A Musical Revue Celebrating the Importance of Music in Our Lives-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 performwith 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.

Unison Teacher Edition-If it is to be it is up to me! Young people are bombarded with choices every day ... at school at home at play. Promote positive choice-making with this high-energy 30-minute revue developed by youth service organizationsPrimary Focus and the Character Counts coalition. Through music and drama your singers can explore the six pillars of character: trustworthiness respect responsibility fairness caring and citizenship. The Unison Young Choiredition is an adapted version with unison vocals and short connecting dialog. The SAB edition can be used by middle and high school ensembles. It's your choice ... and it counts!Available: Unison Teacher's Manual Unison SingerEdition 5-Pak Unison Preview CD Unison ShowTrax CD SAB Score SAB Singer Edition 5-Pak SAB Preview CD SAB ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For Elementary through High School.

24 holiday favorites are featured in this Music Minus One vocal pack which includes example vocals on each song plus separate background tracks on 2 CDs. Songs include: Angels We Have Heard on High · Deck the Halls · Good Christian Men Rejoice · Feliz Navidad · I'm Gettin' Nuttin' for Christmas · Jingle Bells · Pat-A-Pan · Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer · Santa Claus Is Coming to Town · We Wish You a Merry Christmas · and many more.

High Voice With Online Audio Backing Tracks-10 songs with instrumental backing tracks via online audio for download or streaming. Contents: Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) · Hosanna · Jesus Messiah · Mighty to Save · Our God · Revelation Song · Stronger · Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies) · Your Grace Is Enough · Your Name.

“We're off to sail the rollicking sea pirates all are we!” But ARRRR and shiver me timbers! There's a stowaway on board! Perhaps the King of the High “Cs” will know what to do. Join this salty crew ofcolorful scallywags when Bluebeard Yellowbeard Whitebeard Purplebeard - well you get the picture - along with the No Beards hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail for a mighty adventure. Perfect for upper elementary andmiddle school performers this 35-minute musical features six original songs for unison voices and some optional harmony choreography a helpful production guide and a script with a minimum of 20 speaking parts easily adapted tocasts of varying sizes. Available: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals) Preview Pak (1 Singer 1 Preview CD) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 Singer P/A CD). Duration: ca.35 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

Cross-Curricular Music Fun for the Classroom Book/Listening CD-Rockin' with arithmetic is what it's all about! Reinforce basic math concepts that support Common Core State Standards and promote higher level learning while rockin' to the beat. From Hal Leonard's popular Rock 'n' Learn series this study for Grades 3-5 explores the 4 basic operations (add subtract multiply divide) computing the area of basic shapes the metric system fractions and decimal equivalents estimating and much more - all put to music for learning that lasts! Perfect for Music class or Math class the Teacher Book includes reproducible melody sheets with chord symbols and simple choreography and worksheet activities that incorporate Common Core State Standards in Math! For performance options a script is also included that introduces each of the eight original songs. Groove along with the singer recordings on the enclosed Listening CD! Also available is an Enhanced P/A CD with performance and accompaniment-only song tracks and PDFs of the piano/vocal arrangements with choreography lyrics and worksheets for lots of performance and projection options! For additional value receive all components in the Classroom Kit. Suggested for Grades 3-5.

A Musical Caper About Finding a Place to Belong!-Welcome to Camp Runamok and the wackiest summer camp experience you could ever wish for! This musical has everything you love and fear about the summer camp experience from the morning routine to corny camp skits and the ultimatetalent show. Put away your technology and allow this nostalgic romp to take you on a journey of finding a place to belong through the mighty highs and comic lows of Summer Camp! This 40-minute musical features seven originalsongs and connecting script with over 50 speaking parts. The Teacher Edition is filled with quality performance material including piano/vocal song arrangements and choreography script helpful production guide and teachingobjectives linked to the National Standards for each song. For added value the ready-to-use student books include songs and script and will enhance the musical experience for your young aspiring actors/singers! Availableseparately: Teacher Edition Singer 5-pak Preview CD (with vocals and dialog) Preview Pak (1 singer 1 Preview CD) Performance/Accompaniment CD and Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 singer books P/A CD). Approximate PerformanceTime: 40 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

A sparkling new musical exploring and promoting understanding of the Hindu Faith. It retells the dramatic Indian epic poem 'The Ramayana'- the triumph of good over evil. There are pleny of opportunities for improvisation. Amusical highly recommended for today's multicultural society. Script available in student book.You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

Arrangements for Children's Voices and Orff Instruments by Shelley Nordlund and Jan Hall. 'Voices in Harmony' is a collection of 12 delightful songs for young voices and accompanying Orff instruments that encouragesuccess-oriented experiences with beginning part singing. These 'kid-tested' arrangements are suitable for singers as young as 2nd/3rd grade through upper elementary / middle school. Whether you are a beginner or a veteran Orffinstructor this collection gives you all the necessary conceptual information to present each song along with a sequential teaching process to help you present each lesson easily and effectively. Available: Song Collection. ForGr. 3-8.