I am teaching Music this year, which means a lot of kids are singing, which means I need something for them to sing. I’ve been using the children’s hymnal from CPH and some other praise songs, but I think I should teach them some choir pieces too.
I just so happen to have some choir pieces. There are at least two boxes in my basement that have single copies of choir music in them. These are pieces that I kept for some reason. I dug one of the boxes out yesterday and went through it looking for suitable children’s choir pieces. I found some good prospects.
What was really interesting was how fun it was to play through those pieces. It has been a long time since I led children’s choir, but some old familiar good feelings built up while I was searching through those songs. Maybe I’ll try to find a good old-fashioned music reading session that’s sponsored by a music store or music publisher. Surely they still do those, don’t they?
One down, one or more to go.
Well, you really are the jack-of-all-trades, aren’t you? Music, religion, computers, literature, life skills, gardening and home repair on the side….. are you sure you’re not just a really tall elf? Is there a tree in your yard full of baking equipment?
Yea, you’re great at all that….but can you cross your eyes & pull just one out to look straight? Well… can ‘ya, punk?
I don’t mean to be a show-off, but actually, I can do that:
Oh yea…..well take this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
What Lauren Said!!! <3 Aunt Bev 🙂
Check out this offering from CPH. There are two different books, and both are fantastic! I’ve used them with children’s choirs and adult choirs. There is a melody and counter-melody to each piece. Easy to learn and sounds beautiful. The accompaniment is very manageable, and there are even songs that use Orff and other rhythm instruments. I highly recommend. (No, I’m not being compensated for this review. However, I wish I was.)
https://www.cph.org/p-5173-children-rejoice-and-sing.aspx
Thanks for the suggestion! I want to do some Orff stuff with the kids, but my college Orff class was a long time ago. I started doing a little solfege with the 2nd and 3rd graders. I’m curious to see how they take to it.
Are you speaking Swedish again? 😉