Tweet!: Choral CD Kit

This musical delivers exactly what elementary and middle school singers crave: a story with heart, humor, and characters they genuinely care about. The 40-minute runtime and Grades 2-7 span make it feasible to program across a wide range of abilities, while the growing-up message ("life is what you make it to be") gives the whole arc real substance beneath the charm. The included choreography videos and reproducible materials mean you can launch this with confidence, even if your director experience leans light.

Whimsical, encouraging, and bursting with personality. The music bounces between lighthearted character moments (think chatty squirrels and cautious birds) and genuinely uplifting numbers that celebrate curiosity and courage. Students feel both silly and empowered singing this.

Elementary and middle school choirs with mixed abilities, grades 2-7. This musical works equally well for a full mixed-voice chorus or a treble ensemble, and the character roles can be distributed across soloists, small groups, and the full choir.

• Study the free instructional choreography videos on alfred.com/tweet before your first rehearsal; they'll clarify character movement and help singers connect physically to their roles.
• Layer in the recorded accompaniment early so students hear how their parts sit within the full arrangement and can lock into the groove of pieces like "The Woodpecker Rap."
• Cast voices flexibly across the bird and forest-creature parts; this encourages ensemble ownership and keeps interest high across your full range of singers.
• Use the Owl's wisdom scene as a moment to drop vocal energy and let the message land; it's the emotional turning point that makes the Eagle's pep talk land harder.

Program this as a spring or year-end concert centerpiece, or use it as a full winter holiday or special assembly performance. The 40-minute length and built-in choreography make it a natural standalone presentation, though you could also extract individual numbers ("The Eagle's Song," "Life Is What You Make It To Be") as concert openers if you need shorter pieces.

• Singing story-driven narrative music with character consistency
• Managing rhythmic variety across styles (rap, hymn-like melody, contemporary pop)
• Integrating movement and vocal performance together
• Part independence within an ensemble context
• Dynamic expression tied to character and emotional content