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Emily Holt Crocker, founder and artistic director of the Milwaukee Children's Choir is recognized nationally as a leading expert in children's choirs. The Milwaukee Children's Choir has received acclaim for performances with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, the American Choral Directors Association, the Chiba People's Festival in Japan and the Canterbury (England) International Children's Choir Festival.
As a composer, Ms. Crocker's works have been performed around the world and she has received ASCAP awards for concert music since 1986. She is well known for her work in developing choral instructional materials and is an author of Experiencing Choral Music, choral textbook series for grades 6-12, published by McGraw-Hill/Glencoe. As a guest conductor, she led the Midwinter Children's Choral Festival in Carnegie Hall in 1999 and 2001 and has conducted the Milwaukee Symphony Pops Orchestra and the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra in performances with the Milwaukee Children's Choir. In 2002 she was awarded the Excellence in Youth Music award from the Civic Music Association of Milwaukee. |
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Emily Crocker : Voice Builders For Better Choirs This valuable resource is a must for every choral director. The 140 warmups and vocal exercises in a handy Book/CD format will help singers produce a free and open tone, develop clean articulation and diction, improve resonance, intonation and more. The enclosed CD includes demonstration for each accompanied exercise for full choir, small group or individual practice. Songlist: Preparation, Quality Sound, Expanding the Voice, Pronunciation, Choral Singing, Problem Solving, Piano Accompaniements ![]() Emily Crocker : Songs for Tenor-Bass Chorus (Collection) This collection of six songs for tenor-bass chorus was specifically created to provide traditional concert literature for beginning male ensembles in junior and senior high. Careful attention is given to the needs of changing voices, along with good part-writing and appealing subject matter. Available: TB/TTB. Songlist: Sansa Kroma, Passing By, Viva Tutti, Aura Lee, Blow, Ye Winds (Dougherty), Sleepers, Awake (Wachet Auf) ![]() Emily Crocker : A Cappella Songs for Mixed Chorus This collection of original songs and arrangements of folk tunes provides a long-needed source of a cappella contest literature for the developing choir. Quality texts, careful attention to range, tessitura, and thoughtful limits on melodic and harmonic complexity make these settings an ideal first a cappella experience. Available: SATB a cappella. Songlist: Winter, Fog, To Make A Prairie, Set Me As A Seal, See Them Dance, It Was A Lover And His Lass ![]() Emily Crocker : Read & Sing Folksongs Learn to read & sing a wealth of folksong history from the creative writing of Emily Crocker. Kick up your heels with singing and dancing games, a play party, hoedown, counting out rhyme, spirituals, sea shanty, riverboat work song and much more! Well-written lesson plans take you step-by-step from melody to harmony. Learn a song as you play a game activity. Practice selected rhythm & melodic patterns to help sight read the song. Add a simple ostinato or partner melody for instant harmony. Decide on the form, and then switch it up each time you perform! Add classroom percussion parts provided, or create your own. Sing a cappella, or with the recording on the enclosed CD, or perform live with the piano/vocal arrangements printed in the Teacher Book. Simple choreography suggestions are listed above the piano scores. And there's more! You can bring John Jacobson into your classroom with choreography videos available free online. The Teacher Book also comes with an Enhanced CD of audio recordings and PDFs of the singer songsheets in full color or black/white, so you have the freedom to print or project what you want! Perfect for classroom or concert programming. Have fun sight reading melody and harmony with Read & Sing. Suggested for Grades 3-6. ScorePlay - click to view score with recording. Songlist: Shake Those 'Simmons Down, Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow, May Day Carol, The Colorado Trail, Alabama Gal, Sailing On The Ocean, Skin And Bones, The Boatman, Icka Backa Soda Cracker, Sourwood Mountain, Cape Cod Girls, Charlie Over The Ocean ![]() Emily Crocker : Sight-Singing For SSA - Student An excellent introduction to sight singing for SSA chorus. From the creators of "Patterns of Sound" and "The Choral Approach to Sight Singing," comes this practical, easy-to-use sight-singing method for SSA choirs in junior high and high school! It includes 3-part exercises and songs (accompanied and a cappella) that begin from square one, assuming no previous training, and presents musical elements in a logical sequence that will yield quick results. Recommended for Grades 6-12. ![]() Emily Crocker : Essential Sight-Singing - Mixed Voices Based on the successful Essential Elements for Choir series, this new choral sight-singing method will allow you to build skills in all your choral ensembles in a handy octavo-sized volume! Featuring a step-by-step approach, unison and combinable exercises, and motivating short songs, these volumes provide a basis for developing music literacy within the choral rehearsal, allowing your singers to develop their full individual potential. Songlist: Beat And Rhythm; Basic Notation, Measures, Meters, And Barlines, Pitch, Scale And Key Of C, Whole Steps And Half Steps, Sharps And Flats; Key Of G, Accidental And Key Signature; Rests, Melodic Intervals; Harmonic Intervals, Tonic Chord, Key Of F Major, Eighth Notes And Rests, Changing Meters, Solfege; Numbers; Counting Systems; Simple Meter; Compound Meter ![]() Emily Crocker : Essential Musicianship: A Comprehensive Choral Method - Book 1 Teacher's Edition "Essential Musicianship, Book 1," recommended for Grades 6-8 or other beginning groups, is a sequential choral method that helps the beginning singer develop a strong foundation of musical skills. In each of the twenty chapters a concept is presented in the theory section, practiced in the sight-reading section, and applied in the performance of a song. The Teacher Edition provides comprehensive lesson plans based on the National Standards for Arts Education. Songlist: Introduction, To The Teacher, How To Use This Book, Lesson Plans, Effective Teaching Checklist, National Standards For Arts Education, Goals And Overview, Voice: Posture - Breath - Tone, Theory: Rhythm - Beat - Note Values (quarter, half, whole), Sight-Reading: Pitch Drills, Goals and Overview, Voice: Five Basic Vowels (ee, eh, ah, oh, oo), Theory: Basic Notation (staff, clefs, note names), Sight-Reading: Pitch Drills, Goals and Overview, Voice: Breath Support (diaphragm), Theory: Measure - Meter - Barlines, Sight-Reading: Rhythm Practice - Pitch Practice, Performance Speech Chorus, Months of the Year, Goals and Overview, Voice: Review, Theory : Review, Sight-Reading: Rhythm Practice - Pitch Practice, Performance: Speech Chorus, Tongue Twister, Goals and Overview, Voice: Practice (posture, breath, and vowel shape), Theory: Pitch - Scale - Key of C Major, Sight-Reading: Pitch Drills - Combine Rhythm and Pitch, and more ![]() Emily Crocker : Essential Sight Singing - Male Voices Based on the successful Essential Elements for Choir series, this new choral sight-singing method will allow you to build skills in all your choral ensembles in a handy octavo-sized volume! Featuring a step-by-step approach, unison and combinable exercises, and motivating short songs, these volumes provide a basis for developing music literacy within the choral rehearsal, allowing your singers to develop their full individual potential. Songlist: Beat and Rhythm, Pitch, Scale and Key of C, Whole Steps and Half Steps, Sharps and Flats, Accidentals and Key Signature: Rests, Melodic Intervals, Harmonic Intervals, Tonic Chord, Key of F Major, Eighth Notes and Rests, Changing Meters ![]() Emily Crocker : Essential Sight-Singing - Treble Voices Based on the successful Essential Elements for Choir series, this new choral sight-singing method will allow you to build skills in all your choral ensembles in a handy octavo-sized volume! Featuring a step-by-step approach, unison and combinable exercises, and motivating short songs, these volumes provide a basis for developing music literacy within the choral rehearsal, allowing your singers to develop their full individual potential. Songlist: Beat And Rhythm; Basic Notation, Measures, Meters, And Barlines, Pitch, Scale And Key Of C, Whole Steps And Half Steps, Sharps And Flats; Key Of G, Accidental And Key Signature; Rests, Melodic Intervals; Harmonic Intervals, Tonic Chord, Key Of F Major, Eighth Notes And Rests, Changing Meters, Solfege; Numbers; Counting Systems; Simple Meter; Compound Meter ![]() Emily Crocker : Warm Ups & Workouts For The Developing Choir Warm Ups and Work Outs for the Developing Choir is designed to integrate the elements of good singing into the choral rehearsal. The exercises, each with a specific objective, are aimed toward the developing singer in upper elementary or middle school, but can be successfully used by choirs of any level. Songlist: Warm Ups & Workouts Vol. 1, Warm Ups & Workouts Vol. 2 ![]() Emily Crocker : The Choral Approach to Sight-Singing Vol. 2 - Teacher's Edition Here is an exciting easy-to-use sight-singing method for middle school/jr. high choirs that starts from square one, assuming no previous training. It is presented in a logical, sequenced order, with harmonically combinable exercises to develop rhythmic and melodic independence. The collection offers a variety of a cappella and accompanied songs for 3-Part Mixed voices. This is volume 2! Songlist: Rhythm - Let's Review, Key of F _ Review and Practice, Syncopation, Two Practice, Key of G, Exercises in G, Key of D, Key of A Flat, Key of E Flat, Key of B Flat ![]() Emily Crocker : Essential Sight-Singing Vol. 2 for Treble Voices Based on the successful 'Essential Elements for Choir series, this second volume in our choral sight-singing method will allow you to continue to build skills in your choral ensembles with a handy octavo-sized volume! Continuing where Volume 1 finished, this step-by-step approach uses unison and combinable exercises along with motivating songs to provide a basis for developing music literacy within the choral rehearsal. The Accompaniment CDs provide light accompaniment for the combinable pitch builders, speech choruses and songs. In keeping with the spirit of sight-reading, there is no singing on the CDs. Songlist: Beat and Rhythm; Basic Notation; Measure, Meters & Barlines, Pitch, Scale & Key of C, Whole Steps and Half Steps; Ledger Lines, Sharps and Flats; Key of G Major; Accidentals and Key Signature, Melodic Intervals; Harmonic Intervals, Tonic Chord; Rests, Changing Meters, Eighth Notes and Rests; Dominant chord, Key of F Major, Subdominant Chord, Key of D Major, Sixteenth Notes and Rests, Key of Bb Major, Natural Minor Scale; Relative Minor Scales, Ties and Slurs; Dotted Notes and Thythms, Appendix: Solfege; Numbers; Counting Systems; Simple Meter; Compound Meter ![]() Emily Crocker : Sight-Singing For SSA An excellent introduction to sight singing for SSA chorus. From the creators of "Patterns of Sound" and "The Choral Approach to Sight Singing," comes this practical, easy-to-use sight-singing method for SSA choirs in junior high and high school! It includes 3-part exercises and songs (accompanied and a cappella) that begin from square one, assuming no previous training, and presents musical elements in a logical sequence that will yield quick results. Recommended for Grades 6-12. Songlist: Travel On, Good Night!, Young Man Came A-Courting, The Librarian, Oh Dear, Ties and Slurs, Goodbye, Goodbye, Who Has Seen The Wind?, As I Was Out Walking, Good Luck Song, One I Love, Slovak Folk Song, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Green Grow The Rushes, Skater's Waltz, Summer Is A-Coming In, Song Without Words, Ev'ry Night ![]() Emily Crocker : Patterns Of Sound Vol 1 Don't read notes, read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading, careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing, pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one, assuming no previous training, with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes, rests, meter, pitch and unison/2-part songs in Vol. 1, and continue in Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation, keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Songlist: Rhythm - Let's Begin!, Adding Pitch to Rhythm, Let's Harmonize, Finding Your Starting Pitch, New Patterns, New Notes, New Combinations, Bigger Jumps (Intervals), Songs In Two Parts ![]() Emily Crocker : A Gingerbread Christmas (Holiday Musical) Mmm, the smell of gingerbread baking at Christmas time brings back sweet holiday memories, except when you're the Gingerbread Boy and Santa's on his way for a midnight snack! Join in the antics of the Christmas toys and the Gingerbread Boy in their merry Christmas Eve celebration. This light-hearted 15-minute musical for lower elementary grades features a heart-warming Christmas story plus 5 delightful original songs and opportunities to involve many students on stage. The Teacher's Manual contains the full script and accompanied songs along with movement, staging and costume suggestions. The professionally-orchestrated ShowTrax CD adds special holiday sparkle for a show that's sure to be a wonderful experience for students, parents and teachers. Cook up some holiday magic at your school this year! Available: Teacher's Manual, Singer's Edition 5-Pak, Preview CD (full performance) and Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: 15 minutes. For Gr. K-3. Songlist: A Gingerbread Christmas, One Special Cookie, March Of The Christmas Toys, Why Is It Christmas Tonight, Holiday Jubilee, A ![]() Emily Crocker : A Gingerbread Christmas (Holiday Musical) Mmm, the smell of gingerbread baking at Christmas time brings back sweet holiday memories, except when you're the Gingerbread Boy and Santa's on his way for a midnight snack! Join in the antics of the Christmas toys and the Gingerbread Boy in their merry Christmas Eve celebration. This light-hearted 15-minute musical for lower elementary grades features a heart-warming Christmas story plus 5 delightful original songs and opportunities to involve many students on stage. The Teacher's Manual contains the full script and accompanied songs along with movement, staging and costume suggestions. The professionally-orchestrated ShowTrax CD adds special holiday sparkle for a show that's sure to be a wonderful experience for students, parents and teachers. Cook up some holiday magic at your school this year! Available: Teacher's Manual, Singer's Edition 5-Pak, Preview CD (full performance) and Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: 15 minutes. For gr. K-3. Songlist: A Gingerbread Christmas, One Special Cookie, March Of The Christmas Toys, Why Is It Christmas Tonight, Holiday Jubilee, A ![]() Emily Crocker : A Gingerbread Christmas (Holiday Musical) Mmm, the smell of gingerbread baking at Christmas time brings back sweet holiday memories, except when you're the Gingerbread Boy and Santa's on his way for a midnight snack! Join in the antics of the Christmas toys and the Gingerbread Boy in their merry Christmas Eve celebration. This light-hearted 15-minute musical for lower elementary grades features a heart-warming Christmas story plus 5 delightful original songs and opportunities to involve many students on stage. The Teacher's Manual contains the full script and accompanied songs along with movement, staging and costume suggestions. The professionally-orchestrated ShowTrax CD adds special holiday sparkle for a show that's sure to be a wonderful experience for students, parents and teachers. Cook up some holiday magic at your school this year! Available: Teacher's Manual, Singer's Edition 5-Pak, Preview CD (full performance) and Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: 15 minutes. For gr. K-3. Songlist: A Gingerbread Christmas, One Special Cookie, March Of The Christmas Toys, Why Is It Christmas Tonight, Holiday Jubilee, A ![]() Emily Crocker & John Leavitt : Essential Musicianship: A Comprehensive Choral Method Book 2 Essential Musicianship, Book 2, recommended for Grades 8-10 or other older beginners, is a sequential choral method that helps the older beginner or returning singer develop basic to intermediate skills. Each of the twenty chapters includes materials for vocal development, music theory, sight reading and performance. The Teacher Edition provides comprehensive lesson plans based on the National Standards for Arts Education. Songlist: To The Teacher, National Standards For Arts Education, Effective Teaching Checklist, Goals and Overview, Voice: Posture - Breath - Tone - 5 Basic Vowels, Theory: Rhythm - Beat - Note Values (quarter, half, whole), Sight-Reading: Rhythm Drills, Theory: Basic Notation (staff, clefs, note names), Sight-Reading: Note Identification, Goals and Overview, Voice: Breath Support (diaphragm), Theory: Measure - Meter - Barlines, Sight-Reading: Pitch Drills, Performance: Accompanied Song, Sweet Music in the Night (unison), Goals and Overview, Voice: Practice (posture, breath, vowels), Theory: Review, Theory: Whole Steps and Half Steps, Sight-Reading: Whole/Half Step Practice, Performance: A Cappella Songs, Treble: Indian Summer, Tenor Bass: Love's Lament, Mixed: Kyrie Eleison, Goals and Overview, Voice: Practice (posture, breath, vowels) - Articulation, Theory: Sharps and Flats - Key of C Review - Key of G, Sight-Reading: Pitch Drills (key of G practice), Theory: Accidentals - Key Signature, Sight-Reading: Pitch Drills (key of G practice), and more ![]() Emily Crocker & John Leavitt : Essential Musicianship: A Comprehensive Choral Method Book 3 Essential Musicianship is a sequential comprehensive curriculum that is designed to build all the skills of a choral musician. It includes Voice-builders, Theory-Builders, Sight-Reading exercises and songs which can be used for classroom or concert. The easy-to-use format allows the books to be used with all types of choir: mixed, treble or tenor bass. Songlist: To The Teacher, National Standards for Arts Education, Effective Teaching Checklist, Goals and Overview, Voice: Posture - Breath - Tone Production, Theory: Key - Scale - Circle of Fifths, Sight-Reading: Major and Minor Pitch Practice, Performance: A Cappella Canon, Da Pacem Domine (2,3, or 4-Part any combination), Goals and Overview, Voice: Breath - Tone Production - Resonance, Theory: Simple Meter - Beat - Division - Subdivision, Sight-Reading: Practice Simple Meters (rhythm and pitch exercises), Performance: A Cappella Songs, Treble: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, Tenor Bass: Shalom Chaverim, Mixed: The Water is Wide, Goals and Overview, Voice: Breath - Tone Production - Resonance - Range Extension, Theory: Intervals (major, minor, perfect), Sight-Reading: Melodic and Harmonic Interval Practice, Performance: A Cappella Songs, Treble: I Know Where I'm Going, Tenor Bass: Sit Down, Brother, Mixed: The Silver Moon is Shining, Goals and Overview, Voice: Posture - Breath - Resonance, Theory: Intervals (diminished, augmented), Sight-Reading: Interval Practice, Performance: A Cappella Songs, and more ![]() Emily Crocker & John Leavitt : Essential Sight-Singing Vol. 2 for Mixed Voices Based on the successful 'Essential Elements for Choir series, this second volume in our choral sight-singing method will allow you to continue to build skills in your choral ensembles with a handy octavo-sized volume! Continuing where Volume 1 finished, this step-by-step approach uses unison and combinable exercises along with motivating songs to provide a basis for developing music literacy within the choral rehearsal. The Accompaniment CDs provide light accompaniment for the combinable pitch builders, speech choruses and songs. In keeping with the spirit of sight-reading, there is no singing on the CDs. Songlist: Beat and Rhythm; Basic Notation; Measure, Meters & Barlines, Pitch, Scale & Key of C, Whole Steps and Half Steps; Ledger Lines, Sharps and Flats; Key of G Major; Accidentals and Key Signature, Melodic Intervals; Harmonic Intervals, Tonic Chord; Rests, Changing Meters, Eighth Notes and Rests; Dominant chord, Key of F Major, Subdominant Chord, Key of D Major, Sixteenth Notes and Rests, Key of Bb Major, Natural Minor Scale; Relative Minor Scales, Ties and Slurs; Dotted Notes and Thythms, Appendix: Solfege; Numbers; Counting Systems; Simple Meter; Compound Meter ![]() Emily Crocker & John Leavitt : Essential Sight-Singing Vol. 2 for Male Voices Based on the successful 'Essential Elements for Choir series, this second volume in our choral sight-singing method will allow you to continue to build skills in your choral ensembles with a handy octavo-sized volume! Continuing where Volume 1 finished, this step-by-step approach uses unison and combinable exercises along with motivating songs to provide a basis for developing music literacy within the choral rehearsal. The Accompaniment CDs provide light accompaniment for the combinable pitch builders, speech choruses and songs. In keeping with the spirit of sight-reading, there is no singing on the CDs. Songlist: Beat and Rhythm; Basic Notation; Measure, Meters & Barlines, Pitch, Scale & Key of C, Whole Steps and Half Steps; Ledger Lines, Sharps and Flats; Key of G Major; Accidentals and Key Signature, Melodic Intervals; Harmonic Intervals, Tonic Chord; Rests, Changing Meters, Eighth Notes and Rests; Dominant chord, Key of F Major, Subdominant Chord, Key of D Major, Sixteenth Notes and Rests, Key of Bb Major, Natural Minor Scale; Relative Minor Scales, Ties and Slurs; Dotted Notes and Thythms, Appendix: Solfege; Numbers; Counting Systems; Simple Meter; Compound Meter ![]() Emily Crocker & Joyce Eilers : Choral Approach to Sight Singing Here is an exciting easy-to-use sight-singing method for middle school/jr. high choirs that starts from square one, assuming no previous training. It is presented in a logical, sequenced order, with harmonically combinable exercises to develop rhythmic and melodic independence. The collection offers a variety of a cappella and accompanied songs for 3-Part Mixed voices in two sequenced volumes. The Teacher's Edition additionally includes complete instruction for use of the method! Songlist: Rhythm - Let's Begin, Singing Exercises, Rests - Silent Breathes, The Pitch Ladder, New Patterns, Warm-Ups, Tune-Ups, Ties, Slurs, Dotted Notes, How To Find Do, Terms And Symbols Glossary ![]() Emily Crocker / John Leavitt : Essential Musicianship - Book 1, Student Essential Musicianship, Book 1," recommended for Grades 6-8 or other beginning groups, is a sequential choral method that helps the beginning singer develop a strong foundation of musical skills. In each of the twenty chapters a concept is presented in the theory section, practiced in the sight-reading section, and applied in the performance of a song. Book 1 contains drills, exercises and 37 practice/performance songs for mixed, treble and tenor bass choir. Songlist: Alleluia, Animal Song, As The Holly Groweth Green, The Bells, Betty Botter, The Call, Dance!, Erin, Hey Diddle Diddle!, Hosanna, The Hunt, Joyfully Sing, King William, Leave Her, Johnny, Let Us Chase The Squirrel, Love In Thy Youth, O Music, Sweet Music, Oh Soldier, Soldier, Rain, Shipwrecked, Sing Alleluia, Sing Your Songs, Sons Of Art, Spring Quiet, Winter ![]() Emily Crocker / John Leavitt : Essential Musicianship - Book 2, Student "Essential Musicianship, Book 2," recommended for Grades 8-10 or other older beginners, is a sequential choral method that helps the older beginner or returning singer develop basic to intermediate skills. Each of the twenty chapters includes materials for vocal development, music theory, sight reading and performance. Basic notation, rhythm, pitch and basic harmony are covered through drills, exercises and 44 practice/performance songs for mixed, treble and tenor bass choirs. Songlist: All Join Hands, Au Clair De La Lune, Christmas Comin', Come Follow, Cripple Creek, Down In The Valley, The Flowers, Fog, Fond Affection, He Is Born, Hosanna In Excelsis Deo, How Doth The Little Crocodile, Hush, Little Baby, Indian Summer, Intery Mintery, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Jerimiah Obadiah, Jubilate Deo, The Jumblies, The Kangaroo, Kyrie Eleison, Long, Long Ago, Love's Lament, Music, When Soft Voices Die, O! Mankind, The Old Brass Wagon, The Rainbow, The Red River Valley, San Serini, See Them Dance, and more ![]() Emily Crocker / John Leavitt : Essential Musicianship - Book 3, Student "Essential Musicianship, Book 3," recommended for Grades 10-12 or other advanced singers, is a sequential choral method that helps the returning high school singer develop intermediate to advanced skills. Concepts presented include major/minor scales, diatonic chords, intervals, chromaticism, categories of harmony, modes, simple, asymmetric and changing meters. The 52 practice/performance songs for mixed, treble and tenor bass choirs are designed to improve reading skills through expressive singing. Songlist: Aura Lee, Awake, Arise!, Benedictus, Bound For The Promised Land, Canon, Cape Cod Girls, The Colorado Trail, Confitemini Domino, Da Pacem Domine, Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron, Deck The Hall, Down By The Riverside, Faith And Hope And Love, Fine Knacks For Ladies, Gloria!, Goin' Round The Mountain, Golden Slumbers, Good Night Ladies, Greensleeves, The Gypsy Rover, Hi-Ho The Holly, I Know Where I'm Goin', Illumina Oculos Meos, Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning, Kumbaya, Kyrie Eleison, Locus Iste, My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean, My True Love Hath My Heart, O Mistress Mine, and more ![]() Emily Crocker / John Leavitt : Essential Musicianship - Level One Teacher Edition "Essential Musicianship, Book 1," recommended for Grades 6-8 or other beginning groups, is a sequential choral method that helps the beginning singer develop a strong foundation of musical skills. In each of the twenty chapters a concept is presented in the theory section, practiced in the sight-reading section, and applied in the performance of a song. The Teacher Edition provides comprehensive lesson plans based on the National Standards for Arts Education. Songlist: Alleluia, Animal Song, As The Holly Groweth Green, The Bells, Betty Botter, The Call, Dance!, Erin, Hey Diddle Diddle!, Hosanna, The Hunt, Joyfully Sing, King William, Leave Her, Johnny, Let Us Chase The Squirrel, Love In Thy Youth, O Music, Sweet Music, Oh Soldier, Soldier, Rain, Shipwrecked, Sing Alleluia, Sing Your Songs, Sons Of Art, Spring Quiet, Winter ![]() Emily Crocker / John Leavitt : Essential Musicianship - Level Two Teacher Edition "Essential Musicianship, Book 2," recommended for Grades 8-10 or other older beginners, is a sequential choral method that helps the older beginner or returning singer develop basic to intermediate skills. Each of the twenty chapters includes materials for vocal development, music theory, sight reading and performance. The Teacher Edition provides comprehensive lesson plans based on the National Standards for Arts Education. Songlist: All Join Hands, Au Clair De La Lune, Christmas Comin', Come Follow, Cripple Creek, Down In The Valley, The Flowers, Fog, Fond Affection, He Is Born, Hosanna In Excelsis Deo, How Doth The Little Crocodile, Hush, Little Baby, Indian Summer, Intery Mintery, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Jerimiah Obadiah, Jubilate Deo, The Jumblies, The Kangaroo, Kyrie Eleison, Long, Long Ago, Love's Lament, Music, When Soft Voices Die, O! Mankind, The Old Brass Wagon, The Rainbow, The Red River Valley, San Serini, See Them Dance, and more ![]() Emily Crocker / John Leavitt : Essential Musicianship - Level Three Teacher Edition ESSENTIAL MUSICIANSHIP is a sequential comprehensive curriculum that is designed to build all the skills of a choral musician. It includes Voice-builders, Theory-Builders, Sight-Reading exercises and songs which can be used for classroom or concert. The easy-to-use format allows the books to be used with all types of choir: mixed, treble or tenor bass. Songlist: All People On Earth Do Dwell, All The Pretty Little Horses, Amazing Grace, An' Thou Wert My Ain Thing, Antiphonal Alleluia, Aura Lee, Awake, Arise!, Benedictus, Bound For The Promised Land, Canon, Cape Cod Girls, The Colorado Trail, Confitemini Domino, Da Pacem Domine, Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron, Deck The Hall, Down By The Riverside, Faith And Hope And Love, Fine Knacks For Ladies, Gloria!, Goin' Round The Mountain, Golden Slumbers, Good Night Ladies, Greensleeves, The Gypsy Rover, Hi-Ho The Holly, I Know Where I'm Goin', Illumina Oculos Meos, Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning, Kumbaya, and more ![]() Emily Crocker / John Leavitt : TTBB Songbook - A Cappella Songs for Tenor Bass Chorus This collection of original songs and arrangements of folk tunes provides a long-needed source of a cappella contest literature for the developing choir. Quality texts, careful attention to range, tessitura, and thoughtful limits on melodic and harmonic complexity make these settings an ideal first a cappella experience. The collection is also a resource for concert and sight-reading material for beginning and developing men's choruses. Songlist: Greensleeves, Kumbaya, Vive La Compagnie!, As The Holly Groweth Green, Down In The Valley, Leave Her, Johnny, The Old Brass Wagon, The Red River Valley, Sons Of Art ![]() Emily Crocker / John Leavitt : A Cappella Songs For Treble Voices This collection of original songs and arrangements of folk tunes provides a long-needed source of a cappella contest literature for the developing choir. Quality texts, careful attention to range, tessitura, and thoughtful limits on melodic and harmonic complexity make these settings an ideal first a cappella experience. Songlist: All Join Hands, Au Clair De La Lune, Indian Summer, Long, Long Ago, Love In Thy Youth, Spring Quiet ![]() Joyce Eilers and Emily Crocker : Patterns of Sound - Teacher's Edition Vol. 2 Don't read notes, read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading, careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing, pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one, assuming no previous training, with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes, rests, meter, pitch and unison/2-part songs in Vol. 1, and continue in Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation, keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Songlist: Rhythm - Let's Review, Let's Review Pitch, Ties, Name That Tune, Hear the Wind, Slurs, Dotted Notes, Songs Using Dotted Notes, Angels We Have Heard on High, More Dotted Rhythms, More Practice, Name That Tune, Getting Up to Speed, Go Tell It On The Mountain, On the Road Again, Pick Up Notes, Ezekiel Saw The Wheel, Syncopation Information, Combining Pitch and Rhythm, Here We Go Again, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Ping Pong, Our Gallant Whaling Ship, Counting in Six, 3/8 Notes and Rests, New 6/8 Combinations, Name That Tune, On We Go, The Echo, How to Find Do, and more ![]() Rollo Dilworth and Emily Crocker : Choir Builders for Growing Voices When do you start teaching proper vocal technique to young voices? RIGHT NOW! Here are 19 fun and original exercises that will get your students' growing voices on the right track to producing a quality sound. Posture, breathing, flexibility, range of voice and more are all addressed in these wonderful exercises for young voices. Sing along with the demonstration tracks on the enclosed CD for quick learning, or use the accompaniment-only tracks for ear training and assessment options. Get ready to workout to a better sounding choir! Available: Book/CD (with reproducible pages). Suggested for grades 3-8. Songlist: All Nations, Sing!, Articulate!, At The Market, A Celtic Interlude, A December Scene, Diction Warm-Up, The Giant And The Flea, Happy At Home, Hey You! Who Me?, I Will Sing This Song For You, Individuality, Interval Training, The Magic Of Music, Phineas The Frog, Rock And Roll Rhythms, Stand Up To Sing, Tune Your Voices, Unity Song ![]() |
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The melody of this beautiful Irish Air spans an interval of a 12th. Here, it is skillfully arranged with the melody passed back and forth between the voice parts, with all parts being important to the full texture. Young men will find it both challenging and rewarding as they communicate the nostalgic longing for home expressed in these lyrics. Detailed notes are offered on page two including warm ups and insights into performing this music.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Country: Ireland
The beauty and freshness of spring bursts into being with this exuberant original for treble voices. A vibrant theme lends itself to call and response, imitation and variation over a buoyant piano accompaniment contrasting with a more subdued middle section. An ideal concert and festival selection for developing choirs in middle and high school.
Composer: Emily Crocker
Here is a delightful piece that sings itself. Based on a traditional canon, this joyful work is ideal for holiday concerts and can be sung by mixed and treble choirs alike. Available: 3-Part Any Comb. Performance Time: Approx. 2:15
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Beginning with a spirited piano introduction, the voices take off with power and jubilance. Rhythmic vitality, meter changes and full divisi in voices make this piece an effective concert opener/closer. Available: SATB. Performance Time: Approx. 2:10.
Composer: Emily Crocker
Experience the magic of Mendelssohn's music and the spell of Shakespeare's words in this sprightly setting adapted for chorus. An exciting challenge for treble choruses, it will be lots of fun to rehearse and perform! Duration: ca. 4:10.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Originally arranged in 1948, Dougherty's sea chanties have been a staple of the solo repertiore. This choral edition brings this compelling repertoire to a new generation of singers. Well-crafted and expressive. Available for SATB, TTB and SA. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composer: Celius Dougherty | Country: Ireland
Originally arranged in 1948, Dougherty's sea chanties have been a staple of the solo repertiore. This choral edition brings this compelling repertoire to a new generation of singers. Well-crafted and expressive. Available for SATB, TTB and SA. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Country: Ireland
Originally arranged in 1948, Dougherty's sea chanties have been a staple of the solo repertiore. This choral edition brings this compelling repertoire to a new generation of singers. Well-crafted and expressive. Available for SATB, TTB and SA. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Country: Ireland
This joyful festival anthem in Emily Crocker's highly-regarded concert festival series is uplifting, accessible and extremely well-crafted for choirs of all ages. In this contemporary setting, the traditional Latin is combined with an English hymn text. Available: SATB, 2-Part, 3-Part Mixed. Performance Time: Approx. 3:15.
Composer: Emily Crocker
This joyful festival anthem in Emily Crocker's highly-regarded concert festival series is uplifting, accessible and extremely well-crafted for choirs of all ages. In this contemporary setting, the traditional Latin is combined with an English hymn text. Available: SATB, 2-Part, 3-Part Mixed. Performance Time: Approx. 3:15.
Composer: Emily Crocker
Featuring canonic imitation, vocal ostinati, and delicately intertwining melodies, this a cappella setting is stunning.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
From John Denver, this uplifting anthem is stirring in its simplicity. Available: 2-Part. Performance Time: 4:30.
Arranger: Emily Crocker Performed By: John Denver
Includes: As the Holly Groweth Green, Down in the Valley, Leave Her Johnny, The Old Brass Wagon, Red River Valley, Sons of Art. This collection of original songs and arrangements of folk tunes provides a long-needed source of a cappella contest literature for the developing choir. Quality texts, careful attention to range, tessitura, and thoughtful limits on melodic and harmonic complexity make these settings an ideal first a cappella experience.
Arranger: Emily Crocker / John Leavitt
This beloved melody has been popular for over 100 years. An excellent selection for middle school men's choirs, this expressive setting will enhance any concert. May be performed a cappella.Available separately: TB and VoiceTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:45 Discovery Level 1.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Buoyant mixed meter and soaring vocal lines are the hallmark of this concert selection written for the Florida Elementary All-State Choir. Fine writing for young voices and a mixture of textures and styles are brilliantly displayed in this ABA piece.Available separately: 3-Part Mixed and 2-Part. VoiceTrax CD also available. Performance Time: Approx. 2:00
Composer: Emily Crocker
Buoyant mixed meter and soaring vocal lines are the hallmark of this concert selection written for the Florida Elementary All-State Choir. Fine writing for young voices and a mixture of textures and styles are brilliantly displayed in this ABA piece.Available separately: 3-Part Mixed and 2-Part. VoiceTrax CD also available. Performance Time: Approx. 2:00. Level 2.
Composer: Emily Crocker
The treasured song from the notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach in an arrangement by Emily Crocker. Has an optional 2nd part, a beautiful English text, and a rich optional string orchestra accompaniment. Available: Unison/2-part, Instrumental Pak. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Canonic imitation and development propel this sturdy folk setting to a powerful and dramatic conclusion.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Give your young choir a chance to shine with this well-crafted arrangement. The popular sea chantey is accompanied by a rollicking piano part that enhances the easy vocal lines.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Three lively spirituals combine to tell the story of Noah and the ark. Easily learned in a short period of time and fun to perform, it includes: Who Built the Ark?, Brother Noah, Didn't It Rain. Available separately: 2-Part, VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:40.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Here's a piece that will be fun to perform and a snap to put together! Building gradually from one part, to two, then three, and finally all four, this calypso flavored original is ideal for Christmas and holiday concerts. With several contrasting sections and optional bass and percussion you'll bring some warm Caribbean sunshine into the cold of winter.
Composer: Emily Crocker | Country: Caribbean
Men's choirs will sound fantastic with this vigorous sea chantey. It offers a rousing chorus, tongue-in-cheek humor and well-crafted vocal and piano parts. Available: TTBB. Performance Time: Approx. 2:15.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Country: United States
Here is a tapestry of carols that you will perform again and again! Opening brightly with a mixed meter choral fanfare, it then moves into a smooth and unhurried verse and chorus of Angels We Have Heard on High, followed by Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming and culminating with a joyful Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. It can be performed with piano or a cappella, making it especially useful for community performances. Available separately: SATB, SSAA. Duration: ca. 3:20.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Here is a tapestry of carols that you will perform again and again! Opening brightly with a mixed meter choral fanfare, it then moves into a smooth and unhurried verse and chorus of Angels We Have Heard on High, followed by Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming and culminating with a joyful Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. It can be performed with piano or a cappella, making it especially useful for community performances. Available separately: SATB, SSAA. Duration: ca. 3:20.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
The chance for some hand clapping and foot stomping is sure to make this American folksong showcase a big success with your singers. Available: 2-Part.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Country: United States
Now available for SAT(B) and 2-Part choirs, you'll bring down the house with this Christmas rocker. Especially good for developing choirs in middle and high school! Available separately, SAT(B), TBB, 2-Part and VoiceTrax CD.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Now available for SAT(B) and 2-Part choirs, you'll bring down the house with this Christmas rocker. Especially good for developing choirs in middle and high school! Available separately, SAT(B), TBB, 2-Part and VoiceTrax CD.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Let the men of the choir bring down the house with this Christmas rocker! An optional 2nd tenor part makes this arrangement easily adaptable for junior high or high school performances. Available: TBB.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Emily Crocker's arrangement of this favorite spiritual is full of fun and is complimented by the accompaniment's walking bass line. It's an easy yet impressive selection for male choir. Available: TTB.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
From the Birthday Ode for Queen Mary in 1694, this short, tuneful anthem is great for concert and contest with younger and developing choirs. Available: 2-Part, 3-Part Mixed. Performance Time: Approx. 1:30.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composer: Henry Purcell
From the Birthday Ode for Queen Mary in 1694, this short, tuneful anthem is great for concert and contest with younger and developing choirs. Available: 2-Part, 3-Part Mixed. Performance Time: Approx. 1:30.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composer: Henry Purcell
Now available separately: 3-Part Mixed, and TB groups, this old American fiddle tune with some clever lyrical additions is a delightful program winner!Available separately: 3-Part Mixed, 2-Part, TB and VoiceTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 1:50.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Country: United States
Now available separately: 3-Part Mixed, and TB groups, this old American fiddle tune with some clever lyrical additions is a delightful program winner!Available separately: 3-Part Mixed, 2-Part, TB and VoiceTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 1:50.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Country: United States
Now available separately: 3-Part Mixed, and TB groups, this old American fiddletune with some clever lyrical additions is a delightful program winner!
Arranger: Emily Crocker
Give your young singers an opportunity to experience classical style with this charming Beethoven art song with an optional added harmony part. A simple and easily learned teaching piece, it is also an excellent choice for contest and festival. German and English lyrics. Available: Unison/2-Part. Performance Time: Approx. 1:30.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Country: Germany
Share the sights and sounds of December with this cheerful holiday original that will warm every heart! Easily learned for younger choirs in elementary and middle school. With flute. Available separately: 3-Part Mixed, Unison/opt. 2-Part, VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:30.
Composer: Emily Crocker
Share the sights and sounds of December with this cheerful holiday original that will warm every heart! Easily learned for younger choirs in elementary and middle school. With flute. Available separately: 3-Part Mixed, Unison/opt. 2-Part, VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:30.
Composer: Emily Crocker
In a sparkling arrangement by Emily Crocker, this favorite spiritual offers wonderful opportunities for young choirs to develop articulation and dynamics. A guaranteed show-stopper! Available: 2-Part. Performance Time: Approx. 1:50.
Arranger: Emily Crocker
This setting of the perennial Christmas favorite has a refreshing quality about it with creative style and key changes. Now available with a new orchestration by John Leavitt, it is even more ideal for school, church and community performances.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composer: Johnny Mann
This setting of the perennial Christmas favorite has a refreshing quality about it with creative style and key changes. Now available with a new orchestration by John Leavitt, it is even more ideal for school, church and community performances.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composer: Johnny Mann
This setting of the perennial Christmas favorite has a refreshing quality about it with creative style and key changes. Now available with a new orchestration by John Leavitt, it is even more ideal for school, church and community performances.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composer: Johnny Mann
One of Vaughan Williams' most popular arrangements for men's voices, this edition is adapted for 3-part male voices with piano. Despite the morbid title, it is a comical farce, with interweaving vocal lines and lots of opportunities for expression.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Inspired by the traditional Sami yoik, a very old vocal tradition among the Sami people of Scandinavia and Russia, this beautiful music was used in the Disney animated film Frozen. Now available in several voicings, all choirs can now enjoy these works that are infused with style and ethnic authenticity that will bring a wonderful and unique sound to your choral concert.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composers: Frode Fjellheim and Robert Lopez | Country: Scandinavia | Musical: Frozen
Inspired by the traditional Sami yoik, a very old vocal tradition among the Sami people of Scandinavia and Russia, this beautiful music was used in the Disney animated film Frozen. Now available in several voicings, all choirs can now enjoy these works that are infused with style and ethnic authenticity that will bring a wonderful and unique sound to your choral concert.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composers: Frode Fjellheim and Robert Lopez | Country: Scandinavia | Musical: Frozen
Inspired by the traditional Sami yoik, a very old vocal tradition among the Sami people of Scandinavia and Russia, this beautiful music was used in the Disney animated film Frozen. Now available in several voicings, all choirs can now enjoy these works that are infused with style and ethnic authenticity that will bring a wonderful and unique sound to your choral concert.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composers: Frode Fjellheim and Robert Lopez | Country: Norway | Musical: Frozen
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