An International Holiday Celebration-CELEBRATE December traditions center stage this holiday season as 'round the world we go! DISCOVER the special preparations for Chinese New Year Germany's St. Nicholas Day tradition of a hidden pickle in the Tannenbaum the sevenprinciples of Kwanzaa from our African ancestors the miracle and lights of Jewish Hanukkah the festive atmosphere of Mexico's Las Posadas and Christmas American-style! SHARE the universal messages of peace hope and goodwill inyour school and community all year long. Ideal for upper elementary to middle school performers this 40-minute holiday revue features seven original songs for unison voices with some optional harmony connecting narration easilyadapted to casts of varying sizes and John Jacobson's choreography and production tips. Available: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview Pak (1 Singer book 1 Preview CD) Preview CD (with vocals only) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 Singer books P/A CD). Performance Time: Approx. 40 min. For Grades 4-8.

Sixteen sparkling new musical items for Easter and Springtime from some of today's best-loved children's composers including Sheila Wilson Niki Davies Alison Hedger and others.This invaluable resource provides teachers andleaders of youth singing groups with songs and instrumentals suitable for all children within the Primary age range.The first part of the compilation follows the Biblical story and can be used as a musical framework for a sacredEaster presentation. The second part of the selection contains more general Easter and Springtime songs for use in class and concerts. Also includes a class activity - making a Mini Easter Egg Box from a cross!

Musical Adventures and Universal Lessons-Musical Adventures and Universal Lessons! Fly away with me in a hot air balloon and see how different the world looks from up here! Spin out new adventures from the Caribbean Africa and Europe to Egypt India and China. Learnabout geography music and cultures that may be unfamiliar yet exciting! What might we find if we keep exploring new possibilities' What changes might we make if we stick together as friends and do our best each day' Discover howyou can make a difference! Whether on stage or in the classroom share your adventures and universal lessons with musical styles from around the world set to original songs. Program one or more of the six songs with short set-upnarrations. Expand multicultural learning with standards-based lesson plans recorded and printed student articles and world online video lessons by John Jacobson. The all-inclusive Teacher Book and Enhanced CD offers everythingyou need under one cover including color PDFs of articles and songsheets for classroom projection. Songs include: Fly Away With Me Helping Each Other Freedom Wandering Joy A New World. Suggested for grades 3-6.

A Musical Story for Young Choirs-What is that I hear whispering in the wind? Can you hear it too? Capture the dreams of the children and the wisdom of the Dreamcatcher as told in this original musical story of peace harmony love joy hope and charity. But watch out! For the Trickster is always lurking close by ready to crush these fragile dreams. This enchanting 30-minute musical is ideal for upper elementary through middle school performers and features eight original songs and a narrative script of poetry and dramatic prose. Dreamcatcher is designed to be performed in a concert setting with young singers on choral risers and minimal staging or use your imagination and stage it more elaborately. The castincludes an adult storyteller and multiple children's speaking parts that can easily be adapted to fit a variety of performance options. Listen to your heart and discover how your dreams can come true. Available: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals) Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: Approx. 30 minutes. For Gr. 4-8.

30 Songs from the Stage and Screen With Access to Online Audio of Piano Accompaniments-This giant two-volume resource will be indispensable for teachers working with children singing solos. There is a large variety of material from classic Disney songs to Broadway to movie favorites to songs from ?Sesame Street.? Each volume has songs for both girls and boys and includes online audio tracks with Piano accompaniments for each song. In addition the audio contains tempo adjustment and transposition software for use on your computer. Kids' Musical Theatre Collection: Volume 2 includes 30 songs from stage screen and television musicals these are by far Hal Leonard's largest collections of solos for children. Songs inthis volume include: Baby Mine (Dumbo) Be Kind to Your Parents (Fanny) Bein' Green (Sesame Street) Dream for Your Inspiration (The Muppets Take Manhattan) Friend (Snoopy!!!) Gary Indiana (The Music Man) Getting to Know You (The King and I) God Help the Outcasts (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) I Always Knew (Annie Warbucks) I Don't Want to Live on the Moon (Sesame Street) I Won't Grow Up (Peter Pan) and more.

Story and Songs of Learning Discovery and Meeting Life's Challenges-Join Tulitha on a wondrous adventure of discovery when she meets a wise old woman who helps her see what is good in the world. Along the journey they meet fascinating people and observe events that help mold Tulitha's young lifeand help her make choices about the roads to travel. This enchanting 30-minute musical story is ideal for classroom or stage and can be easily-produced for the teacher on the go! Suggested for grades 3-6 Tulitha's journeyfeatures 5 songs with connecting story text that can either be divided among a number of speakers or read by one narrator. Perform it in a concert setting on choral risers with minimal staging or use your imagination and stage itmore elaborately. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography by John Jacobson standards-based lesson plans and reproducible story text. The full-color singer editions with story and vocal partsprovide extra visual appeal. The value-packed Classroom Kit comes complete with a Teacher book 20 singer editions and a P/A CD. Available separately: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 20-Pak (full color) Performance/AccompanimentCD Classroom Kit (Teacher Singer 20-Pak P/A CD). Duration: ca. 30 minutes. Suggested for grades 3-6.

Duets Accompaniment CD-An accompaniment CD is now available for the popular vocal folio.

A Musical Celebration of America's Early Heritage-A Musical Celebration of America's Early Heritage. Become a part of America's history with this fact-filled and entertaining tribute that chronicles the early years of the United States. Elementary and middle school students willhave fun while reinforcing what they study in social studies class. From the earliest explorers through the post Civil War Reconstruction The American Dream combines music history and drama to learn important dates factsand ideas not to mention crucial documents that have shaped America through its colorful development. This historic and entertaining 30-minute musical features 7 original songs connective script John Jacobson's choreography(both in the Teacher's Edition and on a separate video) and helpful production guide. The Singer's Edition includes vocals and script. Performance Time: Approx. 35 minutes. For grades 4-8. Available: Teacher Edition SingerEdition Performance/Accompaniment CD Preview CD Choreography Video.

A fun musical play in rhyme with seven songs for Primary schools based on the Grimm Brothers' story. Meet the flamboyant donkey who revels in showing-off the kindly old dog who discovers he can sing the slinky cat thenight-singer and the always-in-a-flap Rooster. Whilst perfect singing voices are not required enthusiasm and humour are! The play has nine main characters a unison speaking chorus a body of singers and a troupe of dancingforest animals. Script available in student book. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

The North Pole is making preparations for the annual Star Search and one of the stars from the Ornament Department will be chosen as the official tree topper. Twinkle Star Light Wink Falling Star along with all the rest havebeen practicing for days and days and are eager to show Santa how hard they have worked. But wait... an emergency has come up and the contest may have to be postponed this year. In fact even Christmas may have to be postponed!You and your students will enjoy a wonderful seasonal message as one little star figures out a way to save Christmas with an unselfish act. This delightful 20-minute musical for K-4 features 5 clever original songs witheasy-to-learn dialog. Let your light shine this holiday season! Available: Teacher's Manual (piano/vocal arrangements script choreography staging and costume suggestions) Singer's Edition 5-Pak (vocal lines anddialog) Reproducible Pak (vocal lines lyric sheets and dialog) Preview CD (Full Performance) ShowTrax CD (Performance/Accompaniment). Performance Time: 20 minutes. For Gr. K-4.

A delightful Christmas cantata for children’s voices (and ensemble/electronic backing tracks) with or without narrator: reggae jazz rock ballad and pop numbers to witty text by Richard and Thomas Allain. Caesar has called a census in the Holy Land. So everyone is crowding back into Bethlehem a town where they read Shalom! Magazine where suddenly there are donkey traffic gridlocks and hotels where you can't get a room for love or shekels. Tom works doing odd jobs at the Fun Big Inn which isn't much fun at all. This busy night he decides to leave the landlord in the lurch and head for the bright lights of Jerusalem. But he doesn't get far running first into reggae singing shepherds and then three groovy wise dudes following a star. Tom can hardly ignore the remarkable things they have to tell him. So what does he do next? What would any of us do? Richard and Thomas Allain retell the story of the Nativity in a new and individual way with immediacy and wit in a string of unforgettable tuneful songs and sharply clever words in an idiom accessible to everyone. Manger Tom can be performed with unison voices someone to narrate highly effective with just Piano or Keyboard accompaniment. But there are parts available too for instruments you might want to add. Included with the score of Manger Tom is a CD which comprises of a full performance of the musical numbers by professional singers and players as well as just the accompaniments for everyone to sing along to if they prefer. Additionally lyric sheets and a script are available as free downloads - visit www.hybridpublications.com to access the bonus material. Lyric sheets enable easy rehearsals and the script allows Manger Tom to be performed as a full nativity play. Review from Andrew Stewart of Classroom Music says: 'Manger Tom manages to squeeze within the space of eight numbers everything from big-band and rock numbers to reggae and in ‘Star of the

Seven songs for children's voices commissioned by the Zoltan Kodaly society to celebrate Kodaly's centenary. Tuneful and challenging songs for unaccompanied children’s voices SAA suitable for class and concert. The text by thecomposer is full of appealing references to life in the Orkneys and tells the story of a child’s journey between leaving and reaching home again. Includes ‘At The Shore’ ‘The Heather Track’ and ‘Tractor Ride’.The firstperformance took place at the Academy of Sciences Budapest in December 1982. It was given by the Children's Choir of Miskolc Music Primary School No. 6.

Moral: Being greedy won't make you happy. A ten minute musical adapted from the traditional Brothers Grimm tale featuring a mixture of song chanting in rap style choral speaking improvised percussion mime and narration.Suitable for performance by KS1 and Lower KS2 pupils at school Assemblies and end of term entertainments. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

A children's musical with six delightful songs suitable for early years and Key Stage 1. An imaginative new story that will entertain whilst carrying a strong moral teaching. Although Scarecrow needs and receives warm coats fromfriends...(silver fish polar bears and yellow fluffy ducklings) he gives them to others whom he feels need them more than himself. Woven around the story Mrs Christmas has shrunk Santa's party outfit. Will he be cross...? Hegives his shrunken suit to Scarecrow to keep him warm and all ends in a riotous Christmas party! This Teacher's Book is complete with CD containing all the music you will need for a full performance and also contains productionnotes story song lyrics and music.You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more informationand our application form.