Hooray for Singing!: Choral Teacher's Edition

Energetic and inclusive. These songs celebrate the joy of singing together while offering genuine musical challenges that respect students' growing abilities. The movement components make rehearsals feel active and purposeful rather than static.

This book serves grades 4-8 choral programs looking for accessible, engaging material that doesn't sacrifice musical substance. It works equally well for classroom teachers building singing skills into general music and for directors building choral confidence in younger singers.

• Teach the unison songs first to establish secure vocal lines and ensemble blend before introducing harmonic complexity.
• Use the movement component during rehearsals to help students internalize rhythm and phrasing, especially for those who learn kinesthetically.
• Layer the rounds gradually: once students own their own parts, have small groups trade roles to deepen their understanding of how the voices interact.
• Let movement be part of your performance, not just rehearsal. The choreography integrated into each song creates cohesion and visual interest for audiences.

This works beautifully as a concert opener or closing set that demonstrates your program's foundational work in sight-reading and part-singing. You can also extract individual songs to sprinkle into concerts throughout the year, using the progression to show growth in your singers' technical abilities.

• sight-singing in unison and multi-part voicings
• part independence and harmonic listening
• reading 2-part, 3-part, and 4-part arrangements
• singing in rounds and canons
• blend and intonation in ensemble settings
• coordination of vocal line with choreographed movement