Choral Choir (Unison) - Digital Download SKU: A0.1012816 Composed by Gerald W. Gabbard. 20th Century. Octavo. 21 pages. Gerald W. Gabbard #5726243. Published by Gerald W. Gabbard (A0.1012816). I composed these six unison* choir pieces in 1995 when I was an elementary music teacher in Marinette, Wisconsin at Park Elementary School. Six students submitted poems, selected by their classroom teachers, which I set for the choir that year. The 6 pieces are: (1) Friends, (2) Birds and Butterflies, (3) Nature, (4) Rainbows, (5) The Fellow, and (6) Sense of Humor.* Friends has brief 2-parts. Note: With the purchase price, you are licensed to make up to 10 copies of the piece for your choir. If you need more than 10, then please purchase a second licensed copy.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.851245 By Music in the Middle with Mr D. By Music in the Middle with Mr D. A Cappella,Children,Instructional. Octavo. 33 pages. Music in the Middle with Mr. D #457905. Published by Music in the Middle with Mr. D (A0.851245). SCHOOL DISTRICTS! If you are interested in purchasing more than license, you are eligible for excellent discounts. The first S-Cubed license is regular price, but all subsequent licenses are sold at a significant discount. Or reach out directly to me at inthemiddlewithmrd@gmail.com. Please write Multiple License Purchase in the subject line. This discount is also available for schools with more than one music teacher. Recognize what the children don't know. Don't fault them for not knowing it... Then, teach it to them in a fun way they will remember forever. ...That's the philosophy of S-Cubed. Motivate your beginners! That is the goal of S-Cubed Middle School Sight Singing Program! You should purchase this Kodaly Hand/Ladder Chart from Dancing Crayon to help your students on this journey! This lesson is the first in a series of lessons called S-Cubed that Music in the Middle with Mr D is offering for your upper elementary and middle school music students that will help you teach your children how to sight sing 2 part music with syncopated rhythms and skips as wide as an octave in 27 weeks if you see your students daily. It is the perfect game for the first weeks of school! It will help you establish a positive relationship with your students. It will help their focus, and it will teach them valuable skills for sight singing that are critical to the S-Cubed method of Sight Singing! In this lesson, you will learn about the FUN part of the method! You will learn the rules and philosophies associated with the game Forbidden Pattern that will reflect your approach throughout your teaching of the entire method. It is presented in a Power Point that includes YouTube links to Mr D actually teaching the method to real students. It also includes YouTube links of Mr D explaining the rules of the game. This game is the hook for your young singers. They love playing this game because they want to beat the teacher! For the best value, purchase the MEGA Bundle It includes Levels ONE and TWO combine. It is essentially a two to three year commitment depending on how often you see your students and other factors.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1187976 By Manhattan Transfer. By Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin. Arranged by Paul W. Allen. Blues,Historic,Instructional,Standards. Octavo. 7 pages. Allen/Myer Musicals #787581. Published by Allen/Myer Musicals (A0.1187976). This sultry ballad looks complicated on the page, but at the tempo indicated can be directed successfully with most 3- to 6-octave choirs; simply use the instruments you have at hand and ignore the rest.  At most times, the chimes double the voice but in other moments they compliment the singer.  The history of the song and its lyrics are discussed at the conclusion of the arrangement.  You may purchase one copy of this vocal part for the price listed.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1200061 By Floyd Cramer. By Harry Warren and Mack Gordon. Arranged by Paul W. Allen. Historic,Instructional,Jazz,Standards. Octavo. 10 pages. Allen/Myer Musicals #798871. Published by Allen/Myer Musicals (A0.1200061). This marvelous 1941 song was originally recorded as a big band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and featured in the 1941 movie Sun ValleySerenade.  It was the first song to receive a gold record, presented by RCA Victor in 1942, for sales of 1.2 million copies.  The song was an extended production number, and became the No. 1 song across the United States on December 7, 1941, and remained at No. 1 for nine weeks on the Billboard Best Sellers chart.  It opens up with the band, sounding like a train rolling out of the station, complete with the trumpets and trombones imitating a train whistle, before the instrumental portion comes in playing two parts of the main melody.  This is followed by the vocal introduction of four lines before the main part of the song is heard.  The main song opens with a dialog between a passenger and a shoeshine boy.  The singer describes the train's route, originating from Pennsylvania Station in New York and running through Baltimore to North Carolina before reaching Chattanooga. He mentions a woman he knew from an earlier time in his life, who will be waiting for him at the station and with whom he plans to settle down for good. After the entire song is sung, the band plays two parts of the main melody as an instrumental, with the instruments imitating the WHOO WHOO of the train as the song ends.  This is a very intriguing adaptation, with or without voice.  The price indicated allows you to purchase one (1) copy of the vocal version.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1192227 Composed by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Arranged by Paul W. Allen. Historic,Instructional,Standards. Octavo. 5 pages. Allen/Myer Musicals #791696. Published by Allen/Myer Musicals (A0.1192227). The movie Star Spangled Rhythm featured many standard swing hits including this upbeat tune.  In the movie, it was a love duet sung very quickly between Mary Martin and Dick Powers, followed by an even lively African-American quartet trying to get the couple out of the bar and to their rooms so the place can be closed for the night.  In the intervening time, the tune has been re-established as a lullaby at a much slower tempo, which this arrangement replicates.  Here it is cast for a full 6-octave handbell choir, with or without voice, and has among other distinctions the unresolved closing chords.  This is a sure hit for ringers and audiences.  You may purchase 1 copy of this vocal arrangement for the price listed.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1194981 By Celine Dion. By Harry Warren and Mack Gordon. Arranged by Paul W. Allen. Blues,Historic,Instructional,Jazz,Standards. Octavo. 3 pages. Allen/Myer Musicals #794161. Published by Allen/Myer Musicals (A0.1194981). This sultry song from Orchestra Wives is best known through the lyrical smoothness of the voice of Etta James. The arrangement before you, using nearly the maximum number of handchimes in the upper register, should be performed with great freedom, befitting the words. This arrangement may also accompany a singer. Challenging the bass ringers to provide smoothness, these tones may be best rendered using the RiverBells Wedges (construction of which is available at riverbells.org. The price below allows you purchase of one (1) copy of the voice part.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1195141 By Duke Ellington. By Duke Ellington and Irving Mills. Arranged by Paul W. Allen. Blues,Historic,Instructional,Jazz,Standards. Octavo. 7 pages. Allen/Myer Musicals #794313. Published by Allen/Myer Musicals (A0.1195141). This blazing arrangement of a throbbing swing hit is especially tailored for the advanced handbell choir. It catches all of the nuances and highlights and all the rhythms of the piano hit. In fact, performers and audiences will clamor for its immediate encore! Special to this arrangement is the break in the middle which features a written-out improvisation. Place this piece in your repertoire to assure a respected place of your ensemble among the best. The price below allows you purchase of 1 (one) copy of the vocal version.