The Private Voice Studio Handbook

Getting Started Finding My Space and Who Am I, Anyway? What Do I Need In My Studio Just A Few Things Before We Start Getting Organized New Students Let's Start At The Very Beginning Practice, Practice, Practice Musical and Vocal Fitness The Songs We Sing What's An Octavo? Anthologies For Adolescent and Novice Singers Going Public Vocal Techniques: A Few Tricks of My Trade Express Yourself: Teaching Styles and Procedures Should I Major In Music? When Your Student Is Your Age Or Older I Don't Teach Children...But Some Of My Friends Do Business 101 Nuts About Nats Thou Shalt Not Photocopy and Other Ethical Issues Pick-Me-Ups and Parting Thoughts

A nationally recognized expert in teaching private voice, Joan Boytim has compiled some of the most widely used vocal collections in the US. Her clinics about various aspects of teaching voice, literature, and running a voice studio have been attended by thousands of teachers. Now that professional wisdom has been put into a new book indispensible for independent instructors, The Private Voice Studio Handbook. Its chapters address, in practical detail, topics such as: starting a private voice studio; equipment and space; recruiting and accepting students; ideas for the very first lesson with a student; studio policies, guidelines and ethics; teaching music reading; recommended syllable drills and vocalises; lesson plans; practice procedures; choosing repertoire suitable to students' abilities; finding appropriate sacred solos; accounting and record-keeping; tax, insurance and retirement advice; techniques for teaching voice to children and adults; planning studio recitals; and many more. An excellent resource for college and university voice faculty.

Easy Songs for the Beginning Soprano

Alice Blue Gown April Showers Butterflies Cradle Song Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel The False Prophet Florian's Song Golden Slumbers It Was A Lover and His Lass Ladybird The Lilac Tree The Little Sandman My Little Heart The Nightingale Oh! Dear, What Can the Matter Be? Oh, Pretty Birds The Rosebush The Sweetest Flower That Blows Two Marionettes The Willow Song The Willow Tree The Winter It Is Past

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature. Each piece is in English and has a limited vocal range, perfect for the beginning singer as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs, folksongs, humorous songs, and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.

8521 SONGBOOK & CD $16.95

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The First Book of Tenor Solos

All Day On The Prairie All Through The Night At The Ball The Black Dress Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair Brother Will, Brother John By Mendip Side Come Again, Sweet Love The Daisies Ein Jungling Liebt ein Madchen Go Lovely Rose He That Keepeth Israel I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly I Love And I Must Jesu, The Very Thought Of Thee Loch Lomond The Lord Is My Light Lydia May Song Mistress Mine Der Mond My Lady Walks In Lovliness My Lord What A Morning Der Neugierige Noche Serena Ol'Jim Orpheus With His Flute Religion Is A Fortune Rio Grande LA Sena Sento Nel Core Silent Worship Standchen Wayfaring Stranger What Shall I Do To Show How Much I Love Her

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book with 2 accompaning CDs (which are enhanced, you can change the tempo or key if you use it on your computer!), including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type. For Tenor voices!

9191 BOOK and 2 CDs $24.95

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The First Book of Tenor Solos - Vol 2

Farewell - Gabriel Faure To The Beloved - Beethoven Ave Maria - Saint-Saens The Birthday Of The King - Niedlinger Good-Morning Sue - Delibes The Cloths Of Heaven - Dunhill Tender Ties - Delbruck Down By The Sally Gardens - Hughes Du Bist Wie Eine Blume - Rubenstein Everyday Is Ladies Day With Me - Herbert Fame's An Echo - Arne Forget Me Not - Bach The Fishermaiden - Schubert In A Foreign Land - Schumann Incline Thine Ear - Charles It Was A Lover And His Lass - Coates A Kingdom By The Sea - Somervell Linden Lea - Vaughan Williams Love Quickly Is Pall'd - Purcell My Lovely Celia - Monro Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - Burleigh O Come O Come My Dearest - Arne O Del Mio Amato Ben - Donaudy On Richmond Hil There Lives A Lass - Hook Panis Angelicus - Franck Phillis Has Such Charming Graces - Young Russian Picnic - Enders Sea Fever - Ireland Sonntag - Brahams Hark! How Still - Franz The Troubador - Kilenyi Wanderer's Night Song - Schbert Weep You No More - Quilter What Songs Were Sung - Niles Where'er You Walk - Handel Who Is Sylvia

There has been widespread accceptance by teachers and students of 'The First Book Series,' so it was only natural that there would be a 'Part II' book compiled. The Part II books follow many of the same concepts which are covered in the Preface of the original volumes, including a comprehensive selection of between 34 and 37 songs from the Baroque through the 20th Century. The selections range from easy to moderate difficulty for both singer and accompanist. At the request of the students and teachers, there are more sacred songs, and two Christmas solos have been added to each book. Also included are two enhanced CDs, giving you the ability to not only play the accompaniments on both your CD player and computer, but they are also CD-ROMs that are capable of playing the tracks at different tempos and in different keys when played on the computer.

8527 BOOK and 2 CDs $24.95

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Easy Songs For The Beginning Tenor

The Ash Grove By The Light Of The Silvery Moon Come, Aurora Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes A Fable Flow Gently, Sweet Afton Hark! Hark! The Lark If You've Only Got A Mustache I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Katy Bell The Little Irish Girl Passing By A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody Requiem Rock-A-My-Soul The Rose Of Allandale The Rose Of Tralee Santa Lucia Scarborough Fair Standin' In The Need Of Prayer Steal Away When Irish Eyes Are Smilin'

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II. Each piece is in English and has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs, folksongs, humorous songs, and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.

Easy Songs For The Beginning Tenor - Vol 2

Believe Me if all Those Endearing Your Charms Bendemeer's Stream Bill Groggins Goat A Blackbird Singing Greensleeves Harrigan How Can I Keep from Singing I Love a Piano I Want a Girl The Lark in the Morn My Love's an Arbutus O Heart of Mine Passing By A Sailor Loved a Lass Thine Alone Twenty Eighteen The Wind Speaks Yankee Doodle Boy

This series now has a new “Part II” for each voice type, at the same level as the original volumes. This is preparatory material for The First Book of Solos series, with modest ranges and all songs in English, including very easy art songs, folksong arrangements and vintage popular songs. The song selection is completely different for each voice type with 18-20 songs per volume.

8522 SONGBOOK & CD $16.95

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The First Book of Broadway Solos - Tenor

Bring Him Home - Les Miserables I Believe In You - How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying I Could Write A Book - Pal Joey I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You - Two By Two Kansas City - Oklahoma A Man And A Woman - 110 In The Shade My Heart Stood Still - A Conneticut Yankee My Romance - Jumbo Oh, What A Beautiful Morning - Oklahoma Old Devil Moon - Finian's Rainbow On The Street Where You Live - My Fair Lady Once In Love With Amy - Where's Charley The Only Home I Know - Shenandoah Plant A Radish - The Fantasticks Stranger In Paradise - Kismet That's The Way It Happens - Me And Juliet Very Soft Shoes - Once Upon A Mattress We Kiss In A Shadow - The King And I When The Children Are Asleep - Carousel A Wonderful Day Like Today - The Roar Of Greasepoint-The Smell Of The Crowd You've Got To Be Really Carefully Taught - South Pacifc Younger Than Springtime - South Pacific

This excellent series is perfect for the voice student of any age. Songs have been carefully selected to include the easiest beginning material, advancing to some vocal challenges for the progressing singer. Keys have been carefully chosen to meet the needs of most students. This collection of largely American songs may be used to teach the same basic classical tecniques of lyric singing as the traditional European art music repertoire, with rerrific opportunities for interpretive development.

The First Book of Broadway Solos for Mezzo-Sopranos

As Long As He Needs Me - Oliver Bali H'i - South Pacific A Cock Eyed Optomist - South Pacific The Earth And Other Minor Things - Gigi Falling In Love With Love - The Syracuse Getting To Know You - The King And I I Enjoy Being A Girl - Flower Drum Song I Love Paris - Can-Can If I Ruled The World - Pickwick In My Own Little Corner - Cinderella It Might As Well Be Spring - State Fair Maria - The Sound Of Music My Favorite Things - The Sound Of Music My Funny VAlentine - Babes In Arms On My Own - Les Miserables People - Funny Girl Simple Little Things - 110 In The Shade Something Wonderful - The King And I The Song Is You - Music In The Air What's The Use Of Wondering - Carousel Where Or When - Babes In Arms A Wonderful Guy - South Pacific

This is the perfect first collection for many voice students, whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each voice type, and has chosen keys that suit the vocal needs of novice singers studying in traditional, generally classical lyric singing. The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight-forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable. To make the collections even more useful, each volume is offered in a book/companion CD edition with piano accompaniments recorded by pianist Laura Ward.

8539 Book & CD $24.95 Mezzo-Sorano

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Easy Songs for the Beginning Mezzo-Soprano / Alto Part II

The Bonny LIghter Boy Cradle Song Go From my Window Go Johnny has Gone for a Soldier Just for This Kiss Me Again Little Boy Blue Love's own Sweet Song The Mission of a Rose My Days Have Been so Wondrous Free Philosophy Second Hand Rose Soft-footed Snow Solder Sill You Marry Me? Somewhere a Voice is Calling Spring Sorrow The Stranger-Man A Swan Twas in the Lovely Month of May

This series now has a new “Part II” for each voice type, at the same level as the original volumes. This is preparatory material for The First Book of Solos series, with modest ranges and all songs in English, including very easy art songs, folksong arrangements and vintage popular songs. The song selection is completely different for each voice type with 18-20 songs per volume.

8523 Book & CD $16.95 Mezzo-Soprano

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Easy Songs For The Beginning Baritone/Bass

Ura Lee Beautiful Dreamer The Erie Canal Foolish Questions Funiculi, Funicula Go Down, Moses I Wish I Was Single Again If You Were The Only Girl In The World The Jolly Miller Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho The Lark In The Morn The Lost Chord The Minstrel Boy Mrs. Murphy's Chowder Out Of My Soul's Great Sadness Request Simple Gifts Smick, Smack, Smuck Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child The Story Of A Tact Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Where Did You Get That Hat? While Strolling Through The Park One Day You'll Miss Lots Of Fun When You're Married

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction. Each piece is in English and has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs, folksongs, humorous songs, and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.

The First Book of Baritone/Bass Solos

Across The Western Ocean The Bells Of Cleremont Town The Blind Ploughman Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Road Blow High, Blow Low Create In Me A Clean Heart Encantadora Maria False Phillis The Friar Of Orders Gray Hor Ich Das Liedchen Klingen Intermezzo The Jolly Roger The King Of Love My Shepard Is Leave Me Loathsome Light Let Us Break Bread Together Lord, I Want To Be A Christian Next, Winter Comes Slowly O Mistress Mine On The Road To Mandalay The Rovin' Gambler The Sea Shenandoah Tally-Ho! There Was A Mighty Monarch

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book with 2 accompaning CDs, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type..

The First Book of Broadway Solos - Baritone/Bass

Comedy Tonight - A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Edelweiss - The Sound Of Music Get Me To The Church On Time - My Fair Lady The Girl That I Marry - Annie Get Your Gun Gonna Be ANother Hot Day - 110 In The Shade How To Handle A Woman - Camelot I Talk To Trees - Paint Your Wagon I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face - My Fair Lady If I Ever Would Leave You - Camelot The Impossible Dream - Man Of La Mancha Oklahoma - Oklahoma Some Enchanted Evening - South Pacific Soon It's Gonna Rain - The Fantasticks The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Oklahoma There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - South Pacific They Call The Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon This Nearly Was Mine - South Pacific Try To Remember - The Fantasticks Wunderbar - Kiss Me, Kate

This is the perfect first collection for many voice students, whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each voice type, and has chosen keys that suit the vocal needs of novice singers studying in traditional, generally classical lyric singing. The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight-forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable. To make the collections even more useful, each volume is offered in a book/companion CD edition with piano accompaniments recorded by pianist Laura Ward.

9183 SONGBOOK & 2CDs $24.95

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