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This is an eBook for digital download (95 pages) This new collection of pop-inspired Orff Arrangements are full of possibilities and fun to play! These five original grooves for Orff Ensemble serve as a starting place for you to be generative with students. Each piece can be performed as-is OR adapted for your specific purposes, allowing space for improvisation, original lyrics, re-arrangement, and more. This resources includes sheet music, MP3 tracks, and score videos. -
by Meghan Cabral
(66 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Are you looking for a new and more efficient way to approach beginning band? LOOK NO FURTHER. This teacher guide will give you all the tools you need to flip your classroom into a much more efficient beginning band experience for both you and your students. -
Sheet Music for immediate download This product contains a PDF and MP3s for digital download. Inspired by Amanda Gorman's poem, The Hill We Must Climb, this up-tempo song will inspire singers, young and old. Be the Light comes with a lead sheet, choral notation, and piano accompaniment as well as instrumental and vocal backing tracks. This song will inspire your young singers to embrace their brilliance and work together to Be the Light in their communities and world! Sample Track: -
by Heather Fortune
(44 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. This book will empower you to create student-centered programs, utilize powerful tech tools, and build community through music. Drawing for decades of experience, Heather Fortune provides inspiration to question and re-imagine school instrumental programs. -
This is an electronic product for digital download. The Rainbow Superhero Carmine series is centered on embracing the beauty in our differences. This positive, energetic song, and accompanying classroom resources will help your students connect with their brilliance and share it with those around them. This resource includes recordings, sheet music, and more! Scroll down to learn more. Sample Track: -
By Marci Major and Hannah Knauss
(146 pages PLUS over 100 pages of editable materials) This is an eBook for digital download.Do you wonder how best to blend in-person and online learning? Are you looking for ways to keep your ensemble members connected and engaged for this upcoming year? Packed with projects to connect and engage you and your students more to each other, music, and the world, this book will empower students to be in a growth mindset in and beyond the rehearsal setting. Even though we focus on the choral setting, directors of all ensemble types will find valuable information in this 140 page book. By purchasing this book, you'll also receive over 100 pages in supplemental material including editable worksheets, assessments, and student examples! -
by Steve Holley
(150 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Coaching a Popular Music Ensemble is a comprehensive guide for the music teacher striving to meet the changing needs of their students, the university music educator examining our current music education paradigm, and the band director trying to expand their school’s music program. Using his broad experiences as an educator and Memphis musician, Holley details the philosophy and approaches he developed to create a culturally responsive, learner-driven popular music program. -
by Donna Rhodenizer
(93 pages) This is an e-book for digital download. Purchase includes PDF and audio files. Computer Cat is a delightful collection of 12 original songs that can be used by young singers at recitals, festivals and other presentations. Teachers love the fresh and original lyrics and the musicality of the songs and they are a favorite with both soloists and choirs. The right to make copies is included with the purchase of the Computer Cat song collection. This song collection is a fantastic resource for private and classroom music teachers (more info below)... -
A Resource for You & Your Musicians
This is a digital resource.Are you looking for a way to incorporate more project-based-learning into your choral classroom? Do you want to connect your community with individuals in your ensemble? This resource includes a step-by-step guide to creating a visual gallery for your in-person or virtual concert. Student worksheets are available via editable google docs. -
by Matthew Clauhs
This is an eBook for digital download. This e-book presents a variety of exploration, improvisation, and composition activities that foster creativity in young band students, and serves as a supplement to a traditional band method book. This interactive resource includes video examples, play-along accompaniments, lesson plans, and customizable worksheets, all designed to work with any instrumentation in small group and large group band settings -
by Sarah Gulish and Victoria Boler
(12 Pages + over 25 pages of editable resources)
This is an eBook for digital download. The purpose of this book is to provide resources for music teachers looking to collect data to better advocate for their programs and reach students. This interactive PDF describes the various types of data, how they can be collected, and how they can be used to create a music program story to share with community members and administrators. Each purchase includes access to a google drive folder with dozens of resources and templates that can be copied and edited, including email templates, google questionnaire forms for students, parents, and colleagues, conversation starters with administrators, sample qualitative stories, sample quantitative stories, and more. -
by Theresa Hoover
(65 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. This book is a one-stop-shop for music teachers looking to get started, or expand their experiences, with technology in the classroom. Help your students see themselves as musicians both inside and outside the music room by empowering them in the ensemble setting. *New in 2023: The updated 2nd edition includes updates to tech tools with new additions for tools in the classroom. -
by Edward Varner
(40 Pages) This is an eBook for digital download. How can we effectively advocate for the value of ensemble programs? Many educators and parents remain unaware of the value of the school band beyond obvious, natural entertainment contexts and find it easy to devalue school band along with other arts programming. This text highlights evidence that supports music and school band as methods to achieve improved student success in school. This eBook will better inform decisions that school administrators make about existing scheduling challenges and financial dilemmas facing American schools. -
This product is a digital download (PDF) for immediate access. Food bEatz for Bucketz is a journey through the music our students love - Hiphop, Reggaeton, Bachata, Afrobeat, Rock, and more - with a learning system centered in SEL competencies, student leadership, and creativity. This 30-page resource includes 8 lesson plans on a variety of musical styles and helpful tools for setting up a classroom for bucket drumming PLUS YouTube videos, MP3s, and more! These exercises can be used at both the elementary and secondary levels. (Includes links to play along tracks for every lesson). -
This is a digital resource.This google slideshow and downloadable PDF will show you how to create your own musicianship guide for your choral students to accompany repertoire. Highlighting the essential elements and musical ideas found in your repertoire not only helps students to learn the music faster, but also with more confidence. Included are YouTube tutorials, editable templates, and step-by-step instructions with examples. -
This product comes with the "I Am Somebody":
- Teaching Guide
- MP3/WAV Full Recording
- MP3/WAV Instrumental Tracks and A Capella Tracks
- Teacher Vocal Score
- Studenty Lyric/Form Sheet
- Orff Arrangement Instrumental Sheet Music
- Orff Arrangement Body Percussion Sheet Music
- 100 Affirmation Examples
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by Chelsea Dehner
(67 slides) This is digital resource. This resource provides everything you need to recreate a music performance project for your staff or your students. Through covering John Lennon's Imagine, school staff can build community and connect with their students, whether virtual or in-person. Use the editable files that accompany this tutorial to create meaning and have some fun with those around you! -
by Synthia MacEachern
(126 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Bundle this with "Just Orffin Around- A Digital Experience" and use the code "orffbundle" at checkout to receive $7 off! This book includes over 100 pages of arrangements, teaching strategies, and helpful visual aids that can be used for in-person or remote learning. Synthia MacEachern provides everything you need to create engaging music lesson plans that spiral through the early years. -
Lift Every Voice and Sing! These words, penned then orchestrated by the Johnson brothers James Weldon and John Rosamand in the 1900s, have become an anthem of passion and resilience for many people. To celebrate the history of African American culture, along with the future of culturally responsive teaching, Alicia Engram, Franklin Willis and Otto Gross have combined the prominent and popular hymn with a touch of modern day production in this new arrangement. -
Living in Harmony featuring lead vocalist Allison Suey, is a musical work inspired by recent national and worldwide events that have impacted our communities. The lyric establishes that it is possible to live in harmony with one another but it’s a choice we each individually must make. Available for flexible choral arrangements and with piano accompaniment or full orchestration. Sample Track: -
by Amelia Garbisch
(22 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Orff On a Budget is a book for PreK-8 music educators who try to make the most of a music program on a limited budget. Within the book, music educators will find detailed arrangements, music activities, chants, movement, and games to help music educators use Orff Schulwerk in classrooms that do not have a traditional instrumentarium or Orff Instruments. -
A Resource for You & Your Musicians
This is a digital resource.This downloadable PDF will show you how to implement a program notes project with your students. Highlights include steps to implement, additional ideas and uses, and student-created examples. Includes an editable rubric for assessment, a student handout, and student slides to display or post when rolling out the project. -
This is an eBook for digital download (58 pages) Are you over the monotonous "I sing, you sing" to teach music program repertoire? This book will help you turn that monotony into a vibrant experience as you discover the power of nine practical strategies that will transform your program preparation rehearsals. Learn how to keep young learners engaged and captivated while ensuring you are organized and prepared for your next program. This must-read book is designed to support educators at all stages of their career, offering practical guidance and fresh ideas to elevate your teaching. -
This is a digital resource. Looking to improve your students’ rhythmic reading? Want to find a way to reinforce concepts at home or on days when you need substitute plans? In this supplementary resource, Meghan Cabral, author of A New Band Approach, provides materials for flipped classroom video instructions on rhythm. She covers concepts related to syncopation in common time, the introduction of 16th note rhythms, and compound time in 6/8. This resource comes with video links and student worksheets for all of the concepts she introduces. -
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This is a digital resource. This PDF slideshow contains everything you need to engage students in creative work through a senior serenades project. Students collaborate to create projects that honor graduating seniors in your music program. This resource includes planning and assessment tools along with project examples and additional resources that can be saved and edited via google drive. -
by Michelle Rose
( 82 pages + dozens of downloadable files) This is an eBook for digital download. When Michelle Rose first started teaching music online, she felt like she went straight back to her first year of teaching and there wasn’t much guidance available for K-12 music educators, especially in regards to performance ensembles. Teaching Music Online: A Comprehensive Guide for K-12 Music Educators is full of everything Michelle learned during her experience of teaching music at a full time virtual school. Her book is a balance of practical advice, innovative teaching strategies, and educational philosophy designed to help teachers transition into online music education. -
by Benjamin Taylor and Joseph Sowa
(23 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Creativity and collaboration in the classroom is easier and more fun than you might think. The creative exercises and improvisational games collected in Teaching Music Creativity were designed to help students of all abilities feel comfortable in improvising and creating new music. They have been road tested by the Music Creators Academy and are now being used as a resource by band, choir, and orchestra directors with great success. -
by Martina Vasil
(19 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. From Fred Rogers to Carl Orff, the art of child’s play has been recognized as the “work” of children. This e-book contains four handclapping games from school playgrounds in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. With notated chants, activities, and video demonstrations, this eBook is a perfect way to engage students in rhythmic play! This resource is perfect for K-5 General Music Classrooms. -
This is a digital resource. This musicianship guide breaks down the main rhythmic and tonal patterns within Lon Beery's "The Bells" (Three-Part Mixed). It also includes a list of dynamics found throughout the piece. -
by Marissa Guarriello, Sarah Gulish, and Matt Shaffer
(103 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Want to engage your students in creative music-making but don't know where to start? This practical eBook takes you step-by-step through improvising, creating, arranging, and performing with your students. Written from the perspective of three string orchestra educators, these tried and true methods will transform your music classroom into a music laboratory. This interactive eBook includes links to videos, student project examples, editable google docs, and other supportive resources. The authors address topics such as "creativity in remote teaching" and "creativity as social justice," as well as rehearsal and lesson plan ideas that could be completed either in-person or remotely. -
by María del Carmen Andrade
(16 pages, Includes English & Spanish versions) This is an e-book for digital download. This story is a reminder for little ones and adults that we all have a golden seed inside of us. To find it, we must not give up and keep trying. We may cry when facing difficulties and challenges, but we must never abandon our dreams. Each purchase comes with PDF downloads and access to interactive flipbooks (in both English and Spanish) with music accompaniment tracks. Music tracks by Pedro Andrade, Fernando Muñoz (recording on page 12), and Kate Bright (final recording). -
This is a digital product for immediate download and includes a script, sheet music, and MP3 recordings. “The Journey” is an original mini-musical designed for young voices. The musical tells the story of four students who go on a field trip with their classmates to a science center on the day of a total solar eclipse. Throughout the day, the students encounter a variety of situations that, in the end, cause them to reflect on the journey of life. Students will love this story and accompanying songs! This show has a run time of 30-40 minutes with 7 speaking parts. MP3 Sample (Scroll to the long product description for more song samples!): -
by Alice Tsui
This is a digital resource for immediate download "The Moon Represents My Heart 月亮代表我的心” Teaching Guide and Sheet Music Arrangement by Alice Tsui is a bilingual Mandarin Chinese and English digital resource that shares the history of the song "The Moon Represents My Heart 月亮代表我的心,” the context of this popular song within Chinese culture, and its connections to cultural celebrations today. -
by S. Elias James
(102 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. The Music Tech Student is a compendium of information covering every major music technology topic. It’s a concise and unbiased look at the basics without leaving anything out. You’ll find it’s a fantastic trove of just the right answers to the most common questions from topics including careers, the nature of sound, acoustics, recording studios, DAWs, electronic music, audio processing, live sound, and marketing. -
by Thomas Velsor
(36 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. The purpose of this method is to provide a beginner double bass text that does not require shifting positions. By avoiding the need to shift, the student can spend their first lessons focusing on musicianship skills, and correct hand positions. This text would also be a good fit for any student performing in a concert band, as well as students who are not beginners but are new to the half position.
