One of the hardest things a voice teacher has to do is to help a singer lose their bad habits, and we all know how well ingrained a bad habit can be. With the products available here, your kids will be able to skip the bad habits stage and go right into being good singers. What could be better? Without being so childish as to bore the kids, these works are aimed at teaching younger singers in techniques that work with the sweeter, tender voices of youthful singers. They cover the vast array of skills and techniques a choral director, conductor or teacher, with examples from some of the most prestigious children’s choirs from around the globe.
 | Introduction We're Vocal Athletes Posture Upright Child of The King (Song) Breathing Tone Warming Up Warm Up exercises Intro & Overview Breathing Rap Warm-Up #1 Ya Ya Warm-Up #2 Ha Ha/He Ah Warm-Up #3 Me Oh Me Oh Me/MMM Warm-Up #4 Ha.../Ho/Hoo Diction The Diction Song Dynamics Staccato & Legato Rhythm & Tempo Loud, Soft, Fast, Slow Song Voice Care Closing Thoughts |
Who will train the singers of tomorrow and prepare them to use their voices the right way? Chris and Carole Beatty have been training singers for nearly 3 decades. Through their CDs, DVDs, books and Videos, as well as workshops for all ages, they have touched singers and speakers world wide. Their passion for excellence in vocal training is renowned. Their impact on today's and tomorrow's singers is felt daily in schools, churches and the recording industry. The Teaching Kids To Sing series from Vocal Coach is an interactive training tool for teachers, parents, choir directors and children alike. The clear presentation of material is guaranteed to have immediate impact and the entertaining format makes learning fun. The Vocal Coach Kids join Chris & Carole Beatty in looking at the issues of Posture, Breathing, Tone, Rhythm, Diction and Warming Up the voice. This new 2 DVD package also includes a CD that contains the accompaniment tracks and demos (PDFs) for all 26 songs and demonstrations on the Teaching Kids To Sing series.
| 6853 2DVDs & CD $54.95 |
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This unique resource offers children’s choir leaders and classroom music teachers an ideal guide for leading young singers to participate in joyful, purposeful singing experiences. Organized into five chapters, the resource draws music primarily from a folk tradition combining over 75 singing activities into the following sequential teaching process: 1) Exploring the voice; 2) Developing young singers; 3) Singing and moving; 4) Building choral skills; and 5) Singing in harmony. The singing activities range from vocal-exploration activities and action songs designed for young children to more advanced folk songs and dances for older children, plus warm-ups, vocalises, choral technique songs, rounds, and songs that teach part-singing. Each chapter also features an efficient, pedagogically sound teaching plan that teachers can use along with the demonstration DVD included in the resource. Perfect for use throughout the year with children ages 5–12! Madeline S. Bridges is Associate Dean for Academic Studies for the School of Music at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee where she teaches in the area of Music Education and oversees the academic preparation of over 500 music majors.
| 5482 BOOK & DVD $39.95 |
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Songs To Help Things Happen |
Voiceplay is an inspired collection of songs which can be used by all practitioners, whether or not they are music specialists, in all Early Years settings. Voiceplay is for practitioners working in Early Years settings and also for parents and carers at home. Whether you are running a session with thirty children or sitting in a corner with three, Voiceplay shows you how you can use your voice to lead others and help young children develop their singing.
| 9556 BOOK & CD $29.95 |  |
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Visuals for Teaching |
Singing deserves a place at the center of all the musical skills. This fun collection will delight students and enhance their part-singing and sight-singing skills. Teaching suggestions are included for each of nine songs which range from unison to rounds to 2-part, to simple 3- and 4-part voicings. Movement accompanies each song which enhances the learning experience and provides for exciting performances. Grades 4-8.
| 6521 BOOK $14.95 |
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Introduction |
Whether sung arond a campfire, in a classroom, or on a family road trip, call-and-response songs, in which a leader sings a phrase and a group sings back a reply, are a wonderful interactive experience for kids!
| 6417 BOOK $11.95 |
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Explore the wonders of the human voice with the fun, magical activities in The Book of Pitch Exploration! Whether it's whooshing or shushing, hooting or booing, the human voice is capable of creating all kinds of sounds. This book allows children to discover these sounds through ideas, poems, stories, and songs that invite vocal participation from all involved. Not only are these activities fun, they also make excellent vocal warm-ups!
| 6255 BOOK $11.95 |
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Alabama Bound All Hid All Night Long Banks Of The Ohio Billy Grogen's Goat Bury Me Not Candy Man Caney Mi Macaro Charlie Over The Ocean Come All Ye Fair Ladies Come Along Deacon Went Down Down By The Bay Ev'ry Night Flea! Fly! Freedom Land Habg About He, He, Wanna Wawate I Met A Bear In The Woods Johnny On The Wood Pile Kye Kye Kule Littlest Worm Long John My Aunt Came Back My Name Is Michael No More My Lord No More Pie Old Texas Old John Henry Prettiest Girl Purple Light Ricka Bamboo This Old Hammer Trail To Mexico Tongo |
These traditional echo songs are built around a leader singing a phrase and a group singing the same phrase back. With the songs in this collection, kids can indulge their imitation tendencies and create joyful, irrepressible music at the same time. These timeless tunes allow kids to learn quickly and start making music and having fun right away.
| 6418 BOOK $11.95 |
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Bonny The Beaver |
Sing After Me contains ten fantastically funny, unusually useful, amazingly adaptive, excellent echo songs to help students learn to sing with practically perfect pitch and deliberately delightful diction. The book includes a sing-a-long and demonstration CD, reproducible student worksheets, and movement, art, and language activities for each song and simple piano accompaniment. Ages 6-13.
| 6645 BOOK & CD $22.95 |
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All I Do is Work |
Partner a fresh new original song with an old favorite... add choreography by John Jacobson and you've got an exciting collection to introduce 2-part singing to your elementary students. Learn each tune separately, then put them together for instant harmonic fun! This all-in-one format comes complete with piano/vocal accompaniment, choreography and reproducible singer pages
| 6556 BOOK $19.95 |
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The Zest Song Music Makes U sWhole School Song Thula Klizeo The Water Is Wide Kayowajineh Fanga Shine, Shine, Shine To Me Way Hey, To Me Way Oh! Alouette The Keeper Ale Brider Vive L'amour I Walk In Beauty Peace Before Us There Is More Love Somewhere Somebody Prayed For Me Head And Shoulders, Baby Head And Heart America The Beautiful Gopala There's Honey In The Rock Cockles And Mussels Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Tell Me Why Birthday Swing A Promise I Will Keep Sing A Silly And Pointless Song |
Whether for classroom sing-alongs, adult community sings, choral concerts, or just riding in the car, this Step One of the SING WITH US songbooks is an invaluable resource. Composer and song leader Nick Page, who has led group sings and workshops at MENC, ACDA, AOSA and other conferences for many years, has assembled this multicultural set of 28 easy and fun sing-along songs for all ages. The collection begins with echo songs that are easy, but with a simple challenge, reinforcing Nick's belief that the first step in getting people of all ages to sing along is to make them better listeners. Along with this, Nick encourages using lots of emotion, particularly joy. The call and response songs and the unison songs that follow offer well known gems as well as easy to learn new songs that can be sung in unison or with harmony. Nick provides invaluable cultural information as well as essential tips for making the songs come alive. Reproducible lyric sheets are also included.
| 5015 BOOK $24.95 |
The adolescent years can be a challenge for any choir director, but this practical handbook by Roger Emerson provides an engaging and witty approach to working with these young singers. Ideal for experienced educators and those new to the field, this text is full of creative ideas and solid solutions in an easy-to-read question and answer format. The fifty topics include recruiting, the adolescent voice, choral tone, classroom management, budgets, choral balance and blend, sight-reading, repertoire, programming, incorporating pop music into the choral program, working with your administrators and colleagues, parent and community relations, helpful recommended resources and much more!
| 6850 BOOK $9.95 |
Hello-oooo! Hello-oooo! Help young singers develop their listening and pitch matching skills while reinforcing basic music concepts .. and have fun doing it!! These 'educational echos' will motivate students to respond to common patters of sound that involve pitch direction, high/low. loud/soft, intervals, sequence, steady beat and more! Students will also develop motor skills and beat awareness with simple movement sequences for each song, and expand learning with fun extension activities.
| 6554 BOOK & CD $29.95 |
Created and field-tested especially for 'little ones' in Kindergarten - Grade 2, thi Book/CD features 24 origina l songs and sight-reading pieces that will delight and challenge your budding musicians! You'll find warm-ups, holiday celebrations, seasonal songs, high/low pitch games, language arts connections with syllables and rhymes, movement and dramatizations, piano, fingerplays, and even a song to wrap up a successful school year. Of special interest are twelve monthly, developmentally-sequenced, sight-reading pieces designed to build music literacy skills with patterns of ta, ti-ti, rest, so-mi-la and mi-re-do. The enclosed CD recording includes both full performance and accompaniment tracks for the songs, and instrumental backup tracks for the signt-reading pieces.
| 6553 BOOK & CD $24.95 |
This book is ideal for all teachers of young children, both classroom teachers an music specialists. Each songplay section includes a detailed step-by-step teaching process, opportunities for cross-curricular connections and a listing of recommended literature readings. The well-designed layout makes lesson planning a breeze! The book includes a 'coaching' CD with helpful musical prompts and song demonstrations in various keys by an adult solo voice for use in preparing each lesson. Over 40 songs.
| 6579 BOOK & CD $24.95 |
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Introduction Singing Rhythm Continuum Vocabulary Listening Basic Skill Performance Social Skills Movement Monthly Activities Specific Goals Suggested Materials Rhythm Songs Games |
There is nothing more joyful than a group of children playing. This wonderful music resource will help young children acquire an intuitive knowledge of musical elements through movement, singing and speaking that will prepare them for both reading and performing music as they grow. This book is ideal for all teachers of young children, both classroom teachers and music specialists, and is divided into a year-long sequence of rhymes, songs, games, and music listening activities. Drawn from our rich heritage of folk material, the carefully-sequenced curriculum will provide a wealth of enjoyment and experience, while developing language skills and musicianship. Practical advice fills this book, and the well-designed layout makes lesson planning a breeze! Includes CD.
| 6547 BOOK & CD $29.95 |
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Sequence of Rhythmic and Melodic Elements |
See, Sing and Play is a collection of short rhythm and melody pieces, designed just for your elementary music students! Each Practice Page is reproducible for your students' needs. By supplementing your regular music lessons with fun and stimulating sight reading Practice Pages, you encourage a consistent development of fluent reading and playing - an essential ingredient in your sound program of musicianship! See your students read - Hear your musicians grow!
| 6578 BOOK $9.95 |
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Voiceworks is a magnificent resource for promoting good singing in pre-schools, schools, community choirs, adult choirs and everywhere that people sing. The Voiceworks books (complete with CDs) are packed with songs and ideas which are practical, motivating, and accessible. Voiceworks is a complete guide and support for anyone who encourages or teaches other people to sing well. Confidence and ability in singing are not age-related but experience-related, and the songs in this book have been sung by nine-year olds in school, and seventy-nine year olds at a village community Senior Citizens Club. This book will help your singers build the necessary skills to become more comfortable with their singing voice, thus, sounding worlds better.
| 9553 BOOK & 2 CDs $49.95 | |
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Voiceworks is a magnificent resource for promoting good singing in pre-schools, schools, community choirs, adult choirs and everywhere that people sing. The Voiceworks books (complete with CDs) are packed with songs and ideas which are practical, motivating, and accessible. Voiceworks 2 is a complete guide and support for anyone who encourages or teaches other people to sing well. Singing is learned behaviour, and Voiceworks 2 aims to help singers of all ages and experience improve their capability, to develop some techniques, and get pleasure from using their voices. It is claimed that the better people feel about their voices, the better they feel about themselves, so this book is more influential than just a singing book. The music is eclectic, chosen for its accessibility, and can be used progressively as laid out in the book to build confidence and develop vocal technique, or as a 'dip in' resource to suit particular needs.
| 9554 BOOK & 2CDs $49.95 |
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Swing Time! You Gotta Move Take Me To The Water My Man's Gone Now People Get Ready 'Deed I Do Me Ol' Bamboo Little One Take Me to the Funk This Little Light of Mine Gitika Introduction and Practical Exercises He's Gone Away They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love I Want Your Love Silent Night Dancin' Till the Blues Are Gone Straighten Up and Fly Right Sweet Tea Song Without Words Don't Let the Door Hitcha I'm Not Your Pet Come What May Pages Comedy Tonight Hot Hot Hot Dancing in the Street I Will Sing Joy! It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing |
Popular Voiceworks is a fabulous collection of jazzy and popular songs in the practical Voiceworks format, with scorings from unison to four parts. Including new arrangements of popular favourites, as well as exciting new songs in a range of styles, this is a fantastic resource for singing groups of all ages..
| 6869 BOOK & 2CDs $49.95 | |
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Section I: Work |
Folk Voiceworks is an outstanding collection of traditional songs following the Voiceworks model for children of around KS2 level (ages 7-11) upwards. Presenting 30 fantastic traditional songs, from unison to 4-part harmony, this is a rich resource for choirs everywhere. With a CD and supporting teaching notes, Folk Voiceworks is a complete handbook for singing for all teachers and choir leaders. The Voiceworks handbooks for singing are now firmly established as a resource that encourages and supports those who help other people to sing well and with confidence. Their hallmark is a wide range of accessible material, with teaching notes to guide the leader/conductor in promoting good practice and technique for enjoyable and healthy singing. The repertoire and arrangements are flexible to cater for unison and part-singing, by voices at all stages of development, and varying levels of experience.
| 9560 BOOK & 2CDs $49.95 | |
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Section 1: Move that Voice |
Young Voiceworks is an exciting collection of songs to help young singers and their leaders grow together musically and develop healthy voices for a lifetime of singing and pleasurable music-making. The songs teach basic musical concepts for primary-aged children and make up a 'working repertoire' that can be revisited throughout the primary school years. The songs are short, fun to sing, and accessible. Teachers and singing leaders at all stages will find these songs a useful addition to their concert programmes and music curriculum.
| 9557 BOOK & CD $39.95 | |
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Rhythm And Language |
Young Voiceworks is an exciting collection of songs to help young singers and their leaders grow together musically and develop healthy voices for a lifetime of singing and pleasurable music-making. The songs teach basic musical concepts for primary-aged children and make up a 'working repertoire' that can be revisited throughout the primary school years. The songs are short, fun to sing, and accessible. Teachers and singing leaders at all stages will find these songs a useful addition to their concert programmes and music curriculum.
| 9559 BOOK & 2CDs $39.95 | |
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ohnny Works with One Hammer Bernie Bee Oliver Twist Teddy Bear Charlie Over the Ocean Tick Tock The Closet Key Engine, Engine Number Nine Bye Low Michael Finnegan Skip to My Lou Who's That Tapping at My Window? Bounce High Ring Around the Rosie Star Light, Star Bright See Saw Rain, Rain Partner, Partner Little Sally Water Snail, Snail Bobby Shaftoe Lucy Locket Pease Porridge Hot I See the Moon Hot Cross Buns Hop, Old Squirrel Let Us Chase the Squirrel Great Big House in New Orleans Bow, Wow, Wow Rocky Mountain High |
Kodaly in the Classroom (Set 1) is a collection of children's songs and teacher lessons sequentially organized to teach the basics of pitch and rhythm through singing and games for upper elementary students. The song material consists of American folk and well-known children's songs. Teacher lessons are easy to follow and do not require previous training in Kodaly methodology. The collection includes lesson plans, reproducible singer sheets and activities.
| 6550 BOOK $19.95
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Long Legged Sailor Weevily Wheat Old Blue Are You Sleeping? Button, You Must Wander Dinah, Dinah Amasee Chatter with the Angels Old Brass Wagon Canoe Song Alabama Gal Love Somebody Tideo The Birch Tree O, How Lovely is the Evening Music Alone Shall Live Cape Cod Girls Viva la Musica Land of the Silver Birch Laughing, Singing |
Kodaly in the Classroom (Set 1) is a collection of children's songs and teacher lessons sequentially organized to teach the basics of pitch and rhythm through singing and games for upper elementary students. The song material consists of American folk and well-known children's songs. Teacher lessons are easy to follow and do not require previous training in Kodaly methodology. The collection includes lesson plans, reproducible singer sheets and activities.
| 6551 BOOK $19.95
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Getting Started |
Written by a national leader in early childhood music education, this creatively illustrated book contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool and early elementary students.
| 6539 BOOK $44.95 |
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There is no easier way to introduce children to harmony and part-singing than “the Round.” What an ingenious concept – everyone sings the same thing, just beginning at different times! The beauty of this structure is the ease of teaching this type of song, and the satisfying results for both the singer and the listener..
| 6201 BOOK & CD $19.95 |
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Anthems For All Seasons |
It's children's choir rehearsal time....again! Here is a budget-stretching, creative answer to filling a variety of needs for a multitude of rehearsals and performances. Packed with creative activities, tips, anthems (for all seasons), warm-ups and rounds, this is a collection you'll use time and again, all year long. It was created by children's choir leaders for children's choir leaders with practical "field-tested" ideas that really work.
| 9198 SONGBOOK $29.95 |
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Snack Attack |
Now students can have fun while improving their rhythm-reading skills and beat awareness with this hip collection of original rhymes and raps. Each of the 8 contemporary songs reinforces a particular rhythm concept and features a variety of popular subjects guaranteed to capture your attention. The Teacher's Manual includes teaching tips, performance options, and suggestions for adding your own rhythm accompaniments.
| 9239 SONGBOOK $16.95 |
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Performing The Rounds |
This flexible collection offers a wealth of excellent material for singing in rounds. All of the standard rounds are represented, including many by master composers as well as anonymous ones. The book is divided into three main sections: rounds with texts, rounds without texts and selected rounds in score format. In addition to a complete alphabetical index, there are separate listings of rounds with sacred texts, rounds with secular texts, rounds about animals, rounds about bells, Christmas rounds, rounds in foreign languages, lullabies, rounds about music, rounds about nature, rounds about singing and street cries. There's even an additional listing of rounds in two parts, three parts, four, five and six parts. This is one collection no music library should be without! From the Kodály Choral Concept. Includes index based on song content and teaching concepts.
| 9198 BOOK $29.95 |
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An Absent Minded Alligator The Baby Baboon Loved the Blues A Courteous Cockatoo Watch the Dolphins Dance The Emu Is His Name The Fancy Fiddler Crab Get Up and Go Gecko The Laughing Hyena The Innocent Ibis The Jazzy Jaguar Cub The Kooky Kookaburra The Lyin' Lyon Amani, the Meerkat Nightingale Busy River Otter Can Ya Stand a Panda Quiet Quail That Ridiculous Rhinoceros The Dashing Young Swordfish To a Toucan The Umbrella Bird The Vulture Wanted Culture Did You Ever Wanna Be a Wallaby? Beginning With an "X" A Yakety Yak A Zany Zebra |
Learn all about animals from A to Z with these 27 adorable unison songs for young singers. From the Absent Minded Alligator to the Zany Zebra, young singers will be both tickled and charmed by these informative and whimsical songs. This collection is 100% reproducible, and is perfect for both the classroom and the stage! Recommended for grades K-5. 100% reproducible. Suggestions for additional activities and "About the Animals" information included. Chord symbols included. Can be used as a songbook or a program (approximately 30 minutes).
| 6522 BOOK & CD $13.95 |
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Voice Placement |
For the middle school/junior high choral teacher. This text takes out much of the guesswork of teaching boys whose voices are changing . Includes testing methods, extensive warm-up and voice development exercises, self-image concepts, an extensive list of appropriate choral works, and other welcome information.
| 6244 BOOK $9.98 |
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This endearing collection of folksongs from Mexico is perfect for any teacher looking to broaden the multicultural dimensions of their elementary or preschool music class with time-tested authentic music. Each song and rhyme includes teaching suggestions, English translations, game directions, and background information. Songs are categorized as rhymes, chants, singing games, song tales (romances), or lullabies, and there is even a piñata song.
| 6868 SONGBOOK $14.95 |
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Bingo |
Kidsongs Sing-Alongs videos and CDs have been a big hit with kids and parents. These book/CD packs give kids the pleasure of singing and playing along with their favorite songs. The books include melody/lyric/chord arrangements that can be played on any C instrument. They also feature a separate lyrics section so kids can practice their reading skills while following along with the CD. The CDs include fun full-performances of each song by kids.
| 5070 SONGBOOK & CDs $12.95 |
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've Been Working on the Railroad |
Kidsongs Sing-Alongs videos and CDs have been a big hit with kids and parents. These new book/CD packs now give kids the pleasure of singing and playing along with their favorite songs. The books include melody/lyric/chord arrangements that can be played on any C instrument. The books also feature a separate lyrics section so kids can practice their reading skills while reading the lyrics and following along with the CD. The CDs include full-performances of each song by kids.
| 5071 SONGBOOK & CD 12.95 |
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From Mother Goose and Others, set to music according to the Kodály Concept. This exciting singing tool comes with instructions for use.
| 9389 SONGBOOK $15.95 |
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