Review: Junior Songscape is the perfect resource for primary school singing, and prepares the way for Lin Marsh's hugely successful Songscape book. This is an invaluable collection of twenty-eight songs covering an exciting range of musical styles, from ethnic music, theater, pop classics and rounds, to Lin Marsh's original pieces. The book is divided into five different sections to provide topic ideas for teachers: seasons, feelings, history, Shakespeare and travel. It also includes Stars, Hide Your Fires from the QCA'S Key Stage 2 Schemes of Work. A tremendous opportunity for bringing confidence into the classroom and for concert singing, with vocal ranges carefully considered for the age group. Several songs have optional additional vocal parts and the keyboard accompaniments are well within the grasp of pianists of moderate ability. The accompanying CD includes complete performances of all the songs; adjusting the balance channel provides piano accompaniments alone.

Songlist: Orange And Yellow And Brown, Summer Holiday, Listen To The Rain, Summer, Carry The Corn, No Matter What, Do You Know How It Feels?, Over The Rainbow, Consider Yourself (Oliver), Singing In The Bath, Tomorrow (Annie), Thank You For The Music, The Disco Beat, Whistle Down The Wind, The Last Dinosaur, and more

Voicing: Children

2142b | Songbook & CD | $34.95 |

Review: This is a collection of 25 original songs themed on the elements: Earth, Sea and Sky. The original idea was conceived for a cluster of primary schools in Devon who were embarking on a 'Planet Earth' whole school project. As a result the Sea songs are aimed at 5-6 year olds, 7-8 year olds tackle the Earth songs and 9-10 year olds have the Sky songs. Although conceived as a whole school project Earth, Sea and Sky works equally as well as a song book to dip in and out of. The songs are written with a sensitivity for the range and skills of the age group they are designed for and any part writing is optional, allowing even less confident choirs to get involved and get singing. This is a wonderful follow on from Junior Songscape building on Lin Marsh's well established and much loved classroom singing resources.

Songlist: Big Boats, Small Boats, Pirates!, Playing On The Beach, The Rock Pool, The Lighthouse, Seagull, We're Going Swimming, Underwater, Desert, The Dinosaur Gang, Mighty Glacier, River Journey, Mountain Air, The Rainforest, The Swamp, and more

Voicing: Children

2143b | Songbook & CD | $34.95 |