We Will Sing!

We Will Sing! (Textbook). Composed by Doreen Rao. Book. Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. Book only. 260 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051808106. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

This practical music curriculum is a performance-based textbook for music classrooms designed for children ages 9 and older. Beginning with the basics of how to produce a good singing tone, introducing basic music theory, reading and ear training and progressing into unison choral singing and easy part-singing, this 243-page book offers an insightful, practical approach to classroom music. 18 choral arrangements available in 3 separate Performance Programs.

Program 1: O Music Sweet Music * The Salley Gardens (arr. Britten) * Simple Gifts (arr. Copland) * She's Like the Swallow * A Spring Morning * Good Night.

Program 2: Jubilate Deo (Praetorius) * The Path to the Moon * I Know Where I'm Goin' * Oliver Cromwell (arr. Britten) * Bist Du Bei Mir (Bach) * Ching-A-Ring Chaw (arr. Copland).

Program 3: Hodie (from A Ceremony of Carols, Britten) * A Child Is Born * Poor Little Children * How Beautiful Are the Feet (Handel) * In Dulci Jubilo * Jingle Bell Swing.