All County Choir Rehearsal Tracks 2014

Below are the links to download mp3 rehearsal files. 
Click on the song titles to download the files. You should then be able to play them in itunes or in your media players. (You can also watch You Tube versions here.)

Mp3 rehearsal files, click on the song titles to download:

My America (listening track)
My America (Soprano 1 and Soprano 2)
My America (Soprano 2 ending)
My America (alto)


Arirang (melody without words)
Please practice learning the melody with vowels first before you put the words with it.
Use the syllables:  ma (or na), meh (neh), me (nee), mo (no), moo (nu); practice singing the song all on "ma," then all on "meh", then "me", and so on... Once you're comfortable with the melody, then add the Korean words. Do not try singing the song with the words until you know the melody.
Arirang (pronunciation guide 2)


Al Shlosha (listening)
Al Shlosha (Soprano)
Al Shlosha (Alto)
Please practice learning the melody with vowels first before you put the words with it.
Use the syllables:  ma (or na), meh (neh), me (nee), mo (no), moo (nu); practice singing the song all on "ma," then all on "meh", then "me", and so on... Once you're comfortable with the melody, then add the Hebrew words. Do not try singing the song with the words until you know the melody.

Firefly (listening) 
Firefly (Soprano)
Firefly (Alto)

Kyrie (listening)
Kyrie (Soprano)
Kyrie (Alto)
Please practice learning the melody with vowels first before you put the words with it.
Use the syllables:  ma (or na), meh (neh), me (nee), mo (no), moo (nu); practice singing the song all on "ma," then all on "meh", then "me", and so on... Once you're comfortable with the melody, then add the Latin words. Do not try singing the song with the words until you know the melody.

Promised Land (listening)
Promised Land (Soprano 1 and 2)
Promised Land (Soprano 2 ending)
Promised Land (Alto)

Riu Riu Chiu (listening)
Riu Riu Chiu (Soprano)
Riu Riu Chiu (Alto)

The Rhythm of Life (listening)
The Rhythm of Life (Soprano)
The Rhythm of Life (Alto)

All County Choir 2014, List of Songs

Below are a list of the songs we'll be performing for All County Choir this year. I have included links for listening only.

Reminder: All County Choir, save the date!

The MET has been reserved for All County Choir on Friday, April 11, 2014.

We will have an all day rehearsal there and the concert at 7:30 p.m.
Students are to report to warm up at 7:10 p.m.

Monongalia County All County Choir 2014, Song list and references.

The Rhythm of Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ty-fLSX01M

Promised Land

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsG9HYYhxnY

Kyrie 2 Part, arr. by John Leavitt

http://www.alfred.com/Products/Kyrie--00-SV9621.aspx

Click the music note icon (by the buy it button). This will activate the player. This is a 3 part version, but you can get the idea of the song.

My America

http://www.halleonard.com/viewcloserlook.do?id=40213062&lid=0&keywords=my%20america%20joyce%20eilers&subsiteid=1&

click on the audio icon; this is a 3 part version,  but again, you get the general idea

Arirang (we will arrange this)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkM_LXUCMeA

(this is with adult voices, we have a recording with childrens' voices in our current music series.)

Al Shlosha D’Varim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBcfTOgj0UQ

(older voices, but same arrangement)

Riu, Riu, Chiu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muh3efk1g0k

Fire Fly by Andy Beck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkl-zaHD5nI

Music Centers

We had talked recently at one of our meetings about music centers. Below is a link to centers that I would like to try this year. I liked them because they're more than just busy work for the students. I like the thought processes involved in these centers. I especially like the Kindergarten grocery center, the graphic notation center, and the Fly Swat center.

http://elementarymusicresources.blogspot.ca/2013/05/music-centers.html
Music Centers

Kodaly Song Resource

This little gem of a website allows you to search for songs via any of the following: title, melodic element, tone set, age, origin/continent, rhythmic element, meter, tonal center, range, form, song type, pickup, chord progression, guitar technique, violin, and scale (modes and such).

You do not have to register to use it. Try selecting from one of the drop down boxes, ex "dorian" under "scale" and hit "apply". All of the dorian songs in their song base will pop up. And the best part??? You can click on the song title for the sheet music! Sweet!

Play around with it and try it out!

http://kodalysongweb.net/

All County Choir 2014

All County Choir, save the date!

The MET has been reserved for All County Choir on Friday, April 11, 2014.

We will have an all day rehearsal there and the concert at 7:30 p.m.
Students are to report to warm up at 7:10 p.m.

Online Rhythmic Meter Machine

I had a lot of fun creating various meters with this online tool. Your students may enjoy it as well. This is a nice supplement to a lesson on the difference in meters. I absolutely love Phil Tulga's meter chart where he posted some of his favorite meters!

I would create meters and have the students practice moving around the room to them. Perhaps they could step inside of a hula hoop on beat one only, and walk outside of it for the remaining beats. Or they could find body percussion that would work with that meter. Then have the students create meters by dragging the pickles and cucumbers into the box and have them try to move to it as well.

You will need shockwave to use this.

http://philtulga.com/Meter.html

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