Review: How to Use Voice for Life is a comprehensive guide to the RSCM's acclaimed Voice for Life scheme. Written with choir trainers and directors in mind, it contains everything necessary to help singers get the most out of their Voice for Life choral experience.How to Use Voice for Life supports all aspects of the scheme and its resources. Together with its companion volume, The Voice for Life Guide to Musicianship, (G-6390) it provides both a complete guide to training and assessing singers, and a generous source of technical and practical advice for anyone helping choral musicians to reach their full potential.ÊHow Voice for Life worksThere are five levels in the Voice for Life scheme, for singers of any age from beginners through to advanced singers, starting with a preparatory level for brand new, inexperienced singers.¥ White (preparatory level)¥ Light Blue¥ Dark Blue¥ Red¥ YellowWhite LevelThe preparatory White Level for new singers (ie, probationers/trainee choir members, both children and adults) introduces and assesses very basic choral skills and understanding.On completion of this preparatory level, the singer is admitted as a full member of the choir, and there is an RSCM Chorister's Admission Card that can be given to mark this special occasion. There is also a Voice for Life White Lapel Pin that can be awarded to acknowledge formally the singer's achievement. For robed choirs, it may also be your custom to award a surplice at this stage. Some choirs also choose to present singers with the Voice for Life Chorister's Companion on joining the choir.Light Blue, Dark Blue, Red and Yellow levels Once the singer has become a full member of the choir, they move on to the four main levels of Voice for Life: Light Blue, Dark Blue, Red and Yellow. At each level of Voice for Life there are graded targets which are assessed informally by the choir trainer or teacher. Once a singer has completed the necessary training for that level, reached the targets and finished their workbook they can be awarded their RSCM Voice for Life medal and the appropriately coloured ribbon (for robed choirs) or coloured lapel badge (for non-robed choirs). The singer then moves on to the next level.

11210b | Songbook | $44.95 |

Review: Voice for Life, RSCM Publications' indispensable guide to choral training, now offers four new choral anthem collections specifically designed to accompany their choral training program. These comprehensive and varied collections provide choirs with a vast assortment of anthems ranging in skill level from beginner to advanced. The pieces in each book correspond with the different skill levels in the Voice for Lifeprogram. These fine editions also stand on their own as valuable choral collections for any choir.Ê

11201b | Songbook | $19.95 | 3-Part Mixed |

Review: Voice for Life, RSCM Publications' indispensable guide to choral training, now offers four new choral anthem collections specifically designed to accompany their choral training program. These comprehensive and varied collections provide choirs with a vast assortment of anthems ranging in skill level from beginner to advanced. The pieces in each book correspond with the different skill levels in the Voice for Lifeprogram. These fine editions also stand on their own as valuable choral collections for any choir.

11202b | Songbook | $15.95 | 3-Part Mixed |

Review: The Carol Book Supplement includes 16 addtional Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany carols from Britain and Europe with voicings for SATB choir, SAB choir, or Unison with descant. These flexilbe arrangements will add sparkle to your Carol and Christmas Services. This book of new arrangements is in the same photocopiable format as The Carol Book.

11208b | Songbook | $37.95 | Unison to SATB |

Review: This new comprehensive resource for Christmas, Advent, and Epiphany not only offers one of the largest collections of carols ever published, but a range of support material that sets totally new standards in Christmas publishing. The Carol Book includes 150 carols in various settings, service outlines, prayers, readings, and blessings that will enhance your worship. It also includes a CD-ROM containing clip-art, service layouts, instrumental parts, and carol texts that you can paste into your service sheets. Edited by David Iliff and John Barnard, the carols from this book are an indispensable resource that reminds us why Christmas is so special to us. Each song in The Carol Book is formatted to be suitable for photocopying. Permission to reprint can be obtained from OneLicense.net.CD-ROM includes acompaniments without interlined words, accompaniments with guitar chords, accompaniments with solo instrumental parts, audio accompaniments, instrumental and orchestral parts, texts of all carols, prayers and other liturgical material, sets of readings, dramatised version of traditional readings, outline orders of service and clip art for carol service or concert programmes.ÊDownload the complete contents

11207b | Songbook & CD | $135.00 | Unison to SATB |