An inspired collection of new songs and arrangements for all festive occasions - well-known carols in fresh arrangements, and new songs by living composers. Ideal for school and youth/community groups across Key Stage 2 (ages 7-11). Includes authoritative advice for warm-ups and preparing each song, with complete lesson- or rehearsal-plans.
- 40 fabulous carols and songs, selected and arranged by a seasoned musician and school practitioner/advisor
- Pieces for all occasions, from school concerts to Advent and Christmas services and carol-singing
- Ideal for school and youth groups across Key Stage 2 (ages 7-11), with songs in unison, two- and three-part harmony, and optional descants
- Vast range of repertoire for Christmas and seasonal celebrations, promoting understanding of different cultures, well-known carols through fresh arrangements, and new songs by living composers
- Wide range of styles, from plainsong and early music to folk, jazz, and rap
- Chapter devoted to fun partner-songs and mash-ups, ideal for whole-school assemblies or when combining choirs
- Authoritative advice for warm-ups and preparing each song, with complete lesson- or rehearsal-plans
- Photocopiable pages
- CD with backing tracks, with demo full-recordings available from the OUP website
- An ideal companion volume to OUP's Voiceworks at Christmas by Peter Hunt
Section I: Christmas Comes Around
The Christmas clap!, David How, adap. Kevin Stannard
Lapland joik, Trad. Sami
Penguin song, words Lucy W. Rhu, music Kevin Stannard
Little child, Alan Woods
Gabriel, Alan Simmons
Sing nowell!, Sue Nicholl
Under Bethl'em's star so bright, Trad. Czech, arr. Kevin Stannard
Christmas is coming!, Trad. English, arr. Kevin Stannard
Section II: All Over The World
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle!, Trad. French/Charpentier, arr. Kevin Stannard
Today in Bethlehem, Trad. Polish, arr. Kevin Stannard
A belén pastores, Trad. Spanish, arr. Kevin Stannard
Lullaby for Baby Jesus, Trad. Brazilian, arr. Kevin Stannard
Huron carol, Trad. Canadian/Jean de Bré©beuf, arr. Kevin Stannard
Te harinui, Willow Macky, arr. Kevin Stannard
Thula baba, thula sana, Trad. African
Section III: Christmas Stories
Who was Mary?, African-American spiritual, arr. Laura Thompson
Joseph, Lesley Fenton and Pauline Andrew
On the road to Bethlehem, Kevin Stannard
The donkey, Clive Sansom
Camel train, Kevin Stannard
Nativity carol, Trevor Davies
Coventry carol, Trad. English, arr. Kevin Stannard
In the bleak midwinter, words Christina Rossetti, music Gustav Holst, arr. Kevin Stannard
Section IV: Light and Life
Prayer to Prophet Muhammad Trad., Arabic, arr. Kevin Stannard
Hope of heaven, Mark and Helen Johnson
The light song, Jane Morgan
Someone so poor, Anon., arr. Kevin Stannard
Section V: Take Your Partner
Boys and girls, Trad. Czech, arr. Kevin Stannard
Hey!, words Will Foster/J.H. Hopkins, music Hopkins/Kevin Stannard
Can you hear the Christmas bells?, words Ernst Anschütz/Kevin Stannard,music Trad. German/Kevin Stannard
Angels singing, words E.H. Sears/Kevin Stannard, music Trad. English/Kevin Stannard
Born in a manger, Trad. English, arr. Kevin Stannard
Sweet was the song, Bob Chilcott, arr. Kevin Stannard
Christmas jig jingle, Various trad. (English), arr. Kevin Stannard
Section VI: Popular Connections
Ding dong, it's Christmas!, Jacob Mook, arr. Kevin Stannard
It's Christmas time again, Edmund Jolliffe
Nazareth, Nicholas Ager and Deborah Isitt
Nice boys and girls, Wally Daly and Jim Parker
That was the day, Kevin Stannard
I wish it could be Christmas everyday, Roy Wood, arr. Kevin Stannard
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