Classroom New Releases

Teachers keep coming back to Sally K. Albrecht's The Big Chill: Digital Audio Download and Andy Beck's The Great Big Holiday Bake Off: Digital Audio Download for their reliability in elementary and middle school settings. Colton Blake's Inspire the Choir!: 24-Poster Set and Mary Knysh's Drum Circles 101 materials give you visual scaffolding and practical percussion ensemble frameworks that work immediately in the classroom.

Sally K. Albrecht released Christmas Carol Quest: Teacher's Handbook & Online PDF/Audio this spring, building on her track record with seasonal classroom content. David Baker's Music Teaching for Special Educational Needs: All Instruments Book and Mark Cabaniss's Tom Sawyer & Company: SoundTrax Digital Audio Download also arrived recently.

Sally K. Albrecht brings three decades of choral conducting experience and over 600 published works to her classroom materials. An ASCAP award recipient since 1987, she's known for integrating movement with singing, which shows up clearly in pieces like The Big Chill and her seasonal releases.

Andy Beck serves as Director of Choral Publications at Alfred Music and has more than 450 choral works in print. Beyond composing, he's written foundational method books like Sing at First Sight and Vocalize!, so his classroom materials come from someone who thinks systematically about how students learn.

Mary Knysh specializes in percussion ensemble work designed for real classrooms. Drum Circles 101 reflects her practical focus: these are frameworks and guides, not just scores, giving teachers structure for ensemble building regardless of prior percussion experience.