Folk Voiceworks is an outstanding collection including songs from centuries past alongside pieces by celebrated folk musicians. You'll find shanties, protest songs, songs about the land, lullabies, love songs, and much more - scored flexibly for unison and part-singing. With excellent practical rehearsal notes and a CD with performances of all the songs, this is a fabulous resource for all choirs.
Voiceworks is a magnificent resource for promoting good singing in schools and choirs and everywhere that children sing. The Voiceworks books (complete with CDs) are packed with songs and ideas which are practical, motivating, and accessible.
- Info:
- 30 traditional songs from England, Scotland, and Wales
- flexible arrangements for unison and part-singing
- ideal for community and youth choirs, school groups (KS3 upwards), and choral groups of all ages and experience
- vast range of repertoire: a fun tongue-twisting accumulative song, Christmas songs, songs about life in the mines, shanties, lyrical and reflective songs, songs about rituals or customs
- performance ideas for each song
- photocopiable pages
- CD with performances of all the songs
- Songs:
- Byker Hill
- Chariots (Kirkpatrick, John)
- Coorie Doon (McGinn, Matt)
- Dcaw 'Nghariad (There's My Sweetheart)
- Follow The Heron (Polwart, Karine)
- Hal-an-tow
- Hunting The Wren
- John Barleycorn
- Keep You In Peace (Morgan, Sarah)
- Lowlands
- Migildi, Magildi
- Mow Me Down My Meadow
- Paddy On The Railway
- Pleasant And Delightful
- Rap Her To Bank
- Roll The Old Chariot Along
- Sumer Is Icumen In
- Sweet Chiming Bells
- The Barley Mow
- The Blackleg Miner
- The Holly And The Ivy
- The Jute Mill Song (Brooksbank, Mary)
- The Pace Egging Song
- The Song Of The Weaver (Kirkpatrick, John)
- The Spinner's Wedding
- The Troubles of Erin (Garbutt, Vin)
- The wild Mountain Thyme (McPeake, Francis)
- Union Miner (Evans, George)
- Unst Boat Song
- Yr Hen Wr Mywn (My Dear Old Man)
