[HANASHIR:3917] Youth Choir music

[Carol Boyd Leon <cbleon...>]

Let's say you had a group of 25 very enthusiastic kids of varying ages and 
musical abilities in a youth choir.  (I do!)  They sound best singing in 
unison or singing rounds because the youngest kids are just in third grade 
and don't yet read music or Hebrew and aren't real strong when singing 
transliteration.  The oldest are 7th and 8th graders and think they're 
pretty good because they also sing in their middle school choirs.  You have 
the kids for less than 30 minutes about 3 times a month.  They'll sing at 4 
Shabbat services during the year and at some Sunday morning Religious School 
services, too.

What are some songs you think are real winners?

I'll start.  My kids love Julie Silver's V'ahavta (which is in English) and 
Jeff Klepper's Prayer Is Reaching and Ellen Allard's Thank You.  They did 
great with the round, Sing It In.  I know they'll love Karen Daniel's Keep 
Shabbat/V'shamru and Sing A Song About A Rainbow and Lisa & Lynn's We Are 
All Candles.  And they'd better like the round We Give You Thanks that I 
wrote for them!

BTW, I also have each grade from PreK/K through 4th sing at a Shabbat 
service during the year.  I find it very easy to pick music for them because 
I can choose something that's very age-appropriate.

Thanks for sharing! -- Carol

Carol Boyd Leon
Director of Music, Temple B'nai Shalom
7612 Old Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Temple fax:  703-764-2904
E-mail:  CBLeon (at) hotmail(dot)com

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