middle school lit with the perfect fit...folk/country by gillian welch • perform with piano/fiddle...
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Middle School Lit with the Perfect FitBring Back the Music!
Emily Crocker
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Selecting Music
• Well-crafted• Uses appropriate ranges• Smooth voice leading• Interesting vocal lines, especially for emerging low voices
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Texts
• A certain level of sophistication or intellectual challenge
• Poetic texts• Languages other than English• Diverse cultures• Folksongs• Romantic love (in 3rd person• Broadway type music (“The Greatest Showman,” “Dear Evan Hansen”)
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Adapting Music
• Transpose• Double parts• Pencil in alternate pitches• Pivot Between Parts• Make cuts in voice parts• Write alternate harmonies
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Cantate! (2-Part)by Emily Crocker• Contest/Festival for
6th-8th Treble (equal voices; moderate ranges
• Prepare in solfège• Theme + countermelody
easy to learn and interesting for both parts
• Go to unison as needed or eliminate all/part of descant
• Also available TB HL 00324661
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All Fly Around (2-Part)arr. Emily Crocker• American folk• Equal voices• Build into harmony from
a unison• Melody, countermelody,
echo patterns• Rhythm/Handclaps• Fiddle obbligato
#HL 00283171
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Orphan Girl (SSA)arr. Emily Crocker• Folk/country by Gillian
Welch• Perform with
piano/fiddle or full country band
• Feature soloist & “angel chorus”
#HL 00334033
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Joy in the Morning (SSA)by Emily Crocker• Text adapted from “The
Wind in the Willows”• Secular, winter-themed• Piccolo obbligato (or
other C instrument)• Modal (mixolydian) and
compound duple (6/8)• Also available for SAB
#HL 00334954
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Glow (SAB)by Eric Whitacreadapt. Emily Crocker• Available for SATB,
SAB, SSA, TBB• Secular• Opt. strings
#HL 00276553
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J’entends le moulin (SATB)arr. Emily Crocker• French-Canadian folk
song• Simple melody, easy-to-
learn French• Canonic,
countermelodies
#HL 00327822
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Music in the Air TB Collectionarr. Emily Crocker• The Colorado Trail• I Want To Be Ready• Over My Head• Pack Up Your Troubles
in Your Old Kit Bag• Turn the Glasses Over
#HL 00344935
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Exsultate Deo (2-Part)by Emily Crocker• Contest/festival for
young choir• Equal voices have
Melody & Countermelody• Learn in solfège
#HL 00363388
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Caliban’s Dream (TBB)by Emily Crocker• Text from Shakespeare’s
The Tempest• Dramatic• Rhythmic
#HL 00328645
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Peter Pan Suite (SA)by Leonard Bernsteinarr. Emily Crocker1. Who Am I?2. Peter, Peter3. Dream With Me4. My House
Individual movements available digitally
#HL 00276508
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Who Is There Like Me (SSAB)by Emily Crocker
“Throughout the world, who is there like little me? I alone can touch the sky” (Winnebago)
• Also available for 2-Part
• Combined mixed and treble choirs #HL 00319942
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Courage Calls To Courageby Emily Crocker
In commemoration of the 19th amendment, this work encourages us to stand up for what we believe in, and to have the courage of our convictions in all aspects of civic life.
• Also available for SAB#HL 00325605
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Stopping by Woodsby Roger Emerson
• Poetry by Robert Frost• Brisk tempo,
contemporary harmonies
Also available for SATB, SAB
#HL 00326889
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Ujedinite Se (Stand United)by Jim Papoulis
• Commissioned by a middle school celebrating their cultures
• Overlapping texts• Rhythmic• Textures
#HL 48024483