Product Description

An inspired collection of pieces for Christmas, Voiceworks at Christmas meets the needs of all choral groups and overflows with festive cheer.BL 30 fabulous carols and songs, from unison to four-part harmony and beyond BLPieces for all occasions: school concerts, Advent and Christmas services, carol-singing BL Ideal for youth and community choirs, school groups (Key Stage 2 upwards), choral societies, church choirs, and choral groups of all ages and experience BL Vast range of repertoire: plainsong and early music, spirituals, folk pieces, carols in jazz style BLIntroduces carols from the West Gallery and Sacred Harp traditions BL Well-known carols in fresh arrangements and new songs by living composers BL Tips and hints for warming up and preparing to rehearse BL A complete lesson or rehearsal plan for each song BL Photocopiable pages BL CD with performances of all the songs and some backing tracks

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #151550 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 208 pages

Review
In addition there is a well-produced CD of model performances. Flexibility seems to be at the heart of Hunt's concept. The repertoire choice is enticingly varied . . . You can photocopy the pages, mix and match styles and parts or, given the spiral binding, even rip out songs you don't like - although I would be surprised if it came to that when OUP have produced such an excellent collection. (Armin Zanner Music Teacher September 05 )

Although this accolade will be more than a little late by publication date for this year, buy a copy and start browsing for Christmas 2005! (Singing, Winter 04 )

I insisted on reviewing this compilation because I just had to have it for myself (reviewers get to keep the resource)! In Voiceworks at Christmas Peter Hunt provides refreshing singing material for adolescent singers in a classroom setting - I would also recommend it to the choral directors with youth and community choirs as the SATB works are very simple. The book includes a vast range of repertoire . . . There's a complete lesson/rehearsal plan for each song with tips and hints for warming up. The pages are photocopiable which is wonderful for limited resource budgets. Every song is performed brilliantly on the CD by a small group of singers - in tune, together and beautifully (without huge warbly vibratos the size of a minor third). The old and the new are combined to create this Christmas choral collection. A must for KS3 upwards at Crimbo! (Louisa Clethero, Zone Magazine Autumn 2004 )

OUP has a winning formula with its Voiceworks series. Each volume is a valuable resource full of attractive songs in a wide variety of styles designed to capture the imagination of young singers. And, if my recent experience of adjudicating school and community choirs at local festivals is anything to go by, children really enjoy performing Voiceworks items . . . A hallmark of the Voiceworks series is that every book is a complete teaching resource with photocopiable pages, excellent teaching notes full of practical help and ideas for learning and performing each item, as well as much sound technical advice on how to encourage children to sing well and enjoy themselves. (Christopher Field, Music Teacher, July 2007 )