmas Chronicles A Rock ‘n’ Roll Christmas Celebration By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse, Andy Beck, By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse and Brian Fisher After a cleaning spree in Santa’s attic, the North Pole Get to know the inside scoop on your favorite gang is delighted to find a number of boxes from the Christmas characters, as they share their witty fabulous ‘50’s! rhyming diary entries.

The North Pole Radio Hour Snow Way Out! A Swingin’ 1940s Holiday Musical A Vacation in Winter’s Wonderland By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Take a trip down memory lane as Sandy Snow Jack and Jackie Frost have finished renovating and Storm Phillips host NPR’s (North Pole Radio’s) Winter’s Wonderland, just in time for the grand holiday show! reopening . . . but there’s no snow!

North Pole Star Stormy, the Singing Snowman The Search for the Most Talented A Wintertime Mini-Musical Reindeer of Them All By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse The popular Snowfest is just around the corner, Santa’s eight reindeer sing and dance for but the feature soloist had to cancel! Join the fun the ultimate title of North Pole Star. Let your as Stormy and his Forest Chorus friends audition audience vote! for the Maestro.

The Nutcracker Suite ’Twas the Night Before Christmas A Mini-Musical based on A Mini-Musical based on the Famous Poem Tchaikovsky’s Famous Ballet By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Arr. Sally K. Albrecht Six festive songs are interspersed throughout Multiple narrators tell the story of little the original Clement Clark Moore poem. Clara’s dreamlike adventure to the Nutcracker’s magical land.

Our Annual Christmas Pageant A World of Christmas: Holiday Songs, Carols, A 25-Minute Musical, and Customs from 15 Countries Celebrating the Traditional Christmas Story A Global Songbook or Program By Sally K. Albrecht By Sally K. Albrecht Final rehearsals are underway for the annual Let’s celebrate the holidays around the world! Christmas pageant! Will everything come together Features traditional songs from England, France, in time? Appropriate for both schools and churches, Germany, Poland, Spain, Austria, Russia, Africa, with a musical score of traditional carols. Mexico, and more.

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All-American Partner Songs Two-Gether We Sing: Christmas 12 Tremendous Partner Songs 10 Festive Holiday Songs for 2-Part Voices for Young Singers Composed and arr. Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse, Arr., with additional words and music, Lynn Shaw Bailey, Andy Beck, Michael Clawson, by Sally K. Albrecht Mary Donnelly, Brian Fisher, Greg Gilpin, Ruth Here’s a great way to introduce young singers Morris Gray, Donald Moore, Ruth Elaine Schram, to classic patriotic and folk songs while and George L. O. Strid developing independent part-singing. These What a fantastic way to bridge the gap well-known favorites will never go out of style! between unison singing and two-part You may even want to invite the audience to harmony! This winning addition to the sing along in performance. Includes easy-to- Two-gether We Sing series features ten teach staging suggestions for eight of the festive chorals for the holidays, written and twelve selections. Recommended for grades arranged with tuneful melodies and strong, independent counterlines. Put two through seven. several of these holiday songs together to create a December performance. Sing one, sing two, sing a few! Recommended for grades two through seven. Titles: America • America the Beautiful • Bill Bailey • Ev’ry Night When the Sun Goes In • Oh! Susanna • Polly Wolly Doodle • Shenandoah • Simple Gifts • Titles: Antiphonal Deck the Hall • The First Noel/Pachelbel’s Canon • Sweet Betsy from Pike • Take Me Out to the Ball Game • The Yankee Doodle Jeannette, Isabella • Jingle Bell Dash • Light the Lights • Love Came Down • Boy • You’re a Grand Old Flag. Merry Christmas, Felix Navidad • Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! • Sing CD Kit (Book & Enhanced CD) (00-43436) ��$59.99 Noel, Noel! • Snow Is Falling. Teacher’s Handbook (00-43437) ��$29.99 CD Kit (Book & Enhanced CD) (00-43243) ��$59.99 Enhanced CD (00-43438) ��$39.99 Teacher’s Handbook (00-43244) ��$29.99 Enhanced CD (00-43245) ��$39.99

Also Available Also Available Partner Song Collections Two-Gether We Sing Series Bridge the gap from unison to 2-part singing with these popular partner Fantastic beginning 2-part arrangements of timeless melodies, great for song books! Each collection features well-known songs, arranged for young young and developing choirs. and developing choirs. Sing one, sing two, sing a few! Two-Gether We Sing: Folk Songs 10 Fantastic Arrangements for 2-Part Voices Arr. Various Two-Gether We Sing: Spirituals 10 Spirited Arrangements for 2-Part Voices Arr. Various

I Sing, You Sing Series Broadway Partners By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Develop independent singing and listening skills in your young students 10 Terrific Partner Songs for Young Singers with these delightful collections of echo songs. You sing the melody, they Arranged, with new words and music, by Sally K. Albrecht sing it back! Grab a Partner! 12 Terrific Partner Songs for Young Singers Arranged, with new words and music, by Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Grab Another Partner! 12 Tremendous Partner Songs for Young Singers Arranged, with new words and music, by Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Holiday Partners! 10 Tremendous 2-Part Songs for Young Singers Arr. Sally K. Albrecht, Andy Beck, Mary Donnelly, Donald Moore, I Sing, You Sing Ruth Elaine Schram, and George L. O. Strid 41 Echo Songs for Young Singers Partners! I Sing, You Sing: Holiday Songs 10 Terrific Partner Songs for Young Singers Arranged, with new words and music, by Mary Donnelly and George L. O. Strid 30 Holiday Echo Songs for Young Singers Pop Partners I Sing, You Sing: Learning Songs 10 Tremendous Partner Songs for Young Singers 30 Echo Songs for Young Singers Arranged, with new words and music, by Sally K. Albrecht I Sing, You Sing, Too! 30 Echo Songs for Young Singers 14 SONGBOOKS

All That I Can Be It’s a Zoo Out There! 15 Unison Songs to Build Character Animals A to Z and Integrity in Young People 27 Unison Songs for Young Singers By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Reinforce concepts like teamwork, punctuality, From the Absent Minded Alligator to the Zany Zebra, friendship, respect, and telling the truth. Winner of a these whimsical songs are charming and informative. Parent’s Guide Award. May be used as a songbook or a program.

Broadway Rhythm Band Kids on the Move! Sing and Play down the Great White Way! 16 “Get Up and Go” Songs for Young Singers 10 Unison Showtunes with Optional Rhythm Band By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Arr. Andy Beck Energize your classroom and experience Explore rhythm patterns while singing and playing the joy of music. Lyric sheets and movement famous showtunes! Perform individually or as a suggestions included. ready-to-go program.

Children of the World Rhythm All Around! Folk Songs and Fun Facts from Many Lands, 10 Rhythmic Songs for Singing and Learning Arranged for Beginning 2-Part Voices By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Compiled and ed. Andy Beck and Brian Fisher From the sounds of someone knocking at your door Ten authentic international folk songs. Fun fact pages to the rhythm of cooks going “Crazy in the Kitchen,” double as flexible program narrations! you’ll love this clever concept collection.

Composer Songs Rhythm Band Sing Along Meet 12 Famous Composers Through Song, 20 Unison Favorites for Young Singers Biographies and Activities Included with Optional Rhythm Band Parts Arr. Sally K. Albrecht Arr. Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse This clever collection features music of the masters Fifteen different classroom instruments are with words that teach about their lives. Includes an featured on American spirituals and folk songs, optional rhyming script. seasonal highlights, songs from other lands, and well-known favorites.

Creepy Creatures Rhythm to the Rescue! A Stupendous Songbook or Preposterous Program 10 Unison Songs in 10 Different Rhythmic Styles for Unison Voices . . . About Animals Who Make with Optional Rhythm Band Us Squirm! By Sally K. Albrecht By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse A dynamic way to introduce musical styles, including 13 songs that teach about crazy critters, their calypso, country, blues, Broadway, rock and roll, habits, and their habitats. Includes optional swing, and more! “Animal Factoid” narrations!

It Takes Two! Schoolhouse Raps Eight Beginning 2-Part Songs 8 Educational and Energetic Speech Choir Raps By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse By Sally K. Albrecht and Melinda B. Smith Perfect for first time harmony singers! When you learn it rhythmically, you learn it for life. Includes simple, logical staging suggestions. Eight teaching raps on a variety of subjects. Ideal for interdisciplinary study.

It’s a Wonderful World! Shakin’ It Up! Countries A to Z 10 Unison Songs with Rhythm Instruments 25 Unison Songs for Young Singers for Singing, Playing, and Learning By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse By Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse Explore many exciting countries, from Australia to Each song features a different rhythm band Zimbabwe, while developing a love of multicultural instrument: shakers, castanets, rhythm sticks, music styles. May be used as a songbook or cymbals, triangle, woodblock, drum, maracas, a program. sandpaper blocks, and tambourine.

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SING AT FIRST SIGHT . . . MORE MELODIES! Reproducible Exercises for Sight-Singing Practice

18 Lesson 7 Lesson 7 The followingThe following exercises EXERCISES correspond correspond with Lesson with Lesson 7 in the 7 inSing the at Sing First at Sight, First LevelSight, 1 Level Textbook 1 Textbook and Reproducible and Reproducible Companion. Companion.

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