Here is a collection of 2-Part a cappella arrangements that really work for the young choir. These 24 delightful songs can help build the young singer's sight-reading skills, improve intonation and choral tone, and develop expressive singing. The songs range in difficulty from easy to challenging, and are composed in several different styles, including folk songs, spirituals, rounds and canons, holiday songs, and original pieces. The Teacher's Edition offers comprehensive suggestions, including tips for adapting the songs to a Kodály curriculum or adding Orff instruments. Ideal for classroom or concert!

Songlist: Bought Me A Cat, Brother Noah, Bye 'n' Bye, Christus Natus Hodie, Down In The Valley Two By Two, Eensy Weensy Spider, Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?), Grasshoppers Three, Hush, Little Baby, I Have Lost My Closet Key, Kum Ba Yah, Little Bird, Merrily, Merrily Greet The Morn, Music Alone Shall Live, Old Mister Rabbit, Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me, Sing A Song Of Sixpence, Skin And Bones, Skip To My Lou, Sneeze On Monday, Sourwood Mountain, Star Light, Star Bright, Who's That Tapping At, Who's That Tapping At The Window?, The Windmill

"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

"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

This choral collection includes settings of children's poems and nursery rhymes for SATB unaccompanied - with some divisi.

Songlist: Monday's Child, The Owl And The Pussy Cat, Windy Nights, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Sing A Song Of Sixpence

A treasury of familiar songs that everyone loves to sing. Here are over 160 favorite folk songs, golden hits, songs for children, holiday songs, carols, and best-loved songs from around the world. This wonderful collection will provide a wealth of singing enjoyment for the entire family. Whether you want to celebrate a special day, put on a family show, or just make music together, this book is sure to be a favorite in your home library.

Songlist: Amazing Grace, America, The Beautiful, Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Blow The Man Down, Blue Tail Fly, Buffalo Gals, Camptown Races, The Caissons Go Rolling Along, Carry Me Back To Virginny, Clementine, Down In The Valley, The Erie Canal, Git Along Little Dogies, I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy, I Ride An Old Paint, Let My People Goal, L'il Liza Jan, Michael Row The Boat Ashore, Oh Susanna, The Old Folks At Home, The Old Gray Mare, On The Banks Of The Wabash, On Top Of Old Smoky, Over There, Rally Round The Flag, Red River Valley, The Riddle Song, She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain, Shenandoah American Folk Song, Streets Of Laredo American Cowboy Song, and more

Even more great solos for high school and college singers at the same level as The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos - Part II, with a variety of over 30 classical songs per volume, and a completely different song list for each voice type.

Songlist: Shady Grove (C. Dougherty), Arise, O Lord (L.A. Hoffmeister), Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (F. Mendelssohn), Behold, what manner of love (D. Humphreys), Bon Jour, ma Belle! (A.H. Behrend), Children, The (T. Chanler), Come, fair Rosina (F. Hopkinson), Douce dame jolie (G. Machaut), Down by the Riverside (English Folksong, arr. Manning), I hear you calling me (C. Marshall), J'ai tant de choses à vous dire (G.G. Ferrari), Kitty, my love, will you marry me? (Old Ulster Song, arr. Hughes), Kuss, Der (L. van Beethoven), Lark in Clear Air, The (Irish Air, arr. Fisher), Leiermann, Der from WINTERREISE (F. Schubert), Let the Heavens Rejoice (F. La Forge), Mädchen sind wie der Wind (C. Loewe), Now sleeps the crimson petal (R. Quilter), 'O Sole Mio! (E. di Capua), Peace I leave with you (J.V. Roberts), Sailor's Song (F.J. Haydn), Seasonal Thanksgiving, A (E.H. Thiman), Seek ye the Lord (J.V. Roberts), Selve amiche, ombrose piante (A. Caldara), Shoes (K.L. Manning), Sing A Song Of Sixpence, Sleigh, The (R. Kountz), Sonnet d'amour (F. Thomé), Ständchen (R. Franz), Torna a Surriento (E. de Curtis), and more

This superb 382-page resource contains more than 350 North American folk songs, carefully sequenced both rhythmically and melodically for use with the Kodály method, which is based on authentic Hungarian folk music. The collection features information about solfege, form, phrase, length, range, rhythmic construction, and more.

Songlist: Jubilee, 1 2 3, Ah Vous Dirai-Je, Maman? (Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star), Animal Song, Frog Went A-Courtin', Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Christus Natus Hodie, Goodbye, Old Paint, All The Pretty Little Horses, Let Me Fly, Cumberland Gap, On Springfield Mountain, Jesus Born In Beth'ny, Alphabet Song, I Wonder As I Wander, Daddy Shot A Bear, Down In The Valley, Soldier Boy, Little Bird, Skip To My Lou, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Pretty Saro, London Bridge, The Farmer In The Dell, Hickory Dickory Dock, I Got A Letter This Morning, Riding In A Buggy, Awake, (Go Tell Aunt Rhody) The Ole Grey Goose Is Dead, and more

A mammoth collection featuring 148 of your all-time folk favorites! Includes: Alouette - Camptown Races - Danny Boy - Greensleeves - Guantanamera - Hava Nagila - Home on the Range - The Red River Valley - Shenandoah - Skip to My Lou - This Little Light of Mine - Yankee Doodle - and many more.

Songlist: In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree, Casey Jones, Guantanamera, Dry Bones, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Frog Went A-Courtin', Lavender's Blue, This Old Man, Wayfaring Stranger, The Wabash Cannon Ball, Goober Peas, The Banana Boat Song, This Little Light Of Mine, Worried Man Blues, All My Trials, Kumbaya, Hava Nagila (Let's Be Happy), All Through The Night, Carnival Of Venice, Danny Boy, Auld Lang Syne, Frankie And Johnny, Deep River, Aloha Oe, Alouette, Amazing Grace, Careless Love, Down In The Valley, Freight Train, Skip To My Lou, and more