Choral

This perennially popular song from The Real Group is now available for treble voices, allowing younger school choirs to get into a jazzy groove with this fun, upbeat concert work. Features syncopated, Latin-like rhythms and witty lyrics, with repeated figures that make this easier to teach and learn. Available for SSATB and SSA a cappella.

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 organizations Primary 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 Choir edition 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!

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 organizations Primary 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 Choir edition 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!

Have fun with your choral warm-ups! With this collection of fifty-four inventive and educational songs and exercises, your choir will beg for more. Start out with the unison pieces and build to the more challenging exercises for 2-part, 3-part or 4-part treble or mixed voices. Use the demonstration CD for quick learning or sing along with the recording to have hands-free, portable warm-ups at your fingertips every day. Developed and composed by the award-winning choral composer and master teacher, Rollo Dilworth, Choir Builders will prove to be a fundamental way of improving and sustaining a quality choral sound with your performance groups.

When do you start teaching proper vocal technique to young voices? RIGHT NOW! Here are 19 fun and original exercises that will get your students' growing voices on the right track to producing a quality sound. Posture, breathing, flexibility, range of voice and more are all addressed in these wonderful exercises for young voices. Sing along with the demonstration tracks on the enclosed CD for quick learning, or use the accompaniment-only tracks for ear training and assessment options. Get ready to workout to a better sounding choir! Available: Book/CD. Suggested for grades 3-8.

This valuable resource by Tim Lautzenheiser and Brad White contains 32 letters focusing on music advocacy, the importance of the arts in our schools, and the benefits of music study in the development of the child as well as letters specific to choral music. These letters are included on the enclosed CD-ROM and may be exported to a word processing program for easy editing, customization, and mail merging to parents, administrators, and community members.

This Manhattan Transfer hit will put your choir on the jazz track! Hip '40s lyrics and the burnin' ShowTrax Cassette! Available: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak, ShowTrax Cassette. Performance Time: Approx. 2:25.

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.

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. Available: Teacher Edition and ShowTrax CD (full performance and accompaniment only). For Gr. 2-6.