What do I do for an Elementary School Chorus Concert?
How long should it take to teach all the songs?
Do I use a few Narrators, or many, or none at all?
Many Music Teachers run out of ideas for chorus concerts. Here are some themes that seem to be used a lot: Under the Sea, Outer Space, Down on the Farm, Wild West, Time Travel, The Great Outdoors, Movin' On, Mystery, Springtime, Christmas, Patriotic, and so forth.
As fun as it is to search for the perfect theme to build a program around and then search for songs to fit the program, sometimes it is nice to have the program already packaged for you.
How long should it take to teach all the songs?
Do I use a few Narrators, or many, or none at all?
Many Music Teachers run out of ideas for chorus concerts. Here are some themes that seem to be used a lot: Under the Sea, Outer Space, Down on the Farm, Wild West, Time Travel, The Great Outdoors, Movin' On, Mystery, Springtime, Christmas, Patriotic, and so forth.
As fun as it is to search for the perfect theme to build a program around and then search for songs to fit the program, sometimes it is nice to have the program already packaged for you.
Recently it dawned on me that using songs from my Children's Musicals catalogue could form the basis of some fun 4th-5th Grade Chorus Concerts. A few years ago, a Music teacher in Pennsylvania asked me to put together a Chorus Concert for their school. He liked to do programs that were more like shows with stories, characters, solos, costumes, scenery --- the works. All of the actors/singers would be pulled from the main chorus. So, sets and movement needed to work within the confines of their stage/riser space.
"Three Mini-Musicals in Concert" was what they used at that school. I even got to go see it performed. (I didn't mind the travel because my granddaughter was in the show.) The Mini-musicals are: The Ants and the Grasshopper, The Musicians of Bremen and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
"Three Mini-Musicals in Concert" was what they used at that school. I even got to go see it performed. (I didn't mind the travel because my granddaughter was in the show.) The Mini-musicals are: The Ants and the Grasshopper, The Musicians of Bremen and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Some of the 4th-5th Grade Chorus at Alloway Elementary School in Pennsylvania
From Fables to Folktales showcases the famous storytellers who passed down the fables and folktales we still enjoy today.
These tales have been told and retold for generations. Many have important morals promoting Character Values that we would do well to live by today such as Honesty, Sincerity, Kindness, Bravery, Cooperation, Appreciation and Work.
Each narration "lead-in" gives a brief historical setting about the fable or folktale.
These tales have been told and retold for generations. Many have important morals promoting Character Values that we would do well to live by today such as Honesty, Sincerity, Kindness, Bravery, Cooperation, Appreciation and Work.
Each narration "lead-in" gives a brief historical setting about the fable or folktale.
Tales of Far Away Places centers around how some children dream of going on a Quest or wonder what life was like for kids long ago in different cultures.
The script calls for Narrators and Soloists to tell about their desires to travel to distant times and places. The "lead-in" narrations also give historical settings to each of these songs and the fable or folktale the musicals were based on.
The far away places and distant times are ancient Greece, ancient Japan, ancient Persia, and the American Old West, as well as Paris, France in any time, Elizabethan England, and nowadays
The script calls for Narrators and Soloists to tell about their desires to travel to distant times and places. The "lead-in" narrations also give historical settings to each of these songs and the fable or folktale the musicals were based on.
The far away places and distant times are ancient Greece, ancient Japan, ancient Persia, and the American Old West, as well as Paris, France in any time, Elizabethan England, and nowadays
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