Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). Standing in the Need of Prayer is a simple, meditative melody with a pleasing, repetitive chord sequence. This arrangement gives you a chance to ‘crank it up a gear’ after the modulation; there is also an opportunity to thicken out the vocal harmonies towards the end with some optional alto notes. Once singers get more confident, you may wish to experiment with oth…

Par FISER LUBOS. Teaching beginners is a huge responsibility and a challenge, but also reaps enormous rewards, Today there are a host of colourful tutors to choose from, but none tells us how to teach beginners. It can be a hit and miss affair! Energising and inspirational, Teaching Beginners is a 'must have' handbook for all instrumental and singing teachers. Written by the UK's leading music edu…

Commissioned in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Texas Choral Directors Association, I Should Be Glad captures the gratitude that artists feel as they live and work each day. Melody is of the utmost importance throughout as the work climbs from simple two-part singing to eight-part singing at its climax. A prayer of gratitude. / Choeur Mixte Satb A Cappella

Par HEUMANN HANS-GUNTER. / Niveau : Assez Facile / classique / Répertoire / Clavier

Par . Unchanged, changing, or changed tenor/bass singers in middle school and high school may need a little extra help in finding their singing voices. Roger Emerson has developed a series of warm-ups that uses excerpts from classic rock and roll tunes that will provide the motivation and repetition they need to do just that. Each song features limited ranges, starting moderately and gradually asc…

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). Oh Shenandoah dates back to the early nineteenth century, with possible origins in Virginia. Sometimes referred to as a ‘shanty’ song because of its refrain (‘away, you rolling river,’ etc.), its lyrics exist in many versions and can be seen as a paean either to the river itself, or perhaps to the (mythical?) daughter of an Indian chief of that name. Regardless of …

Par CURNOW PAUL. Colorful lights, shining candles, sparkling bulbs, gifts beautifully wrapped and friends coming to visit. And with the friends come music, merry singing and joyous carols resounding through the house. When you think about and sing along to Good King Wenceslas and God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, you can scarcely sit still. Then when Jingle Bells is heard, it seems as though you shou…

Par HARRIS PAUL. The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it?s something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill. Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fea…

Par D'ADAMO DANIEL. Lips, your lips, based on texts by the composer, exploit vocal sounds produced inside the mouth to the exclusion of traditional singing. It is an authentic sound theater where the characters are the character traits of themezzo-soprano on stage and its duplication projected by the speakers. The principal subject of the text of this first piece of 'The Lips Cycle' is telling and…

Method for Vocals A German "Vaccai": Exercise book for singing with 24 Heine settings for low voice By Steffen Wolf With piano accompaniment German lyrics with international phonetic transcription ISMN 9790004184400, publisher's no. EB 8850 Format: 23 x 30.5 cm 60 pages With educational comments in German, English and French Includes CD with demo and play-along recordings / Breitkopf and Härtel

Par VACCAI NICOLA. Nicola Vaccai was born in Tolentino, Italy, on March 15th, 1790; he died on August 5th or 6th, 1848, in Pesaro (located on the Adriatic), the town in which he had grown up and to which he retired in 1844. He was successful as a singing teacher and opera composer, though he was eclipsed in the latter field by his rival, Bellini. He is known today primarily as the author of the pr…