Review: Voice for Life, RSCM Publications' indispensable guide to choral training, now offers four new choral anthem collections specifically designed to accompany their choral training program. These comprehensive and varied collections provide choirs with a vast assortment of anthems ranging in skill level from beginner to advanced. The pieces in each book correspond with the different skill levels in the Voice for Life program. These fine editions also stand on their own as valuable choral collections for any choir.

Songlist: A Gaelic Blessing, A Prayer of St Richard of Chichester, And didst thou travel light, Ave Maria, Ave verum corpus, Away with gloom, away with doubt, Child in the manger, Day by day, Fairest Lord Jesus, From the rising of the sun, Glory, love, and praise and honour, Hide not thou thy face, How beautiful upon the mountains, I am the bread of life, I give you a new commandment, and more

7898b | Songbook | $17.95 | SATB | | English Choral Arrangements

Review: Voice for Life, RSCM Publications' indispensable guide to choral training, now offers four new choral anthem collections specifically designed to accompany their choral training program.This resource contains anthems and songs for the RSCM Silver/Bishop's Awards. It includes many new anthems and songs written especially for the Silver Awards syllabus.These fine editions also stand on their own as valuable choral collections for any choir.Contents:Shephard: Angel Voices Coleman, arr. Barnard: As water to the thirsty, Copland: At the river, Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father, Pitoni: Cantate Domino, Nardone: For the gifts of life and love, Aston: Fountain of sweets, Wood: Glorious and powerful God, Stanford: How beauteous are their feet, McKinley: I will sing of the Lord's great love, Moore: It is a thing most wonderful, Ogden: Jubilate!, Walford Davies: King of Glory, Ives: Listen sweet dove, Parry: My soul, there is a country, Mair arr. Jeffcoat: Now go in peace, Purcell: O God, thou art my God, Byrd: O Lord, make thy servant, Archer: O magnum mysterium, Rossini: O salutaris hostia, Wood: O thou the central orb, Daley: O vos omnes, Weaver: Rejoice, the Lord is King, Tallis: Salvator mundi, Barnard: Shepherd of souls, Leighton: Solus ad victimam, Watson Henderson: The Beatitudes, Kelly: This lovely lady, Ives: Ubi caritas, Wesley: Wash me throughlyÊ

11203b | Songbook | $19.95 |

Review: The Chorister's Companion is packed full of useful information for the budding chorister. It provides everything a new chorister needs to know in one handy pocket-sized book. This makes the ideal gift to choristers new and old. Candidates for the RSCM Bronze and Silver awards will also find much to help them prepare for their exams.

Songlist: Using the voice well, Musical skills and understanding, Belonging to the choir, The church and its worship, The organ and a foreword from singer and radio presenter Aled Jones

7899b | Songbook | $13.50 |

Review: A complete resource for the teaching and assessment of aural awareness and sight-reading in the Voice for Life Scheme.TheÊVoice for LifeÊGuide to Musicianship is a complete resource for choir trainers, choral directors, and the singers they work with. It contains all you need to train and assess singers for the musicianship targets at White, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Red, and Yellow levels, as well as extensive materials to prepare candidates for the aural and sight-reading test in the RSCM Bronze, Silver, and Gold awards.The Voice for Life Guide to Musicianship is packed with practical help and advice, and fully supported by supplementary online documents.Ê

11204b | Songbook | $44.95 |

Review: The Voice for Life Songbook contains a range of material compiled with young people and singers at beginner and intermediate levels in mind. With traditional church music, gospel and jazz, and songs from around the world, this volume will appeal to singers of all ages, and provide your choir with the opportunity to explore a range of musical styles. It comes with a demonstration CD to provide guidance on how the songs sound, and also for those who are not confident at reading music, so they can listen to their part and learn it. There are training notes which accompany each piece to provide ideas about how to introduce each song in rehearsals, ideas for a creative performance, and how to use the song to develop your singers' voices and musical understanding.

Songlist: Rehearsals, Warm-Ups, Amen, Say Amen, Hallelu, Hallelu, Kyrie Eleison, When the Spirit of the Lord, King of Kings, Shalom chaverim, Rejoice in the Lord always, Don't build your house on the sandy land, Freedom train, Now go in peace, Dona nobis pacem, Hallelujah4, Sing with me, and more

7895b | Songbook & CD | $34.95 | SATB | | English Choral Arrangements

Review: The Voice for Life Songbook 2 is a graded anthology of more than forty sacred and inspirational songs guaranteed to get your choir singing. Following upon the first Voice for Life Songbook, this new collection will introduce your choir to a greater variety of musical styles and develop their confidence with part-singing and unaccompanied performance. With music ranging from gospel, jazz, and world music to plainsong and early music, the Voice for Life Songbook 2 will appeal to choirs of all ages. Many of the arrangements are flexible, allowing for either upper voice or mixed voice choirs to perform them. The volume includes catchy warm-up songs, rounds, and canons as well as plenty of helpful vocal warm-up ideas and training notes for every piece. This collection features specially commissioned new pieces by experts in the music education field, including Mike Brewer, Ken Burton, Alexander L'Estrange, Geoff Weaver, David Ogden, and Christopher Norton, as well as fresh new works by up-and-coming young composers. Complete with vocal parts for each piece and a demonstration CD, this anthology offers excellent value for the money and offers plenty of inspiration and advice for choir trainers looking to get the very best from their singers.

Songlist: Come on, all you people, Jesus walked this lonesome valley, Alleluya, By the waters of Babylon, Let us sing together, Laudemus, Of the Father's love begotten, Leaning on the Lord's side, Father God in heaven, Change is coming, My God, Non nobis Domine, God is love, Veni, veni, Emmanuel, I see his blood, and more

7896b | Songbook & CD | $34.95 | | English Choral Arrangements

Review: The Royal School of Church Music's indispensable guide to choral training"A church or a school without a choir is like a body without a soul. Singing lies at the heart of worship and education. Voice for Life has a valuable part to play in giving life and soul to us all as we worship and learn." -John Rutter, composer and conductorDesigned for use in schools, churches, and with other community choirs, Voice for Life offers five levels of vocal training for beginning through advanced singers.Whether a child or an adult, singers will develop skills in five core areas: using the voice well, musical skills and understanding, repertoire, belonging to the choir, and choir in context.How Voice for Life worksThere are five levels in the Voice for Life scheme, for singers of any age from beginners through to advanced singers, starting with a preparatory level for brand new, inexperienced singers.White (preparatory level)Light BlueDark BlueRedYellowWhite LevelThe preparatory White Level for new singers (both children and adults) introduces and assesses very basic choral skills and understanding.On completion of this preparatory level, the singer is admitted as a full member of the choir. There is a Voice for Life White Lapel Badge that can be awarded to acknowledge the singer's achievement. For robed choirs, it may also be your custom to award a surplice at this stage. Some choirs also choose to present singers with the Voice for Life Chorister's Companion (G-7863) on joining the choir.The White Level is fully integrated into Voice for Life resources, with a new White Level Singer's Workbook now available.ÊLight Blue, Dark Blue, Red, and Yellow LevelsOnce the singer has become a full member of the choir, they move on to the four main levels of Voice for Life: Light Blue, Dark Blue, Red and Yellow. At each level of Voice for Life there are graded targets which are assessed informally by the choir director. Once a singer has completed the necessary training for that level, reached the targets and finished their workbook they can be awarded their RSCM Voice for Life medal and the appropriately colored ribbon (for robed choirs) or colored lapel badge (for non-robed choirs). The singer then moves on to the next level.

11206b | Songbook | $9.95 |

Review: Every choir needs a leader to inspire, train and direct it. That person needs all kinds of musical, social, and administrative skills, and these are all explored in depth in The Voice for Life Guide to Choir Training.Here is a comprehensive manual dedicated to the theory and practice of choir training, drawn from the collective knowledge and wisdom of seasoned practitioners in the field. Conceived for experienced leaders and novices alike, it systematically addresses the many different aspects of choir training from conducting and rehearsal management to legal, financial, worship and pastoral issues. It offers countless practical strategies that will be of enormous assistance to all choir trainers and directors, whether or not they are running a Voice for Life scheme.Choir training is a challenge and it demands commitment, but it is hugely rewarding. The Voice for Life Guide to Choir Training will equip musicians in this role with all the skills they need to develop their talents - and those of the singers in their care - so that everyone can grow in confidence and skill, give pleasure and enrichment to those who hear them, and help to inspire the worship of the gathered community.From the Table of Contents:Part 1: Face to face with the choir;ÊIntroduction; Rehearsal management; Planning; Warm-ups; Developing technique; Developing musicianship; Working on repertoirePart 2: Behind the scenes; Introduction; The purpose of the choir; Setting up a choir; Recruiting and retaining singers; Jobs within the choir; Choir in context; Legal and administrative matters; Financial matters; Health and safety; SafeguardingÊPart 3: The choir in public; Introduction; The choir in worship; The content of church services; Different types of church music; Preparing worship music with the choir; Hymns; Worship songs; Anthems; Settings of the Mass; Singing the psalms; Chant from the Taize tradition; World music; Improving congregational singing; The choir in performance; Repertoire selection; Copyright and licensing; Arranging and composing for choirÊPart 4: You as a choir trainer; Introduction; Managing your time; Understanding people; Leadership skills;ÊCommunication skillsÊPart 5: The choir trainer's toolkit; Introduction; Some thoughts about music literacy; Conducting skills; Positioning the choir; Keeping it all together; Focus the choir!; Energize the choir!; Working with young singers; Changing and developing voices; Voice change in older singers; Falsetto; Vibrato; The individual voice and its registers; Getting a good sound: intonation; Getting a good sound: blending; Troubleshooting; Music reference; Photocopiable resources; Voice for Life publications and resources; Other RSCM publications and resources; Index

11212b | Songbook | $44.95 |

Review: Designed for use in schools, churches, and with other community choirs, Voice for Life offers four levels of vocal training for beginning through advanced singers. Whether a child or an adult, singers will develop skills in five core areas: using the voice well; musical skills and understanding; repertoire; belonging to the choir; and choir in context. With more than 300 pages, this book contains all the teaching material, guidance notes, and practical advice needed to train and assess singers with confidence at all four levels. Includes reproducible pages for lessons with singers for all four levels.

Songlist: Bronze, Silver, Gold Awards, Module A: Using The Voice Well, Module B: Musical Skills And Understanding, Module C: Repertoire, Module D: Belonging To The Choir, Module E: Choir In Context, Appendixes

6386b | Book & 1 CD | $44.95 | | Church Choir Development

Review: Designed for use in schools, churches, and with other community choirs, Voice for Life offers four levels of vocal training for beginning through advanced singers. Whether a child or an adult, singers will develop skills in five core areas: using the voice well; musical skills and understanding; repertoire; belonging to the choir; and choir in context. Level 2 includes interactive questions, exercises, puzzles, quotes from singers, voice care tips, and more! Targets and goals are clearly defined, with a space for the director to sign off when a goal is completed.

6388b | Book & 1 CD | $7.95 | | Church Choir Development

Review: Designed for use in schools, churches, and with other community choirs, Voice for Life offers four levels of vocal training for beginning through advanced singers. Whether a child or an adult, singers will develop skills in five core areas: using the voice well; musical skills and understanding; repertoire; belonging to the choir; and choir in context. Level 1 includes interactive questions, exercises, puzzles, quotes from singers, voice care tips, and more! Targets and goals are clearly defined, with a space for the director to sign off when a goal is completed.

6387b | Book & 1 CD | $9.75 | | Church Choir Development

Review: Designed for use in schools, churches, and with other community choirs, Voice for Life offers four levels of vocal training for beginning through advanced singers. Whether a child or an adult, singers will develop skills in five core areas: using the voice well; musical skills and understanding; repertoire; belonging to the choir; and choir in context. Level 3 includes interactive questions, exercises, puzzles, quotes from singers, voice care tips, and more! Targets and goals are clearly defined, with a space for the director to sign off when a goal is completed.

6389b | Book & 1 CD | $11.95 | | Church Choir Development

Review: Designed for use in schools, churches, and with other community choirs, Voice for Life offers four levels of vocal training for beginning through advanced singers. Whether a child or an adult, singers will develop skills in five core areas: using the voice well; musical skills and understanding; repertoire; belonging to the choir; and choir in context. Level 4 includes interactive questions, exercises, puzzles, quotes from singers, voice care tips, and more! Targets and goals are clearly defined, with a space for the director to sign off when a goal is completed.

6390b | Book & 1 CD | $7.95 | | Church Choir Development