Cristi Cary Miller: Sing and Celebrate This Day!: Mixed Choir a Cappella: Vocal

Activities and Ideas to Focus Your Singers-Get your singers' attention with Quick Starts! Begin each class period or rehearsal with five minutes of creative singer-tested activities to help focus and develop musicianship. Warm-up the body and voice with musclemovement activities moving while you sing and vocal exercises. Sharpen your singers' focus with games tension breakers and ear training. Develop music skills with sight-singing music dictation music writing theory and more.As educators and directors Cristi Miller and Angie McKenna share the ideas they have used in their classrooms and rehearsals with great success. Complete with graphics and music examples Quick Starts will get eachrehearsal off to a great start!

Practical Tips and Activities for Measuring Student Progress-Take the stress out of assessment with this musical playground of activities and singing games your students will love! Elementary music specialist Cristi Cary Miller shares a wealth of material in this easy-to-use resource tohelp identify and define students' musical skills and progress while having a barrel of fun! Designed for students in grades K-5 this creative collection of 18 seasonal songs and activities will provide hours of fun throughoutthe school year while assessing students on rhythm reading steady beat matching pitch solfege vocal tone colors and much more! Make assessments a vital part of your lesson planning this year! 18 songs including: TelephoneTime Hello Neighbors Rhythm Charades Rap Sol La Sol Mi Dance Listen Very Carefully and much more!

The popular Sing Say Dance Play series is all about connecting music with movement dance and speech in active participation while having a pile of fun! Here are MORE seasonal songs with games and activities from music specialists Cristi Miller and Kathlyn Reynolds that will motivate and challenge your young musicians throughout the school year. This tried-and-true collection features 12 songs written specifically for students in the lower grades and twelve songs for upper elementary along with helpful teaching suggestions and simple Orff or piano accompaniments. Keep music learning active as you sing say dance and play the year away! Available: song collection.Suggested for grades 1-6.

This energetic Christmas piece set for young voices is sure to bring success to your junior high choral group. The syncopated independent lines will give each section an opportunity to sing a strong melodic line and teachindividual phrasing and expression. The percussion part (claves and congas) add to the rhythmic pulse. For 3-Part Mixed and ShowTrax CD. Performance time: Approx. 2:05.