Quantity deal. Junior Voiceworks at Christmas + CD
Children's Choir (CHILD CHOR)
Expensive for one copy, but all the pages of music may be photocopied so only one copy per choir is needed. There are sacred and secular songs . . . 16 out of the 40 are secular items . . ....
Quantity deal. Junior Voiceworks at Christmas + CD
Children's Choir (CHILD CHOR)
Purchase product
Expensive for one copy, but all the pages of music may be photocopied so only one copy per choir is needed. There are sacred and secular songs . . . 16 out of the 40 are secular items . . ....
About
Junior Voiceworks at Christmas is a wonderful collection of 40 seasonal songs for children, ranging from rounds to raps, and from folk pieces to well-known carols in sparkling new arrangements. With excellent practical advice and rehearsal notes, and an accompanying CD, this volume meets the needs of all schools and choral groups for this special time of year.
Contents
- Section I: Christmas Comes Around
- David How, adap. Kevin Stannard: The Christmas clap!
- Trad. Sami: Lapland joik
- words Lucy W. Rhu, music Kevin Stannard: Penguin song
- Alan Woods: Little child
- Alan Simmons: Gabriel
- Sue Nicholl: Sing nowell!
- Trad. Czech, arr. Kevin Stannard: Under Bethlaem's star so bright
- Trad. English, arr. Kevin Stannard: Christmas is coming!
- Section II: All Over The World
- Trad. French/Charpentier, arr. Kevin Stannard: Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle!
- Trad. Polish, arr. Kevin Stannard: Today in Bethlehem
- Trad. Spanish, arr. Kevin Stannard: A belén pastores
- Trad. Brazilian, arr. Kevin Stannard: Lullaby for Baby Jesus
- Trad. Canadian/Jean de Brébeuf, arr. Kevin Stannard: Huron carol
- Willow Macky, arr. Kevin Stannard: Te harinui
- Trad. African: Thula baba, thula sana
- Section III: Christmas Stories
- African-American spiritual, arr. Laura Thompson: Who was Mary?
- Lesley Fenton and Pauline Andrew: Joseph
- Kevin Stannard: On the road to Bethlehem
- Clive Sansom: The donkey
- Kevin Stannard: Camel train
- Trevor Davies: Nativity carol
- Trad. English, arr. Kevin Stannard: Coventry carol
- words Christina Rossetti, music Gustav Holst, arr. Kevin Stannard: In the bleak midwinter
- Section IV: Light and Life
- Arabic, arr. Kevin Stannard: Prayer to Prophet Muhammad Trad.
- Mark and Helen Johnson: Hope of heaven
- Jane Morgan: The light song
- Anon., arr. Kevin Stannard: Someone so poor
- Section V: Take Your Partner
- Trad. Czech, arr. Kevin Stannard: Boys and girls
- words Will Foster/J.H. Hopkins, music Hopkins/Kevin Stannard: Hey!
- words Ernst Anschutz/Kevin Stannard,music Trad. German/Kevin Stannard: Can you hear the Christmas bells?
- words E.H. Sears/Kevin Stannard, music Trad. English/Kevin Stannard: Angels singing
- Trad. English, arr. Kevin Stannard: Born in a manger
- Bob Chilcott, arr. Kevin Stannard: Sweet was the song
- Various trad. (English), arr. Kevin Stannard: Christmas jig jingle
- Section VI: Popular Connections
- Jacob Mook, arr. Kevin Stannard: Ding dong, it's Christmas!
- Edmund Jolliffe: It's Christmas time again
- Nicholas Ager and Deborah Isitt: Nazareth
- Wally Daly and Jim Parker: Nice boys and girls
- Kevin Stannard: That was the day
- Roy Wood, arr. Kevin Stannard: I wish it could be Christmas everyday
Awards and reviews
Expensive for one copy, but all the pages of music may be photocopied so only one copy per choir is needed. There are sacred and secular songs . . . 16 out of the 40 are secular items . . . Treatments range from folk and medieval chant to rock, gospel ballad, rap and barn dance! Arrangements are mostly two-part but include unison and three and optional four-part items. Each piece has a complete lesson and rehearsal plan plus warm-ups and tips. As well as piano parts and guitar chords, the book includes a CD with professional-sounding backing tracks, more of which are on a 'companion website' along with recordings of full performances. The target age-range is Key Stage 2 (7 to 11) but I can see it being enjoyed by older children. They will all have fun not just with the 'sacred' carols but, for example, the opening rap-style item and the afore-mentioned 'Lapland joik' - a reindeer-calling song, of course
