Lords-a-leaping Swans-a-swimming Join the gang as they celebrate the season kid-style in this delightful all-school revue for elementary and middle school performers.Opening with a festive setting of the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas the show highlights a special treat for each day of the holiday season. From decorating the tree and faxing a letter to Santa to caroling and going on a sleighride there's something for everyone in this dazzling 40-minute Christmas spectacular.Featuring an enjoyable mix of new and familiar Christmas songs especially arranged for young voices the show is easily staged by one class or several and includeseasy-to-perform dialog and staging by John Jacobson along with a sparkling orchestration on the ShowTrax CD.Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition 5-Pak Preview Cassette (full performance only) and Performance/Accompaniment CD (set of 2). Performance Time: 40 minutes. For Grades K-6.
SKU: HL.144488
ISBN 9781495017643. UPC: 888680062330. 5x5 inches. John Jacobson/Roger Emerson.
Party the Partridge is stuck up in the pear tree! It will take 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords-a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing and all of the rest of the famous characters from the classic holiday song to get him down. Through their hilarious and sometime ridiculous musical adventures, they all rediscover the magic of the season and one of the most precious gifts of all - being together with family and friends. Designed for performers in upper elementary and middle school, this 35-minute musical features six original songs with connecting script and over 40 speaking parts. The Teacher Edition is filled with quality performance material including piano/vocal song arrangements and choreography, script, and helpful production guide. For added value, the ready-to-use student books include songs and script, and will enhance the musical experience for your young aspiring actors/singers!
SKU: HL.144490
ISBN 9781495017650. UPC: 888680062347. 6.75x10.5 inches. John Jacobson/Roger Emerson.
SKU: HL.49030432
ISBN 9781902455013. English. John Minnion.
In this sixth book of the series, the authors builld upon the lower junior stage, and use a similar modular format. Designed to extend skill acquisition in performance, improvising and composing, listening and appraising, and notating music, pupils are challenged by incresingly demanding musical materials. At the same time there is an emphasis on pupils acquiring knowledge and expertise of the deep structures of a range of music, and a greater acknowledgement of musical purpose and context. Attuned to the National Curriculum experiences, particular features of this book are: a consolidation and deepening of vocal and instrumental techniques and performance * an integrated approach to improvising and composing, combing skills in listening and appraising, knowledge and understanding * a module focusing on aural observation, representation, recording and notation of sound * an active, analytical and frequently physical approach to listening and appraising * a focus on music in its social and historical context in relation to dance.
SKU: AP.43337
UPC: 038081488783. English. Traditional Carol.
This hilarious send-up spoofs the usual gifts presented in the well-known song: Eight ugly sweaters, seven pink flamingos, six Hawaiian shirts. The parody text provides lots of laughs, while the ever-changing musical styles (including even Latin and disco) are guaranteed to entertain.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
