A Year of Beautiful Singing, Vol. 2

Guide your developing elementary singers in meaningful musical learning 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 include rehearsal objectives, warm-ups, and vocal technique exercises, with opportunities to expand or contract the rehearsal activities to meet the needs of your ensemble. The curriculum also includes visual aids and an appendix of pedagogical articles to enrich the skills of the director. This is the second volume in the series. The second year's thematic content focuses on the basics of music making in a choral setting, including pitch matching, vowel formation, and responding to rhythmic figures. This curriculum supports the learning of the following choral literature for unison/two-part treble voices: Prayer of St. Francis, Helen Litz; Come One, Come All, Come Follow, Philip Dieterich; Hosanna to the Son, Jody W. Lindh; Dear Lord, Lead Me Day by Day, Jane Marshall; Ding, Dong! Merrily on High, arr. Ken Berg; Guide Us, Lord, Mark Patterson; Amazing Day, Rebecca Thompson; Prayer, Natalie Sleeth, arr. Katie Houts; May God Bless Us and Keep Us, Katie Houts. Full anthems are not included in this volume; these pieces must be purchased separately for your choir.