Composed in memory of Don Hinshaw founder of Hinshaw music this influential work is suitable for a number of occasions both sacred and secular. Accessible but contains plenty of melodic and harmonic interest.

This new collection of musical games with an Olympic theme has been created by music educator Todd Schreiber and Valerie Lippoldt Mack and is sure to be an Olympic hit with your students. This collection can be used for one grade level or the entire school over the course of an academic year. Your class will establish their country for the Olympic Games; create their own Olympic flags team colors and a team sponsor. At the sound of the starting pistol the competition will begin to teach rhythm-reading note values rests values note names and Solfege along with movement games that teach listening skills through physical fun. The book is reproducible with variations to eachgame and contains instructional ideas for creating game boards that can be used year after year. Whether it is an Olympic year or not your music classroom will always be an Olympic musical winner with Olympic Games for the Music Classroom.

Shaw’s works number more than three hundred published pieces of which this church anthem With A Voice of Singing is an enduring favourite. Scored with a quotation from Vaughan Williams’s ‘For All theSaints’ the piece has fanfare like chords and Choral parts alternating unison phrases with straightforward harmonies. The upward modulations add to the piece’s effectiveness.Composer conductor and producer MartinShaw was of the Holst and Vaughan Williams generation of composers who was key in reviving public interest in the work of Purcell. He was also a co-founder of the Royal School of Church Music. He once toured Europe as conductor todancer Isadora Duncan and was briefly engaged to the daughter of theatrical star Ellen Terry.

Allan Rae is a prolific Canadian composer who adds Celtic song to the series of Songs of the World. This series edited by Andre de Quadros seeks to disseminate high quality choral music from the world's many musical traditions. The text for this piece contains 'vowel textures' thatwere created by the composer from fragments of fairy mythology and old Gaelic phrases. An excellent choice for high school or college/univ. ensembles!

Spiritual-The work of composer and junior high music educator Dan Davison is a welcome addition to the Hinshaw catalogue. Here he sets the traditional spiritual for SSAA(T)B chorus a cappella with a variety of textures and harmonically influenced by jazz chordal structures.

Over the past few years Hinshaw Music has been proud to publish a number of Advent and Christmas pieces by church musician Neil Harmon. All of the pieces are melodic inventive and are accompanied by keyboard or chamber orchestra. This particular piece on a text of Christina Rossetti calls for mixed chorus with piano or harp strings and chimes. Try it alone or in combination with other Harmon settings.

Jonathan Miller has long been associated with Hinshaw music conducting his ensemble Chicago A Cappella for many of our demonstration recordings. Now as composer and lyricist he gives us this very brief (90 second) novelty work true to be a hit at any moment in your program. A great encore!

Afro-American Spiritual-Composer Carlton Young has arranged this traditional Afro-American hymn for mixed voices (SATB) suitable for a medium easy junior high school choir. It is part of Hinshaw music's Youth Festival Choral Series. _x000D_Notation for keyboard accompaniment comes with this octavo.

With a unique combination of Psalm 150 and 1 Corinthians this majestic work for mixed choir with keyboard accompaniment is dedicated to longtime Hinshaw friend and accompanist Karl Schmidt. This piece is another winner by Carl Hygard and is perfect for music ministry Sunday and even Easter.

Over 52 Games and Activities for the Music Classroom-This resource is appropriate for all music disciplines at all grade levels and even has an added section for vocal tone development! Activities are divided into ear-training rhythm-reading pitch-reading dictation explorationof music and vocal tone development. Each activity is described in detail including appropriate grade level materials needed setup and length of time recommended for each game or project. Over 150 additional variations of the52 activities and games are included in this collection. If you are looking for something to fill a few minutes at the end of class or ideas for the entire week this is a great resource for unique and fun ways to enhance yourstudents' music education! Grades K-8.

Since it first appeared in the 1930s the concise clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionised music-making in the classroom. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical gentle pace and keen attention to detail but with a host of innovations: The inclusion of an audio CD ' with actual performances and backing tracks ' will make practice even more fun and exciting and the explanatorydiagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. This book contains: Advice on equipment Instructions for an effective technique and a comfortableposture Explanatory section on reading music Easy-to-follow lessons on clear uncluttered pages Audio CD with a virtuoso performance backing tracks and audio examples. Partly compatible with ANew Tune A Day Guitar and Drums Tests to check progress and comprehension Useful pull-out chart giving note positions and common scales.

Since it first appeared in the 1930s the concise clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionised music-making in the classroom. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical gentle pace and keen attention to detail but with a host of innovations: The inclusion of an audio CD ? with actual performances and backing tracks ? will make practice even more fun and exciting and the explanatorydiagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. This book contains: Advice on equipment Instructions for an effective technique and a comfortableposture Explanatory section on reading music Easy-to-follow lessons on clear uncluttered pages Audio CD with a virtuoso performance backing tracks and audio examples. Partly compatible with ANew Tune A Day Bass Guitar and Drums Tests to check progress and comprehension Useful pull-out chart giving note positions and common scales.