A Year of Beautiful Singing, Vol. 1: Let's Sing!

Guide your developing elementary singers in fun vocal discovery with this wonderful resource. It includes 24 sequenced lesson plans for church children's choirs of all shapes and sizes. Complete teaching sequences for eight unison/two-part choral anthems are featured, including rehearsal objectives, warm-ups, vocal technique exercises, and opportunities to expand or contract the rehearsal activities to meet the needs of your ensemble. The curriculum also includes a full set of 21 posters and visual aids and an appendix of pedagogical articles to enrich the skills of the director. This is the first of five yearly installments in the series. The first year's thematic content focuses on the joy of singing, inspiring children to discover their voices and sing foundational messages of faith with confidence. This first volume is designed to support the learning of the following choral literature for unison/two-part treble voices: Oh, Sing to the Lord, arr. Harriet Ziegenhals; The Lord Is My Light, Michael Bedford; Light of Light, Nancy Gifford; The Heavens Declare the Glory of God, James Brighton; This Is the Day, Mark Burrows; The Lord Is Risen! (He Is Risen Indeed!), Helen Kemp; and Behold, I Have Loved You, Robin Wolaver. Full anthems are not included in this volume. These pieces must be purchased separately for your choir.