Experience authentic mariachi styles and rhythms in your general music class! Eight traditional Mexican songs transport you and your students to a place rich with harmony and ensemble camaraderie. These arrangements by 3-time Grammy nominated world-renowned mariachi composer and performer Jose Hernandez, work well with piano or guitar accompaniment. Add pitched Orff instruments for even more fun. The Teacher Edition offers vocal parts with Spanish lyrics and pronunciation guides, piano and guitar accompaniment, Orff parts, brief song translations and history. This all-in-one collection also includes digital access to authentic recordings produced by Maestro Hernandez and performed on traditional mariachi instruments for added authenticity! Students can model the singing and then perform with the full-sounding accompaniment recordings. You will also receive digital access to PDFs of singer and instrument parts when you purchase the Teacher Edition. Suggested for grades 3-6.

Songlist: Silent Night, Cielito Lindo (My Pretty Darling), La Llorona, El Venadito, La Sandunga, Los Barandales Del Puente, La Golondrina, Las Mananitas

Dana Lentini : Songs and Lessons for the Progressing Singer

Songs and Lessons for the Progressing Singer builds on foundational skills while guiding singers toward greater coordination, independence, and expression. Carefully selected repertoire, spanning familiar, newly composed, pop, and culturally diverse music, supports developing voices while introducing new musical and technical ideas that encourage cross-training of the voice. Using a spiraling approach, core skills are revisited and expanded, helping singers move from discovery to confident, consistent singing. Piano accompaniment tracks and performances by child singers provide realistic, relatable models. Each song includes: - Activity-based lessons for continued technical development - A notated vocal warm-up connected to each song - Piano/vocal score - Audio tracks available for download or streaming: - Recorded performances by child singers - Recorded accompaniments for practice

Songlist: Curiosity, Feelings, In Our Own Backyard, Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor, Just Passing By, Las Mananitas, Martin Luther King's Dream, Navrai Majhi, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Rockin' Robin, Simple Gifts, The Ugly-Bug Ball, When Johnny Comes Marching Home