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Broadway Partners!: Teacher's Handbook (100% Reproducible, includes Staging Suggestions)

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Broadway Partners!: Teacher's Handbook (100% Reproducible, includes Staging Suggestions)

Broadway Partners!: Teacher's Handbook (100% Reproducible, includes Staging Suggestions)

10 Terrific Partner Songs for Young Singers

Arr., with new words and music, by Sally K. Albrecht, orch. Tim Hayden

Grade: 2--7

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Here's a great way to introduce your young singers to 10 Broadway classics while developing independent part-singing! There's nothing more fun than a partner song, and this terrific collection features well-known favorites that will never go out of style! Includes easy-to-teach staging suggestions where appropriate. Titles: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) * Comedy Tonight (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) * Ease on Down the Road (The Wiz) * The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money) (42nd Street) * Look to the Rainbow (Finian's Rainbow) * Soon It's Gonna Rain (The Fantasticks) * Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette) * Together Wherever We Go (Gypsy) * Wouldn't It Be Loverly (My Fair Lady) * Yankee Doodle Boy (Little Johnny Jones and George M.).

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Series: Partner Songbooks
Publisher: Alfred Music
Page Count: 72
ISBN10: 0-7390-9642-7
ISBN13: 978-0-7390-9642-0
UPC: 038081446349
SKU: 00-39974

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About the Arranger: Sally K. Albrecht

Sally K. Albrecht

Sally K. Albrecht is a prolific choral composer and arranger with deep roots in music education and performance. Her catalog includes over 600 choral publications and 75 large-scale works, earned her recognition as an annual ASCAP Special Music Award recipient since 1987, and established her as a trusted voice in school choral music. She has spent more than thirty years shaping educational vocal resources at major publishers, including a lengthy tenure at Alfred Music, while also conducting honor choirs at prestigious venues like Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center.

Albrecht's academic background spans both music and theater; she holds degrees from Rollins College, the University of Miami Frost School of Music, and has taught in music departments across the country. Her distinctive approach to choral writing reflects her dual training and her sustained focus on how movement and staging can deepen student engagement and musical understanding.

Why we love this

These ten Broadway classics arrive ready to teach partner songs without overwhelming young singers or requiring elaborate preparation. The staging suggestions built directly into the handbook transform rehearsal time into something visibly theatrical, which matters enormously when you're building confidence in early singers.

What to expect

Stepping into Broadway through partner songs brings the joy of musical theater into everyday classroom singing. These ten melodies are bright, familiar, and designed so that when two vocal lines weave together, singers feel the magic of harmony without the struggle.

Who it's for

This handbook serves elementary and middle school teachers working with singers in grades 2-7 who want to introduce partner songs through beloved Broadway material. It's equally valuable for choir directors seeking accessible duet material that doesn't require separate octavo purchases.

How to get the most out of it

  • Rehearse each voice part independently first, even though the goal is independence within the partnership. Young singers often lock onto the other part before securing their own line.
  • Use the staging suggestions as a rehearsal tool before worrying about full staging; the movement patterns clarify rhythmic relationships and help singers feel the flow of their melodic line.
  • Layer the parts gradually. Start with Part 1 alone, add Part 2, then assign singers to their parts and let them experience the harmonic intersection.

How to use it

Pair this collection with your spring concert or musical assembly to give young singers their first real taste of theatrical partnership. The reproducible format and range of styles also make these songs ideal for filling out a general music curriculum unit on musical theater without requiring separate purchases for each student.

Skills your students will build

  • Independent part-singing and sustaining a melodic line while hearing another part
  • Listening to and blending with a partner voice
  • Understanding how two melodies can share harmonic space (introduction to vertical harmony)
  • Applying staging and movement to deepen musicality
  • Reading and interpreting vocal music from standard notation

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