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Music Studio Marketplace A premium service for music resources on demand Grow your program your way with courses on folk and traditional music, pop hits, Broadway JR. musicals, and more. mheonline.com/musicstudio 9–12 6–12 PreK–8 General Music General Music Choral Music GROW YOUR PROGRAM Enhance. Expand. Enrich. A premium service for music content on demand Enhance, expand, and enrich your Music Studio YOUR WAY classroom with fresh and relevant instructional materials from the Music Studio Marketplace. • Subscription-based service • Year-long support • Multiple collections to choose The Music Studio Marketplace is continuously updated to provide the newest collections to your classroom. Quality. Quantity. Variety. Browse courses designed with: • Collections of interactive songs (iSongs) including folk and traditional, seasonal and holiday music, pop tunes, musicals, and more. • Interactive presentation slides including videos, listening selections, poetry, stories to perform, folk tales, and other materials. • Teaching suggestions. • Streaming selections, both audio and video, along with performance tracks. CONTENTS Music Reading/Literacy ........................ PAGE 2 Pop & Contemporary .............................. PAGE 11 • First, We Sing Songbook 1 • Let’s All Sing Songs from the '50s • Let’s All Sing Songs from Frozen • Let’s All Sing Songs from Glee .......................................... Folk & Traditional PAGE 3 CONTENTS • Celebrating Our American Heritage Grades PreK–1 • Let’s All Sing Pop Hits • Celebrating Our American Heritage Grades 2–3 • Let’s All Sing Songs from Wicked • Celebrating Our American Heritage Grades 4–5 • Celebrating Our American Heritage Part Songs Voices in Concert Choral, Holiday, and Pop Collections ..... PAGE 14 Movement ............................................................. PAGE 4 • Levels 1–2 Mixed Pop Choral Music Course • Learning Music Through Movement Primary • Levels 1–2 Mixed Holiday Choral Music Course • Learning Music Through Movement Intermediate • Levels 1–2 Mixed Concert Choral Music Course • Levels 1–2 Treble Pop Choral Music Course Music from Around The World .... PAGE 5 • Levels 1–2 Treble Holiday Choral Music Course • Celebrating Our Spanish Heritage Primary • Levels 1–2 Treble Concert Choral Music Course • Celebrating Our Spanish Heritage Intermediate • Levels 1–2 Tenor-Bass Pop Choral Music Course • Festival of Caribbean Music • Levels 1–2 Tenor-Bass Holiday Choral Music Course • ¡Fiesta de canciones! Primary • Levels 1–2 Tenor-Bass Concert Choral Music Course • ¡Fiesta de canciones! Intermediate • Levels 3–4 Mixed Pop Choral Music Course • It’s a Musical World | Multicultural Collection • Levels 3–4 Mixed Holiday Choral Music Course • Music of Our World | Mexico • Levels 3–4 Mixed Concert Choral Music Course • Levels 3–4 Treble Pop Choral Music Course Patriotic & Holiday Songs .................. PAGE 9 • Levels 3–4 Treble Holiday Choral Music Course • Levels 3–4 Treble Concert Choral Music Course • God Bless America | Patriotic Collection • Levels 3–4 Tenor-Bass Pop Choral Music Course • Let’s All Sing Halloween Songs • Levels 3–4 Tenor-Bass Holiday Choral Music Course • Let’s All Sing Holiday Songs • Levels 3–4 Tenor-Bass Concert Choral Music Course • Music Rocks! • Patriotic Partners 1 MUSIC READING/LITERACY First, We Sing | Songbook 1 Gr. PreK–3 First in a new series of volumes designed to bring delightfully singable songs and practical pedagogy together in one anthology, this course is perfect for use in both home and school. DESCRIPTIONS • Includes movement activities for the songs COURSE • Rhythmic and melodic development using Kodály pedagogical practices • 20 iSongs, Kodály teaching strategies, background information Songs A Qua Qua Jeannie Had a Little Lamb As I Sat on a Sunny Bank La Crocodile Circle ‘Round the Zero Porquoi The Closet Key Round and Round Dance to Your Daddie Sansa Kroma Doraji Shalom Chaverim Early in the Morning Shanghai Chicken The Grand Old Duke of York Skin and Bones Here Comes Mrs. Macaroni The Wind Blow East Ida Red The Wren Song 2 FOLK & TRADITIONAL Celebrating Our American Heritage 4 Courses: Gr. PreK–1 Gr. 2–3 Gr. 4–5 Gr. 6–8 Part Songs Gr. PreK–1 Songs Gr. 4–5 Songs These fun folk and traditional tunes introduce a All Around the Kitchen Banjo Sam new generation to American songs and dances Bluebird, Bluebird The Cat Came Back every child should know. Car Song (I) and (II) Hambone • iSongs with instrumental tracks Come on Through, Miss Sally Hi! Ho! The Rattlin’ Bog • Teaching strategies, singing games, Did You Feed My Cow? I Love the Mountains and dances I Caught a Rabbit Jane, Jane • Recorded interviews Jennie Jenkins Rock-a My Soul • 10–11 iSongs per course, teaching strategies, COURSE Jig Along Home Swing Low, Sweet Chariot recorded lessons There’s a Bird in the Kitchen Take Me Home, Country Roads DESCRIPTIONS Who Built the Ark? Wade in the Water Gr. 2–3 Songs Gr. 6–8 Part Songs Bill Grogan’s Goat Blowin’ in the Wind Down by the River Down, Down, Down Fed My Horse Drill, Ye Tarriers Killy Kranky Drunken Sailor Kookaburra The Gypsy Rover Michael Finnigin Hey, Ho! Nobody Home Michael, Row the Boat Ashore Keep Your Lamps! Oh, My Darling, Clementine Oh, Watch the Stars Rocky Mountain Soon Ah Will Be Done Rocky Road Yonder Come Day Sweet Betsy from Pike Celebrating Our American Heritage - Part Songs 3 MOVEMENT Learning Music Through Movement 2 Courses: Gr. K–4 Gr. 5–8 This two-volume set is designed to help students show musical elements through movement and basic dance steps. • Gr. K–4 includes clap, pat, snap, walk, march, DESCRIPTIONS stamp, skip, leap, circle dances, do-sa-do, COURSE right elbow swing, gallop, and polka. • Gr. 5–8 includes line dance, schottische, gavotte, minuet, grand march, waltz, and mazurka. • 24–26 selections, teacher lesson plans, differentiated instruction, visual resources information, social studies links Gr. K–4 Selections Move Into Music Where Is John?, Version 1 Semper Fidelis Warm-Ups Where Is John?, Version 2 Gr. 5–8 Selections Put the Music in Your Feet Legato/Staccato Warm-Ups Procession of the Nobles Round Dance Energy Mobile Move Into Music Waltz-Walk Country Round Dance Step-a-Note Porcupine Rock Mazurka I Walk on Down the Road (Version 1) Duration Study Outa-Space Mazurka II Walk on Down the Road (Version 2) Ton Moulin 1-2-3-Something: Echo Movement Shifting Meters Intercept Creative Movement Studies 1-2-3-Something Staywithit Sore Foot March Let’s Do a Schottische Echo Swing Polka C’mon Back, Version 1 Three Studies in Meter, Cripple Creek C’mon Back, Version 2 No. 1: Silver Eagle Run Run Leap Gavotte Three Studies in Meter, No. 2: Three to Get Ready Space, Time, and Energy Minuet Three Studies in Meter, Ascending/Descending Lines, No. 1 Stealthy Minuet No. 3: Unsquare Dance Ascending/Descending Lines, No. 2 Grand March Warm-Up Samiotissa Space Collage Grand March Creative Movement Studies 4 MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD It’s a Musical World | Multicultural Collection Gr. K–12 Travel from Australia to China to Israel with this course featuring 12 iSongs and 11 countries. • Features articles and iSongs with lyric translations • Lyric pronunciations, assessment and extension activities COURSE • 12 iSongs, videos for each dance, DESCRIPTIONS background information Songs It’s a Music World (Theme Song) La piñata (Mexico) Ach, du lieber Augustin (Austria) The Little Beggarman (Ireland) Fanga Alafia (West Africa) Mayim, Mayim (Israel) Funiculi, Funicula (Italy) Sambalalê (Brazil) Gong xi (China) She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain Johann På Snippen (Germany) (U.S.A.) Kalinka (Russia) 5 Festival of Caribbean Music Gr. 3–5 Students become culturally aware through activities and songs by the renowned musician Irving Burgie. • Features Caribbean music through activities, lyrics, and background information on the songs DESCRIPTIONS • Includes a scripted musical, Island in the Sun: A COURSE Caribbean Tale • 8 iSongs, teaching strategies, background information, musical script and production notes Songs Day-O Yellow Bird Kingston Market River Come Down Angelina Island in the Sun Jamaica Farewell Island in the Sun: A Caribbean Tale Lead Man Holler 6 Celebrating Our Spanish Heritage Music of Our World | Mexico 2 Courses: Primary (Gr. K–2 ) Intermediate (Gr. 3–6) Gr. 3–8 These rich collections of Spanish songs are Experience Mexico’s rich cultural heritage gathered from diverse Hispanic cultures and and traditions with this unique collection of 8 composers. Includes some easy choral children’s songs that have been passed down arrangements and dances. for many generations in Mexican households, • iSongs with instrumental tracks schools, and communities. • Choral arrangements • Includes Spanish and English lyrics • Dances • Lesson plans • Recorded pronunciation guides • Promote cross-cultural education and reinforcing language skills COURSE • 10–12 iSongs, teaching strategies, background • Performance tracks DESCRIPTIONS information, social studies links • Pronunciation guide tracks • 8 iSongs, teaching strategies Primary Songs (Gr. K–2) Songs Ambos a dos (Two by Two) El Reino del Revés De colores Juan Pirulero Buenos días, amigo (Good Day, (The Land of Upside Down) Friend) La piñata Doña blanca Las Posadas Como la flor (Like the Flower) Los colores El florón Matarile El Noi de la Mare (The Son of Mary) Señor Don Juan de Pancho El quelite Pin pón El ratón vaquero (The Mouse Veinte y tres (Twenty-Three) Cowboy) Intermediate Songs (Gr. 3–6) Alegría, Alegría (Joy, Joy) Las flores (The Flowers) Campanas vespertinas (Evening Mariachi
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