Partners in Song

Flexible Favorites for Unison and Part-Singing Fun!-Flexible Favorites for Unison and Part-Singing Fun! Folksongs are not only fun to sing but teach multicultural heritage and provide a better understanding of music concepts with repetitive rhythms and melodies. So what betterway to introduce young singers to beginning part-singing than with folksongs! The popular writing team of Mary Donnelly and George Strid add their creative touch to twelve folksong favorites with this flexible collection that canbe used throughout the elementary grades. The reproducible singer songsheets feature each folksong and its partner on separate pages for a variety of teaching options. Teach these folksong favorites in the lower grades. Whensingers are ready teach the partner song and you've added twelve more songs to their singing repertoire. For further challenge partner them up for twelve more performance options! A helpful teaching sequence and extensionactivities are also included. Accompany your singers live with simple piano parts printed in the Teacher Edition or use quality recordings on the Performance/Accompaniment CD available separately or in the Classroom Kit. Freshnew originals partnered with these folksong favorites: Zum Gali Gali A-Tisket A-Tasket She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain Down the River Here We Go Looby Loo Mi Chacra Shake the Papaya Down The Crocodile Look There Is theSteamer Yankee Doodle My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me. Suggested for grades 1-6.

Multicultural Collection of Partner Songs and Canons-Calling all world brothers and sisters! Travel our musical globe with WORLD PARTNERS! Like the patches of a family quilt the folk songs of the world's children tell their stories. Arranged by master music educator CherylLavender the twelve “patches” in this collection are shared with the hope that global cultures and traditions might be better understood and celebrated by our world siblings and ultimately come together into the“quilt of humanity.” For instantly successful and “can-do” harmonies these kid-tested folk songs are arranged with catchy original partner songs and canons. Adaptable for classroom or concert all songsare reproducible and include piano/vocal arrangements teaching tips and reproducible songsheets with phonetic pronunciations. For a richer performance opportunity many songs feature Orff and percussion parts as well aseasy-to-learn folk dances. For added value there are teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song! Available: Teacher Edition (with reproducible pages) Performance/Accompaniment CD Classroom Kit (Teacherand P/A CD). Suggested for grades 3-8.

More Flexible Favorites for Unison and Part-Singing Fun-Here are more flexible folksongs to introduce young singers to beginning part-singing and experience a variety of world cultures. The reproducible singer songsheets feature each folksong and its partner on separate pages for a variety of teachingoptions. Teach these world folksongs in the lower grades. When singers are ready teach the partner songs and add twelve more songs to their singing repertoire. For further challenge ?partner them up? for twelve more performance options! A helpfulteaching sequence and extension activities are also included. Accompany your singers live with simple piano parts in the printed collection or use quality performance/accompaniment MP3 recordings available via audio access in the Performance Kit.Fresh new originals partnered with these world folksongs: Ging Gang Goolie Tum Balalaika Andale Juana Sansa Kroma Haru Ga Kita Old Dan Tucker Sarasponda Ma Bella Bimba and more! Suggested for grades 1-6.

A Collection of Partner Songs for Young Singers-Let your patriotic pride shine and develop independent 2-part singing for a winning partnership! John Jacobson and Tom Anderson have partnered up new creative lyrics and singable melodies with patriotic favorites in this spiritedcollection you will use again and again. Young singers will learn each melody separately and then sing them together for instant harmonic fun. Watch the excitement grow! The Teacher Edition offers piano/vocal arrangements withchoreography and for added value reproducible vocal sheets and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. Stretch your budget dollars further with the Classroom Kit and receive the TeacherEdition and an ENHANCED CD with performance and accompaniment song tracks plus PDFs of singer songsheets for projection options! Don't miss this winning collection of spirited originals partnered with patriotic favorites.Available separately: Teacher Edition Performance/Accompaniment Enhanced CD Classroom Kit (Teacher and P/A CD). Suggested for grades 3-6.

A Collection of Partner Songs for Young Singers-Let your patriotic pride shine and develop independent 2-part singing for a winning partnership! John Jacobson and Tom Anderson have partnered up new creative lyrics and singable melodies with patriotic favorites in this spiritedcollection you will use again and again. Young singers will learn each melody separately and then sing them together for instant harmonic fun. Watch the excitement grow! The Teacher Edition offers piano/vocal arrangements withchoreography and for added value reproducible vocal sheets and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. Stretch your budget dollars further with the Classroom Kit and receive the TeacherEdition and an ENHANCED CD with performance and accompaniment song tracks plus PDFs of singer songsheets for projection options! Don't miss this winning collection of spirited originals partnered with patriotic favorites.Available separately: Teacher Edition Performance/Accompaniment Enhanced CD Classroom Kit (Teacher and P/A CD). Suggested for grades 3-6.

Partner Songs Based on Traditional Spirituals and Gospel Music-Enrich your school or church music program with this wonderful collection of well-known spirituals and fresh gospel music. It contains eight creative singable easy-to-teach arrangements of traditional spirituals and gospel musicpaired with original music from partner song composer and arranger Jill Gallina. Present these songs separately any time during the year or together for a complete concert program for your school or church. The partner songs arewonderful teaching tools helping your choir members to grow musically by teaching independent part-singing for verses one and two and then combining the parts in verse three for successful partner singing. The kit contains thereproducible singers' parts with piano accompaniment and a StudioTrax CD that includes accompaniment and performance tracks. Grades 2-6.

For a great introduction to part-singing here are two New Orleans-style favorites that work together perfectly as partner songs. With a funky street beat accompaniment your singers will surely experience success! Includes: Whenthe Saints Go Marchin' In The Crawdad Song.

This choral pairs two venerable Native American songs: a Hopi chant and a traditional Arapaho Native song. With recorders and percussion the songs are blended together to form a partner song at the conclusion of the piece. Astriking addition to your concert! Available: 3-Part Mixed; 2-Part; StudioTrax CD.

The first five of these songs were designed as a folk-song set although they can of course be performed singly and in any preferred order. Written between 1975 and 1983 they were first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 by the soprano Wendy Eathorne and myself in May 1985. However She moved thro' the fair and later on The last rose of summer (which is more of a traditional Irish song rather than a folk song) were created especially for Dame Janet Baker who performed them frequently in recitals between 1982 and 1989. Geoffrey Pratley has for many years been one of Britain's busiest accompanists and duo-players and is especially known for his long-standing partnerships with Dame Janet Baker the French 'cellist Paul Tortelier and the British violinist Ralph Holmes. He has also played for Placido Domingo Rita Streich Jack Brymer Leon Goossens Vanya Milanova Takayoshi Wanami and many more top international artistes in many countries around the world. He teaches at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music London and has several other musical titles to his credit.

Classics for Children Series-For two-part or three-part treble voices Jill Gallina has once again crafted a masterful partner-song using the romantic music of Mendelssohn. “On Wings of Song” is an impressive spring concert contest or festivalpiece for upper elementary middle school or high school treble choirs. Available: 2-part/SSA Accompaniment & Performance CD.

Music Partner CD: Choral Singing - The Easy Way to Learn: Soprano Chorus Part / CD

Read and Sing Folksongs-Learn to read & sing a wealth of folksong history from the creative writing of Emily Crocker. Kick up your heels with singing and dancing games a play party hoedown counting out rhyme spirituals sea shanty riverboat work song and much more! Well-written lesson plans take you step-by-step from melody to harmony. Learn a song as you play a game activity. Practice selected rhythm & melodic patterns to help sight read the song. Add a simple ostinato or partner melody for instant harmony. Decide on the form and then switch it up each time you perform! Add classroom percussion parts provided or create your own. Sing a cappella or with the recording on theenclosed CD or perform live with the piano/vocal arrangements printed in the Teacher Book. Simple choreography suggestions are listed above the piano scores. And there's more! You can bring John Jacobson into your classroom with choreography videos available free online. The Teacher Book also comes with an Enhanced CD of audio recordings and PDFs of the singer songsheets in full color or black/white so you have the freedom to print or project what you want! Perfect for classroom or concert programming. Have fun sight reading melody and harmony with “Read & Sing.” Suggested for Grades 3-6. 

ShowTrax CD-Holiday harmony ... in a snap! From Thanksgiving through New Year's this delightful collection of partner songs provides a host of harmonic fun for young singers. And what's more everything you need is under one cover -piano/vocal accompaniments choreography and reproducible singer pages. You are sure to enjoy the fresh originals by John and Alan partnered with these holiday favorites: Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Silent Night Up on the Housetop Auld Lang Syne We Wish You a Merry Christmas We Gather Together Joy to the World Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah Deck the Hall Away in a Manager.