[HANASHIR:3921] Re: Youth Choir music

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

Carol - Some tunes you don't want to miss are:   Craig T's "Master of All
Things," (which has the Sh'ma in it) Julie Silver's "Shir Chadash," Debbie
F.'s "Kadish d'Rabanan," the traditional "Lo Yisa Goy" done in a round that
starts off with the slow.... la... sol.... ti....la.... then goes up to the
higher mi, and continues... mi, mi re do re mi do re, re do ti sol......
etc. etc.   If you need clarification let me know.... you should also do the
new Craig Taubman "L'cha Dodi" on the Friday Night Live cd.   I could go on
and on... but you just asked for a few.   :-)
Meris
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Boyd Leon <cbleon (at) hotmail(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 2:24 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:3917] Youth Choir music


>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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