Our NEW
Viva Voce! 2010-2011
213 pages on CD-ROM $79

» photocopyable «

We're not going to be a part of the "dumbing-down" of children's choir music!
If your children's choir has been singing air-pudding,
maybe it's time you took a new look at your curriculum.
(Or better yet, take a look at ours!)

Our NEW Viva Voce! 2010-2011 project is ready!
St. James Music Press' comprehensive teaching curriculum for children’s choirs,
Grades K-2 and 3-6.

We've been planning this for a few years now, and we found just the person to head up our Viva Voce Project. Carol McClure is an alumna of the University of Louisville, and earned the degree Master of Church Music at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with dual emphases in choral conducting and harp. The breadth of her conducting experience includes service as choral director at Queen's Park Baptist Church in Glasgow, Scotland, Director of Music and Arts at North Decatur Presbyterian Church, Decatur, Georgia, as well as her current work with her children’s choirs at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville. She is nationally known for her compositions and arrangements for children's voices, is highly sought after for her workshops and conferences, and has been working with St. James Music Press for several years.

In addition, Carol serves as Representative of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) for Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

This learning plan is based on our commitment to teaching vocal technique, music skills, hymn-knowledge-y, liturgics, and service in a fun, efficient, memorable and rewarding manner for both the choristers and the directors. For 2010-2011 we have commissioned a set of new anthems from our wonderful composers, all created to capture the imaginations of your choir members.

Our curriculum follows the church-year and contains thirteen Grade 3-6 anthems, an Advent Cantata, and ten Grade K-2 anthems, which also may be used as ‘easy access’ anthems for the Grade 3-6 choir.

What's on the CD-ROM?

10 anthems for K-2 (or easy-access anthems for less experienced singers)
13 more challenging anthems for grades 3-6
An Advent Cantata by English composer Richard Shephard
From God on High - an Advent Service of readings and music
What Wondrous Love - A Lenten Service of readings and music
All instrumental parts included.
Recordings of all the music in mp3 format. You can make CDs and give them to your choir.
Permission to photocopy and record EVERYTHING!
PLUS (and this is crucial!)
A monthly e-newsletter that includes lesson plans for each age group,
warm-ups, ideas, games, rehearsal tips and more!

Our project includes a curriculum plan, but if you just like the anthems, that’s fine, too.
Remember, you’re free to make as many copies of anything on this disk as you like.

A vital part of this curriculum is our monthly email newsletter, (August-April) sent to each Viva Voce subscriber. Each newsletter will contain a teaching overview, teaching points, vocal warm-ups for the specific anthems reinforcing the melodic and harmonic material, songs and games to help students learn hymns, music history, liturgics, aural and singing skills, music reading and general musicianship. You'll sign up as soon as you receive your CD-ROM.

And, by the way, here are two FREE Children's anthems that you'll enjoying introducing to your choristers.
(Just click on the titles to download.)
The Church Year
The Chorister's Benediction

IMPORTANT!

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 7 or higher
(we suggest the latest version - Version 9 - for optimal viewing).
You can download the program at the Adobe Acrobat Reader website. It's FREE.
Click Here or on the icon to go to their website.
If your computer tells you the NEWSLETTER file is "corrupted," you are most likely using an early version of Acrobat Reader.
PLEASE consider upgrading your program. (C'mon. You can do this...)

We look forward to serving as your curriculum partner in mentoring the next generation of worshiping Christians.
Soli Deo Gloria!

LISTEN TO THE ANTHEMS (and the cantata)

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