Alberta Music Festival Association

REPERTOIRE SUGGESTION LIST

The following list is for anyone looking for repertoire ideas or guidance as to the ages and grade appropriateness of selections. This is not an exhaustive list. Competitors are

encouraged to bring any appropriate repertoire to any of Festivals associated with AMFA. This list is for guidance only.

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Table of Contents

Bands ………………..……………………………………………………………………….. 2

Strings ………………………………………………………………………………………… 5

Guitar ………………………………………………………………………………………… 7

Piano …………………………………………………………………………………………. 9

Speech Narrative/Dramatic Poetry ………………………………………… 11 Lyric Poetry ………………………………………………………………….. 13 Canadian Poetry ……………………………………………………….… 15

Choral Speech ………………………………………………………………….……….. 17

Vocal Solo …………………………………………………………………………………. 19 School Vocal Solo ………………………………………………………… 21

Choral …………………………………………………………………………………….…. 22

School Choral …………………………………………………………….… 23

** This list was taken from the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Provincial Syllabi.

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BAND REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS

Suggested Selections for Grade I Bands

All Ye Young Sailors – LaPlante (Daehn Publications)

Appalachian Overture – Smith (Belwin)

Bartók Suite – arr. Clark (Alfred)

Be Still, My Soul – arr. Smith (Barnhouse)

Chorale and Canon – McGinty (Queenwood)

Chorale Elega’nt – Roussanova Lucas (Alfred/Belwin)

Clouds – McGinty (KJOS)

Court Festival – Pearson (KJOS)

December Sky – Morales (FJH Music)

Hail to the Girls of Canada – arr. Marlatt (Eighth Note)

Land of the Silver Birch – Coakley (Eighth Note)

Majestica – Balmages (FJH Music)

Marzo Zingaro – Standridge (Grand Mesa)

Nottingham Castle – Daehn (Daehn Publications)

Prehistoric Suite – Jennings (Hal Leonard)

Sandy Bay March – West (Brolga)

Shine – Grice (Barnhouse)

Silver Scepter – Kinyon (Alfred)

Suggested Selections for Grade 2 Bands

Ancient Voices – Sweeney (Hal Leonard)

As Winds Dance – Hazo (Boosey & Hawkes)

…at Twilight – Grant (FJH Music)

Avinu Makleinu – arr. Gassi (Alfred)

Eagle Song – Baker/Buckely (Hal Leonard)

Early English Suite – Finlayson (Boosey & Hawkes)

A French Canadian Suite - MacLaughlin (Bourne)

Irish Jig for Young Feet – Weller (FJH Music)

Lisbon (from Lincolnshire Posy) – arr. Sweeney(Hal Leonard)

Nightsong – Saucedo (Hal Leonard)

Portrait of a Clown – Ticheli (Manhattan Beach)

Procession of the Sardar – arr. Williams (Alfred)

Sketches of Canada – arr. Story (Alfred/Belwin)

Whispers – Feldstein/Clark (Barnhouse)

Suggested Selections for Grade 3 Bands

Blanche Comme la Neige – Freedman (Canadian Music Centre)

Butterfly’s Ball – Fraley (FJH Music)

Chasing Sunlight – Nishimura (Cait Nishimura)

Donkey Riding – Donald Coakley (Eighth Note)

Fanfare, Ode & Festival – Margolis (Manhattan Beach)

Hymn for Band – Stuart (Shawnee Press)

Jana’s Dance – Gorham (Wingert-Jones)

Montreal Citadel – Audoire/trans. Horner (C. Alan)

On A Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss – Holsinger (TRN Music)

Pavane, op. 50 -Fauré/Clark (Carl Fischer)

Pop! – Olson (Bandquest)

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Remembrance – D.I.D. Choi (Self-published)

Suite from Bohemia (3 mvmts) – Nehlybel ..(Hal Leonard)

Symphony No. 15: Finale – Mozart/Daehn (Daehn Publications)

The Voyageurs – LaPlante (Daehn Publications)

Suggested Selections for Grade 4 Bands

A Little Concert Suite – Reed (Hal Leonard) Dusk – Bryant (Hal Leonard)

Elegy for Albinoni – Hanson (Windependence)

Hebrides Suite – Grundman (Boosey & Hawkes)

Letters for Home – Meechan (Meechan Music)

Molly’s Sweet – arr. Rowe (Grand Mesa)

Persian Dance No. 2 – Molookpour (HAFABRA)

Prairie Wedding – Kristofferson (Daehn Publications)

They Came Sailing – Jutras (Barnhouse) Toward the Bright Future – Wada (Grand Mesa)

Windjammer – Buckley (Hal Leonard)

Suggested Selections for Grade 5 Bands

Handel in the Strand – Grainger (Barnhouse)

Choice of either/or of the faster pieces, or play all three as a set.

Hymn to a Blue Hour – Mackey (Osti)

Metroplex: Three Postcards from Manhattan – Sheldon (Alfred)

October – Whitacre (Hal Leonard)

Pageant – Persichetti (Carl Fischer)

Puszta – Van der Roost (De Haske)

Vesuvias – Ticheli (Manhattan Beach)

Suggested Selections for Grade 6 Bands

Heroes Lost and Fallen – Gillingham (Hal Leonard)

Masquerade – Persichetti (Theodore Presser)

Paris Sketches – Ellerby (Maecenas Music)

The Passing Bell – Benson (Hal Leonard)

Postcard – Ticheli (Manhattan Beach)

Sinfonía No. 3 (La Salsa) – Sierra (www.subitomusic.com)

Mvmt I: Tumbao (rental only)

Suite Française – Milhaud (Hal Leonard)

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STRINGS REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS 5 AND UNDER

Quirk – Carol Barratt RCM Preparatory Level (F. Harris)

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep – Trad.arr. Kurt Sassmannshaus, Sassmannshaus Tradition: Violin Recital Album Volume 1 (Bärenreiter)

6 AND UNDER

Pipe and Tabor – Edward Huws Jones RCM Grade 1 (F. Harris)

Little March – Benjamin Cutter, Sassmannshaus Tradition: Violin Recital Album Volume 1 (Bärenreiter)

The Cowboay – Christine Donkin RCM Grade 1 (F. Harris)

7 AND UNDER

Pop Goes the Weasel – Trad., arr. Kurt Sassmannshaus Sassmannshaus (Violin Recital Album 1 (Bärenreiter))

Favorite Melody – Septimus Winner. Sassmannshaus Tradition: Violin Recital AlbumVolume 1 (Bärenreiter))

Soldier’s March– Alfred Lacbach,arr. Kurt Sassmannshaus Sassmannshaus Tradition: Violin Recital Album Volume 1 (Bärenreiter)

8 AND UNDER

Theme and Variations – Guido Papini, arr. Samuel Applebaum (Solos for Young Violinists 1 (Alfred))

Merry-Go-Round – Richard Rodney Bennett, RCM Grade 4 (F. Harris)

Concertino in G Major, op. 11 (1st movement) – Ferdinand Küchler RCM Grade 3 (F. Harris)

9 AND UNDER

Gypsy Dance – Ferdinand Seitz (Sassmannshaus Tradition: Violin Recital AlbumVolume 2 (Bärenreiter))

Mazurka – Frank Blachford, RCM Grade 5 (F. Harris)

Soldatenmarsch (Solder’s March) (no. 3) – Ludwig Mendelssohn RCM Grade 4 (F. Harris)

10 AND UNDSR

Little Sombrero – Samuel Dolin (RCM Grade 5 (F. Harris))

Plaisir d’amour (no. 12) (from Douze fantasies sur motifs favouris, op. 86) – Charles Dancla (Carl Fischer) RCM Grade 5 (F. Harris)

Air varié in G Major, op. 23, no. 3 – Oskar Rieding RCM Grade 5 (F. Harris)

11 AND UNDER

The Boy Paganini – Edward Mollenhauer (Solos for Young Violinists 2 (Alfred) RCM Grade 6 (F. Harris))

Hornpipe – George Coutts, RCM Grade 6 (F. Harris)

Concerto in a minor, op. 3, no. 6 (1st movement) – Antonio Vivaldi (Bärenreiter) (International Edition)

12 AND UNDER

Millionaire’s Hoedown – Herman Clebanoff (Solos for Young Violinists 2 (Alfred))

Spanish Dance, op. 12, no. 1, – Moritz Moszkowski (Edition Peters) RCM Grade 7 (F. Harris)

Sarabande in g minor – Carl Bohm Solos for Young Violinists 2 (Alfred)

13 AND UNDER

Concerto (Concertino) in G Major, op. 24 (1st movement) – Oskar Rieding ((Bosworth)Solos for Young Violinists 2 (Alfred))

Hope Told a Flattering Tale – Henry Farmer, Romantic Violinist (Boosey & Hawkes)RCM Grade 7 (F. Harris)

Air varié on a Theme by Bellini, op. 89, no. 3 – Charles Dancla (Schott) (Carl Fischer) (Schirmer)

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14 AND UNDER

Sicilienne and Rigaudon in the Style of Francoeur– Fritz Kreisler ((Carl Fischer) (Schott) Solos for Young Violinists 5 (Alfred))

Mazurka (Obertass), op. 19, no. 1- Henryk Wieniawski, RCM Grade 8 (F. Harris)

15 AND UNDER

Roumanian Folk Dances – Béla Bartók, arr. Zoltán Székely (Boosey & Hawkes)Solos for Young Violinists 6 (Alfred)

16 AND UNDER

Danse espagnole (from La vida breve) – Manuel de Falla, arr. Fritz Kreisler(Carl Fischer)

Praeludium and Allegro (in the Style of Pugnani) – Fritz Kreisler (Schott) (Carl Fischer)

18 AND UNDER

Introduction et Tarantelle, op. 43 – Pablo de Sarasate (International Edition) (Carl Fischer)

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GUITAR REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS 6 AND UNDER

Dutch Dance – Hans Neusidler RCM Preparatory (F. Harris

Valse, op. 50, no. 7 – Ferdinando Carulli ..RCM Grade 1 (F. Harris) Sicilienne – Matteo Carcassi ..RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

Andante (Andantino), op. 241, no. 5 - Ferdinando Carulli ..RCM Grade/Level 1 (F. Harris) Promenade – Robert Hamilton ..RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

Waltz (from Cuatro piezas fáciles para guitarra) - Bartolomé Calatayud ..RCM Grade/Level 1 (F. Harris)

7 AND UNDER

Ejercicio – José Ferrer RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

“Eight” – Richard Summers ..RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

Carrousel – Claude Gagnon ..RCM Preparatory (F. Harris) 8 AND UNDER

Fleur de lotus – Roque Carbajo RCM Grade 1 (F. Harris)

Romanze – Johann Kaspar Mertz ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris)

Canción del limpiabotas (Song of the Shoe-shiner) (from ¡Toca Guitarra!) – Cees Hartog ..RCM Grade/Level 1 (F. Harris)

Packington’s Pound – arr. J. Andrew Creaghan ..RCM Grade/Level 2 (F. Harris)

Menuet (from Elementary Studies, 3) – Shawn Bell ..RCM Grade/Level 1 (F. Harris)

Scarborough Fair – arr. Norbert Kraft ..RCM Grade/Level 2 (F. Harris) 9 AND UNDER

What If a Day, a Month, or a Year – Anonymous RCM Grade 1 (F. Harris)

Les marionnettes – Rémi Bouchard, arr. Claude Gagnon ..RCM Grade/Level 1 (F. Harris)

Travellin’ – Michael Coghlan ..RCM Grade/Level 1 (F. Harris) 10 AND UNDER

What Is a Day – Philip Rosseter RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris)

Barcarolle – Norbert Kraft ..RCM Grade 3 (F. Harris)

Allegro (no. 13) (from Le papillon, op. 50) Mauro Giuliani ..RCM Grade/Level 2 (F. Harris)

Amanecer (Daybreak) – Jaime Zenamon ..RCM Grade/Level 4 (F. Harris) Andante (No. 1) (from 24 excercises très faciles, op. 35, no. 1) – Fernando Sor ..RCM Grade/Level 2 (F. Harris) Soldatenmarsch – Robert Schumann ..RCM Grade/Level 4 (F. Harris)

11 AND UNDER

Ruscello (Brook) – Carlo Domeniconi RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris)

A Memory – Richard Summers ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris) Paysage (no. 1) (from Trois paysages, huit promenades) – Takashi Ogawa ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris)

12 AND UNDER

Rumba à Gatelle – Thierry Tisserand RCM Grade 3 (F. Harris)

Milonga (from La ligamos) – Claudio Camisassa ..RCM Grade 5 (F. Harris)

Mary Hamilton – Traditional, arr. Peter Hudson ..RCM Grade/Level 3 (F. Harris) Tango – Michael Coghlan ..RCM Grade/Level 5 (F. Harris) El coyuyo (The Cicada) – Héctor Ayala ..RCM Grade/Level 3 (F. Harris) Grazioso, op. 50, no. 23 – Mauro Giuliani ..RCM Grade/Level 5 (F. Harris)

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13 AND UNDER

Valse chôro, op. 64, no. 1 – Francis Kleynjans RCM Grade 4 (F. Harris)

Mrs. Winter’s Jump, Poulton 55 – John Dowland ..RCM Grade/Level 4 (F. Harris) School Blues (from Blues to Help You Through) - Brian Katz ..RCM Grade/Level 4 (F. Harris)

14 AND UNDER

Ballet – Anonymous, trans. Paul Gerrits RCM Grade 4 (F. Harris)

Can She Excuse, Poulton 42 – John Dowland, arr. Jeffrey McFadden ..RCM Grade 7 (F. Harris)

Lágrima (Tear), Prelude, TI i-17 - Francisco Tárrega ..RCM Grade/Level 4 (F. Harris) Allegro (no. 26) (from Le papillon, op. 50) - Mauro Giuliani ..RCM Grade/Level 7 (F. Harris)

Prélude No. 2 (from 12 préludes en forme d’études) - Claude Gagnon ..RCM Grade/Level 4 (F. Harris)

My Lady Hundson’s Allemande, Poulton 54 - John Dowland ..RCM Grade/Level 7 (F. Harris) 15 AND UNDER

Rêves d’été (Summer Dreams) – Michael Yukich RCM Grade 5 (F. Harris)

El amable (The Amiable Fellow) – José Ferrer ..RCM Grade/Level 5 (F. Harris) Babybaião (from Les 100 de Roland Dyens) - Roland Dyens ..RCM Grade/Level 5 (F. Harris)

16 AND UNDER

Waltz, op. 51, no. 8 – Napoléon Coste RCM Grade 6 (F. Harris)

Joropo (from Suite del recuerdo) – José Luis Merlin ..RCM Grade 8 (F. Harris)

Nocturne No. 1 (from Trois Nocturnes, op. 4) - Johann Kaspar Mertz ..RCM Grade/Level 6 (F. Harris) Sonata in A Major, K. 322 – Domenico Scarlatti, arr. Jeffrey McFadden ..RCM Grade/Level 8 (F. Harris) Waltz (from Colección de valses) – José Ferrer ..RCM Grade/Level 6 (F. Harris)

Valse de la primavera – Augustín Barrios, ..RCM Grade/Level 8 (F. Harris) 17 AND UNDER

Allegretto, op. 47, no. 4 – Fernando Sor RCM Grade 7 (F. Harris)

Condombe en mi – Máximo Diego Pujol ..RCM Grade/Level 7 (F. Harris) Caprice (No. 11) (from Études instructives, faciles

et agréables, op. 100, no. 11) – Mauro Giuliani ..RCM Grade/Level 7 (F. Harris) 18 AND UNDER

Cavatina – Stanley Myers, arr. John Williams RCM Grade 8 (F. Harris)

Caprichio árabe, serenata – Francisco Tárrega (Amsco Publications) (Chanterelle Verlag) (Mel Bay Publications)

Prelude (from English Suite, op. 31) - John W. Duarte ..RCM Grade/Level 8 (F. Harris) Tango en Skaï – Roland Dyens ..(Editions Henry Lemoine) Gigue (from Suite for Solo Cello No. 3, BWV 1009) - Johann Sebastian Bach ..RCM Grade/Level 8 (F. Harris)

Vals venezolano No. 3 – Antonio Lauro ..RCM Grade/Level 9 (F. Harris) 19 AND OVER

Leyenda – Isaac Albéniz (Amsco Publications) Granada (no. 1) (from Suite española, op. 47) - Isaac Albéniz (ed. Manuel Barrueco) ..(Belwin-Mills [Alfred] Choro-typico (Choro No. 1) – Heitor Villa-Lobos ..RCM Grade/Level 9 (F. Harris)

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PIANO REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS

AGE 6 & UNDER

Rocking, op. 117, no. 5 - Cornelius Gurlitt (from Die Angfangs-Stunden)

Swirling Leaves – Gordon A. McKinnon (RCM level 1)

The Itchy Ant – Clifford Poole (from legacy collection 2)

AGE 7 & UNDER

Teddy Bear – Teresa Richert (from Toy Collection)

Russian Folk Song – Ludwig van Beethoven (Conservatory Canada – New Millennium Series, Gr. 1

A French Minuet – Jean-Henri d’Anglebert (Conservatory Canada – gr. 1)

AGE 8 & UNDER

The Wood Fairies – Walter Carroll (no. 11 from The Countryside

Prelude 2 – June Armstrong (from Six Little Prelude and Fugues)

Tenderfoot – Linda J. Purves (ARMTA commissioned work for Canada 150

AGE 9 & UNDER

Azisai (Soft Rain) – Naoko Ikeda (from Miyabi – 5 Japanese Impressions for Piano)

Wild Mignonette – Cornelius Gurlitt (RCM grade 3)

The Owl – Walter Buczynski (from Ten Piano Pieces for Children)

AGE 10 & UNDER

Sonatina in B-flat Major, op. 4 no. 8 – Samuel Wesley

Dreamcatcher – Anne Crosby Gaudet (RCM grade 4)

Ho Ho Watanay - Canadian Iroquois Lullaby – Han Ding (ARMTA commissioned work for Canada 150)

AGE 11 & UNDER

La Boiteuse – Jean-Phillippe Rameau

Sonatina in G Major, op. 168, no.2: 1st

mvt – Anton Diabelli

Two Rigadons – Jean-Philippe Rameau (Conservatory Canada Gr 5)

AGE 12 & UNDER

Flannagan’s Cove – Timothy Brown (from Bravissimo! Book 4)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Rebekah Maxner (from Titanic, a Voyage in Piano Music)

Carnaval de Québec – Peter Jancewicz (from Sketches of Canada)

AGE 13 & UNDER

Scherzo – J.S. Bach (from Partita in a minor)

Danza de la Rosa – Enrique Granados (Conservatory Canada Gr. 7)

Ottawa Valley Song – Court Stone

AGE 14 & UNDER

Beautiful Fairy and Playful Gnomes – Peter Rudzik (from the Book of Piano Magic)

The Little Shepherd (no. 5) – Claude Debussy (from Children’s Corner)

Fantasia in g minor, TWV 33:8 – Georg Philipp Telemann (from Third Dozen)

AGE 15 & UNDER

Allegro cantabile, op 3, no. 2 – Edvard Grieg (from Poetic Tone-Pictures)

Sonata for the Young op. 118, no. 3: 3rd

mvt. – Robert Schumann

Star Gazing – Alexina Louie (from Star Light, Star Bright)

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AGE 16 & UNDER

Air with Variations – George Frederic Handel (from Suite no. 1 in B flat Major)

Ocean Vista – Ruth Watson Henderson (RCM gr. 9)

Mazurka in a minor – op. posth.67, no. 4 – Frédéric Chopin

AGE 17 & UNDER

In Autumn – Edward MacDowell (from Woodland Sketches

Sonata in E Major, K. 380 – Domenico Scarlatti

Six Variations on “Nel cor più non mi sento” Wo0 70 – Ludwig van Beethoven

AGE 18 & UNDER

Claire de lune , L. 75, no.3 - Claude Debussy (from Suite bergamesque)

Fascinating Rhythm – George Gershwin (from Gershwin at the Keyboard)

Land of the Misty Giants (no. 8) – Oscar Peterson (from Canadiana Suite)

AGE 19 & OVER

Romance, op. 11, no. 2 in g minor: Andante & Allegro passionate – Clara Wieck-Schumann

Everything Waits for the Lilacs – John Burge (Canadian Music Centre)

Cloches à travers les feuilles (no. 1) – Claude Debussy (from Images, 2)

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SPEECH REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS

NARRATIVE/DRAMATIC POETRY

AGE 5 & UNDER

Spring Rain – Marchette Chute Random House Anthology

The Snail and the Mouse – Laura E. Richards Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

The Worm – Ralph Bergengren Random House Anthology

I Did Not Eat Your Ice Cream – Jack Prelutsky Something Big Has Been Here Missing – A.A. Milne; Winnie the Pooh Magical Eraser – Shel Silverstein ..Where the Sidewalk Ends

AGE 6 & UNDER

Table Manners – Gelett Burgess Random House Anthology; Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

What’s That? – Florence Parry Heide Random House Anthology

Daddy Fell Into the Pond – Alfred Noyes Random House Anthology

Lines and Squares – A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh

My Tooth Ith Looth – George Ulrich ..20th Century Poetry

Hey, Bug! – Lilian Moore ..Random House Anthology AGE 7 & UNDER

The People Upstairs – Ogden Nash Random House Anthology

The Little Boy and the Old Man – Shel Silverstein Random House Anthology; Light in the Attic

My Brother – Marci Ridlon Random House Anthology

One Day When We Went Walking – Valine Hobbs Random House Anthology Oh to Be… - Richard Edwards.. 20

th Century Poetry

Bedtime – Eleanor Farjeon ..Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young AGE 8 & UNDER

Mother Doesn’t Want a Dog – Judith Viorst Random House Anthology

The Girl Who Makes the Cymbals Ring – X.J. Kennedy 20th

Century Poetry

The Four Friends – A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh

Jonathan Bing – Beatrice Curtis Brown Random House Anthology

Mummy Slept Late and Daddy Fixed the Breakfast – John Ciardi.. Random House Anthology

Frizzing – John Ciardi ..20th

Century Poetry AGE 9 & UNDER

The Marrog – R.C. Scriven.. Random House Anthology

On a Night of Snow – Elizabeth Coatsworth.. The Poetry Book

Belinda Blue – Jack Prelutsky.. Something Big Has Been Here

Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker – Roald Dahl.. Random House Anthology Messy Room - Shel Silverstein.. Light in the Attic The Shark – Lou Alfred Douglas ..Random House Anthology

AGE 10 & UNDER

(Brackets) – John Coldwell Hutchinson Treasury

Eat it all Elaine – Kaye Starbird Random House Anthology

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf – Roald Dahl Hutchinson Treasury

Me and My Giant – Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends

Smart Remark – Jean Little ..Hey World, Here I Am!

Painting the Gate – May Swenson ..Big Book of Poetry

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AGE 11 & UNDER

The Snowman – Shel Silverstein.. Where the Sidewalk Ends

Jim, Who Ran Away from his Nurse and was Eaten by A Lion – Hillaire Belloc.. Oxford Classic Treasury; Oxford Story Poems;

Mr. Kartoffel – James Reeves.. Random House Anthology

The Twins – Henry S. Leigh.. Random House Anthology

Sir Smashum Uppe – E.V. Rieu..Random House Anthology

Matilda, Who Told Lies and was Burned to Death – Hillaire Belloc ..Oxford Classic Treasury; Classic Poems; Hutchinson Treasury

AGE 12 & UNDER

The Terrible Path – Brian Patten Oxford Classic Treasury

The Pied Piper of Hamelin – Robert Downing ( pprox... 40 lines, performer’s choice) Oxford Story Poems; Classic Poems

Legend – Judith Wright Oxford Classic Treasury

The Listeners – Walter de la Mare Oxford Classic Treasury; Classic Poems

After Ever Happily – Ian Serraillier.. Oxford Story Poems

The Complacent Tortoise – Brian Patten ..Oxford Story Poems AGE 14 & UNDER

Get Up and Bar the Door – Anonymous Norton Anthology

The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes (Part One OR Part Two) Oxford Story Poems; Oxford Classic Treasury; Hutchinson Treasury

Dulce et Decorum Est – Wilfred Owen Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

La Belle Dame sans Merci – John Keats Norton Anthology; Oxford Story Poems; Classic Poems; Broadview Anthology

Too Hot to sleep – Sid Marty.. “Til All the Stars Have Fallen

Jonah and the Whale – Gareth Owen ..Oxford Story Poems AGE 16 & UNDER

David – Earle Birney ( pprox.. 60-75 lines, performer’s choice) The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( pprox.. 60-75 lines, performer’s choice) Norton Anthology; Oxford Story Poems

Lord Randal – Anonymous Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

The Forsaken – Duncan Campbell Scott Broadview Anthology; The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

Any Prince to Any Princess – Adrian Henri.. Good Poems for Hard Times

The Journey of the Magi – T.S. Eliot ..Hutchinson Treasury; Broadview Anthology AGE 18 & UNDER

Eve to her Daughters – Judith Wright Norton Anthology

My Last Duchess – Robert Browning Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

Sir Patrick Spens – Anonymous Norton Anthology

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock – T.S. Eliot ( pprox.. 60-75 lines, performer’s choice) Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

The Titanic – E.J. Pratt..(“The Final Moments” OR pprox.. 60-75 lines , performer’s choice); Penguin Book of Canadian Verse; The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

At the Long Sault: May 1660 – Archibald Lampman ..Anthology of Canadian Literature

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LYRIC POETRY

AGE 5 & UNDER

Fuzzy Wuzzy, Creepy Crawly – Lillian Schulz Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Hamsters – Marci Ridlon Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Mud – Polly Chase Boyden Random House Anthology; Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Cat Kisses – Bobbi Katz Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young The Little Whistler – Frances Frost ..Piping Down the Valleys Wild Kick A Little Stone – Dorothy Aldis ..Big Book of Poetry

AGE 6 & UNDER

Puppy Chased the Sunbeam – Ivy O. Eastwick Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Someone – Walter de la Mare Random House Anthology

Mice – Rose Fyleman Random House Anthology; Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young; Hutchinson Treasury

Daffadowndilly – A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh Here Comes – Shel Silverstein.. A Light in the Attic I Heard A Bird Sing – Oliver Herford ..Big Book of Poetry

AGE 7 & UNDER

Where Go the Boats – R.L. Stevenson A Child’s Garden of Verses; Hutchinson Treasury

Sometimes – Jack Prelutusky Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

The Spring Wind – Charlotte Zolotow Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Wind on the Hill – A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh Sometimes – Jack Prelutusky.. Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Green Grass And Dandelions – Margaret Wise Brown ..Big Book of Poetry Halfway Down – A.A. Milne ..Read-Along Rhymes for the Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh

AGE 8 & UNDER

Block City – R.L. Stevenson A Child’s Garden of Verses

Since Hanna Moved Away – Judith Viorst Random House Anthology

Picture Puzzle Piece – Shel Silverstein A Light in the Attic

Spring Morning – A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh Forgotten Language – Shel Silverstein.. Where the Sidewalk Ends Portrait by a Neighbour – Edna St. Vincent Millay..Piping Down the Valleys Wild

AGE 9 & UNDER

The Wolf – Georgia Roberts Durston Random House Anthology

A Narrow Fellow in the Grass – Emily Dickinson Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

Night Heron – Frances Frost Random House Anthology

House for Sale – Leonard Clark Random House Anthology To Dark Eyes Dreaming – Zilpha K. Snyder.. Random House Anthology

Every Time I Climb a Tree – David McCord ..Random House Anthology

AGE 10 & UNDER

Come In – Robert Frost Norton Anthology

If Once You Have Slept on an Island – Rachel Field Random House Anthology

pprox and millie and molly and may – e.e. cummings Random House Anthology; HutchinsonTreasury; Oxford Classic Treasury

Cat Began – Andrew Matthews Hutchinson Treasury

Silver – Walter de la Mare.. Random House Anthology; New Oxford Treasury Climbing – Aileen L. Fisher ..Big Book of Poetry

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AGE 11 & UNDER

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost Random House Anthology; Norton Anthology; Hutchinson Treasury; Classic Poems; Broadview Anthology; Oxford Classic Treasury

Four Little Foxes – Lew Scarlett Norton Anthology

Indian Summer – Wilfred Campbell The New Wind Has Wings

The Snake Trying – W.W.E. Ross The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse So Many Nights – Margaret Wise Brown.. Big Book of Poetry How and When and Where and Why – Phyllis Gotlieb ..The New Wind Has Wings

AGE 12 & UNDER

The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology; Oxford Classic Treasury

The Poem – Amy Lowell Hutchinson Treasury

Home Thoughts from Abroad – Robert Browning Norton Anthology; Classic Poems

Crossing the Bar – Alfred, Lord Tennyson Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology Once Upon a Time – Bill Martin, Jr. and Michael Sampson.. Big Book of Poetry Composed upon Westminster Bridge – William Wordsworth ..Norton Anthology; Classic Poems

AGE 14 & UNDER

Tears, Idle Tears – Alfred, Lord Tennyson Norton Anthology

A Man Who Finds that his Son has Become a Thief – Raymond Souster The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night – Dylan Thomas Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

Bats – Randell Jarrell Classic Poems

Caged Bird – Maya Angelou.. Broadview Albertasaurus – George Bowering ..15 Canadian Poets X 2

AGE 16 & UNDER

Birches – Robert Frost Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

Preludes – T.S. Eliot Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

Prairie Graveyard – Anne Marriott The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes – Thomas Gray Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

The Tuft of Flowers – Robert Frost.. Big Book of Poetry The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter – Ezra Pound ..Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

AGE 18 & UNDER

Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey – William Wordsworth ( pprox.. 40-50 lines, performer’s choice) Broadview Anthology; Norton Anthology

Fern Hill – Dylan Thomas Broadview Anthology; Norton Anthology

Church Going – Philip Larkin Broadview Anthology; Norton Anthology

Letters and Other Words – Michael Ondaatje Broadview Anthology When Death Comes – Mary Oliver.. Good Poems for Hard Times The Hollow Men – T.S. Elliot ..Broadview Anthology

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CANADIAN POETRY

AGE 5 & UNDER

I Can Fly – Sheree Fitch Toes in My Nose

Being Five – Dennis Lee Garbage Delight

Digging a Hole to Australia – Dennis Lee The Ice Cream Store

Toes in My Nose – Sheree Fitch Toes in My Nose

The Dinosaur Dinner – Dennis Lee.. ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen Bubble Gum Benny – Sheree Fitch ..Toes in My Nose

AGE 6 & UNDER

Get Lost – Jean Little I Gave My Mom a Castle

The Sneeze – Sheree Fitch Toes in My Nose; ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen; Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Cartwheels – Jean Little Hey World, Here I Am!

The Muddy Puddle – Dennis Lee Garbage Delight, ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen, Random House Anthology

The Swing – Dennis Lee.. Garbage Delight Anxious – Miriam Waddington ..’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

AGE 7 & UNDER

Wars – Jean Little Hey World, Here I Am!

Licorice – John Paul Duggan ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

bye bye – sean o huigan The New Wind Has Wings

Halfway Dressed – Dennis Lee Garbage Delight

Silverly – Dennis Lee.. ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen; Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young The Bratty Brother (Sister) – Dennis Lee ..Garbage Delight

AGE 8 & UNDER

Jeremy’s House – Lois Simmie ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

Stand-In – Jean Little I Gave My Mom a Castle

Zeroing In – Diane Dawber ’Till All the Stars Have Fallen; Hutchinson Treasury

Unicorn – Anne Corkett.. ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

The Brook in February – Charles G.D. Roberts ..The New Wind Has Wings The Secret Song – Dennis Lee ..Garbage Delight

AGE 9 & UNDER

Today – Jean Little..Hey World, Here I Am!

The Strangers – A.A. Brown..The New Wind Has Wings

Smelly Fred – Dennis Lee..Garbage Delight

The Sky is Falling – Diane Dawber..’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

My Toboggan and I Carve Winter – Jane Wadley ..’Til All the Stars Have Fallen I Get High on Butterflies – Joe Rosenblatt ..’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

AGE 10 & UNDER

Yesterday – Jean Little..Hey World, Here I Am!

North Wind – Joanne Lysyk.. ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen; New Oxford Treasury

Maudie Alone – Jean Little.. I Gave my Mom a Castle

Path to the Moon – bpNicol.. ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen; New Oxford Treasury

And My Heart Soars – Chief Dan George.. ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen Squirrels in my Notebook – Florence McNeil ..’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

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AGE 11 & UNDER

Noah – Roy Daniells..The New Wind Has Wings; The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse; The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

The Rattlesnake – Al Purdy.. The New Wind Has Wings

The Diver – W.W.E. Ross.. The New Wind Has Wings;The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse; The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

The Yak – Virna Sheard The New Wind Has Wings; The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse

yawn – sean o huigan ..’Til All the Stars Have Fallen White Cat – Raymond Souster ..The New Wind Has Wings

AGE 12 & UNDER

The Blue Heron – T.G. Roberts.. The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

Flight of the Roller Coaster – Raymond Souster.. The New Wind Has Wings; The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse; The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

Paul Bunyan – Arthur S. Bourinot.. ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

The Shark – E.J. Pratt.. The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse; The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Broadview Anthology; 15 Canadian Poets X 3

I, Icarus – Alden Nowlan.. The New Wind Has Wings The Skater – Charles G.D. Roberts ..The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Broadview Anthology

AGE 14 & UNDER

Green Rain – Dorothy Livesay.. The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Anthology of Canadian Literature

The Lonely Land – A.J.M. Smith.. The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Broadview Anthology

Two Sonnets (performer’s choice).. – Charles G.D. Roberts OR Archibald Lampman The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Anthology of Canadian Literature; Broadview Anthology; Penguin Book of Canadian Verse

Heirloom – A.M. Klein.. The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Anthology of Canadian Literature; The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse

You Begin – Margaret Atwood ..The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse A Kite is a Victim – Leonard Cohen ..The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Anthology of Canadian

Literature; BroadviewAnthology

AGE 16 & UNDER

Looking for Strawberries in June – Miriam Waddington; Anthology of Canadian Literature

The Execution – Alden Nowlan.. The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Broadview Anthology

Thoughts from Underground – Margaret Atwood; Anthology of Canadian Literature; Broadview Anthology

How One Winter Came to the Lake Region – Wilfred Campbell; The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse

Canoe Trip – Douglas le Pan ..The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse The Snowman – P.K. Page ..The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

AGE 18 & UNDER

The Ebb Begins from Dream – Earle Birney; Anthology of Canadian Literature;

Whatever Else Poetry is Freedom – Irving Layton; Anthology of Canadian Literature

Vancouver Lights – Earle Birney; Anthology of Canadian Literature; Broadview Anthology

Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer – Margaret Atwood; The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Anthology of Canadian Literature; Broadview Anthology; 15 Canadian Poets X 3

Icarus – Gwendolyn MacEwan ..Anthology of Canadian Literature Silences – E.J. Pratt ..The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

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CHORAL SPEECH REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS

KINDERGARTEN

Frog on a Log – Ilo Orleans Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Fish – Mary Ann Hoberman Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Good Morning – Muriel Sipe Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Jump or Jiggle – Evelyn Beyer Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

The Snail and the Mouse – Laura E. Richards Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

The Squirrel – Anonymous Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young GRADE 1

Squirrel In The Rain – Frances Frost Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Cats – Eleanor Farjeon Random House Book of Poetry for Children

Five Little Chickens – Anonymous Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Gold-Tinted Dragon – Karla Kuskin Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Knights and Ladies – A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh

The Elf and the Dormouse – Oliver Herford Random House Book of Poetry for Children GRADE 2

It Fell in the City – Eve Merriam Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Ears Hear – Lucia and James Hymes, Jr. Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Brontosaurus – Gail Kredenser Random House Anthology

Yellow Butter – Mary Ann Hoberman Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Holes – Tim Wynne-Jones ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

The Farmer and the Queen – Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends; Classic Poems to Read Aloud GRADE 3

My Brother Bert – Ted Hughes Random House Anthology

Jimmy Jet and His T.V. Set – Shel Silverstein Random House Anthology; Where the Sidewalk Ends

Creature In The Classroom – Jack Prelutsky Random House Anthology

Cat – Mary Britton Miller Random House Anthology

Sea Cliff – A.J.M. Smith ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

Spring – Karla Kuskin Random House Anthology GRADE 4

First Day At School – Roger McGough Classic Poems

The Bogeyman – Jack Prelutsky Random House Anthology

A Mosquito In The Cabin – Myra Stilborn ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen

Lone Dog – Irene McLeod Random House Anthology

The Camel’s Complaint – Charles E. Carryl Random House Anthology

The Visitor – sean o huigan ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen GRADE 5

Augustus, Who Would Not Have Any Soup – Heinrich Hoffman Random House Anthology

The Lion and The Echo – Brian Patten Classic Poems; Oxford Story Poems

I Met A Rat of Culture – Jack Prelutsky Something Big Has Been Here

Clarence – Shel Silverstein A Light in the Attic

Sing a Song of People – Lois Lenski Random House Anthology

The Old Wife and the Ghost – James Reeves Piping Down the Valleys Wild (Note: contains an old-fashioned word for rooster)

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GRADE 6

Foul Shot – Edwin A. Hoey Random House Anthology

The Reformed Pirate – T. G. Roberts The New Wind Has Wings

Gluskap’s Hound – T.G. Roberts The New Wind has Wings

Colonel Fazackerley – Charles Causley Random House Anthology

Rum Tum Tugger – T.S. Eliot Piping Down the Valleys Wild

The Ant at the Olympics – Richard Digance Random House Anthology GRADE 7

Captain! My Captain! – Walt Whitman Classic Poems; Broadview Anthology

If – Rudyard Kipling Classic Poems

The Fisherman – Jay McPherson The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; Broadview Anthology

The Song My Paddle Sings – E. Pauline Johnson Anthology of Canadian Literature

Mushrooms – Sylvia Plath Classic Poems to Read Aloud; Hutchinson Treasury

The Tyger – William Blake Classic Poems to Read Aloud; Hutchinson Treasury GRADE 8

Charge of the Light Brigade – Alfred, Lord Tennyson Classic Poems

I Have a Dream – Martin Luther King (Performer may use excerpt as printed, or choose a 40 line selection from the full text) Classic Poems

The Cremation of Sam McGee – Robert W. Service (Approx. 40-50 lines) The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

All The World’s A Stage – William Shakespeare (Jacques’ Speech from As You Like It) Classic Poems

Everyone Sang – Siegfried Sassoon Classic Poems to Read Aloud

Windigo Spirit – Ken Stange ’Til All the Stars Have Fallen GRADE 9

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and The Nymph’s Reply – Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology

The Night Mail – W. H. Auden Classic Poems; Oxford Treasury

She Walks In Beauty – Lord Byron Norton Anthology; Classic Poems, Broadview Anthology

Tarantella – Hilaire Belloc Classic Poems, Oxford Classic Treasury

Chicago – Carl Sandburg Norton Anthology

The Woodpile – Robert Frost Norton Anthology

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VOCAL REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS 6 & UNDER

I Need a Home for My Dinosaur (from Dinosaurs,Dragons and Me) – Donna Rhodenizer ..RCM Preparatory

The Rainbow (from Five Unison Songs) – Cyril Hampshire ..RCM Preparatory

The Penguin Ball (from Computer Cat) - Donna Rhodenizer; RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

There Once Was a Puffin (from Five Unison Songs) – Cyril Hampshire ..RCM Preparatory

Rabbits (from The Zoo) – W. Herbert Belyea ..RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

7 & UNDER

There Once Was a Puffin (from Five Unison Songs) – Cyril Hampshire ..RCM Preparatory

Butterflies / Les Papillons – Lillian Smith ..RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

Colours – Harry Brook ..RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

I Need a Home for My Dinosaur (from Dinosaurs, Dragons and Me) – Donna Rhodenizer ..RCM Preparatory

I Wonder (from Computer Cat) – Donna Rhodenizer ..RCM Grade 1 (F. Harris) 8 & UNDER

If I Were…– Elizabeth Pollmer ..Conservatory Canada Grade 1

The Unicorn (from Creatures Great and Small, 1) - Clifford Crawley ..(Leslie Music Supply)

The Spider Hunter (from The Western Song Books 1) - William Henry Anderson ..RCM Grade 1 (F. Harris)

Dinosaurs – Linda Fletcher ..(Leslie Music Supply)

Bobsledding (from Six Playful Songs) – Dean Blair ..(Alberta Keys Music Publishing)

All Things Bright and Beautiful – 17th century English melody, arr. Akiko and Forrest Kinney ..RCM Grade 1 9 & UNDER

The Spider Hunter (from The Western Song Books, 1) -William Henry Anderson ..RCM Grade/Level 1 (F. Harris)

All Through the Night – Traditional Welsh Melody, arr. Hugh J. McLean ..RCM Grade/Level 2 (F. Harris)

My Dog Spot – Clifford Crawley ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris)

Someone – Violet Archer ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris)

Desperado – American folk song, arr. Mark Mrozinski ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris)

To the Sky – American folk song, arr. Carl Strommen ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris) 10 & UNDER

If You Should Meet a Crocodile – Nancy Telfer ..RCM Grade/Level 2 (F. Harris)

On the Back of an Eagle – Nancy Telfer ..RCM Grade/Level 2 (F. Harris)

Ed, the Invisible Dragon (from Dinosaurs, Dragons and Me) – Donna Rhodenizer ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris)

I’m Gonna Go an’ Live at Gramma’s – David Dahlgren ..(Alberta Keys Music Publishing)

My Dog Spot – Clifford Crawley ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris)

On the Back of an Eagle – Nancy Telfer ..(Leslie Music Supply) RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris) 11 & UNDER

The Frog – Thomas Frederick Dunhill ..(Banks Music Publishing)Conservatory Canada Grade 2

My Cedar Canoe (from Summer) – Martha Hill Duncan ..RCM Grade/Level 3 (F. Harris)

Bessie the Black Cat – Peter Jenkyns ..(Elkin and Co.)

The Path to the Moon (from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th

Century Easy Song Collection) – Eric H. Thiman ..RCM Grade 4 (F. Harris)

A Pirate Song – William R. Smith ..RCM Grade 3 (F. Harris)

I’m Gonna Go an’ Live at Gramma’s – David Dahlgren (Alberta Keys Music Publishing)

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12 & UNDER

The Stars are with the Voyager (from Ye Shall Have a Song) –Jay Althouse ..RCM Grade/Level 3 (F. Harris)

Child of the Universe – Craig Cassils ..(Hope Publishing)

Water-Melon Seller (from Pick ‘n’ Choose) - Aubrey Beswick; …RCM Grade 4 (F. Harris)

A Highland Lullaby (F. Harris) ..RCM Grade 4 – 2005 Edition (F. Harris)

Wiegenlied (Guten Abend)/Cradle Song, op. 49, no. 4 - Johannes Brahms ..(Any Standard Edition) 13 & UNDER

Sir Nicketty Nox – Stanley Marchant (Novello) ..Conservatory Canada Grade 4

Twilight Lullaby – Thomas Frederick Dunhill (Cramer Music) Conservatory Canada Grade 4

Jazz-Man (from Friday Afternoon, op. 7) Benjamin Britten ..RCM Grade 5 (F. Harris)

Lullaby for Benjamin – Walter MacNutt ..(Leslie Music Supply)

Where Go the Boats – John E. Govedas ..RCM Grade 5 (F. Harris)

I Will Make You Brooches – Winifred Dury ..(Paterson’s Publications Ltd.) 14 & UNDER

Poor Wayfaring Stranger – American Folk Ballad, arr. Mark Mrozinski ..RCM Grade/Level 5 (F. Harris)

The Little Spanish Town – Peter Jenkyns ..(Novello)

The Tiger – Peter Jenkyns ..(Novello)

Homeward Bound (from Folk Songs for Solo Singers 1) Marta Keen, arr. Jay Althouse ..(Alfred) ..RCM Grade 6 (F. Harris)

Jazz-Man (from Friday Afternoons, op. 7) - Benjamin Britten .. (Boosey & Hawkes) RCM Grade 5 (F. Harris)

Singin’ the Blues (from Blue Skies and Pirates) - Donna Rhodenizer ..(Red Castle Publishing) RCM Grade 6

15 & UNDER

Ride On, King Jesus – African-American Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh ..RCM Grade/Level 6 (F. Harris)

I Love All Graceful Things – Eric H. Thiman ..(J. Curwen & Sons)Contemporary Art Songs (Schirmer); First Book of Soprano Solos, 1 (Schirmer)

Singin’ the Blues (from Blue Skies and Pirates) - Donna Rhodenizer ..RCM Grade 6 (Schirmer)

She’s Like the Swallow (from Folk Songs of Eastern Canada) – Traditional, arr. Godfrey Ridout ..(Gordon V. Thompson [Alfred]) RCM Grade 7 – 2005 Edition (F. Harris

June Magic – Marguerita Spencer ..(Gordon V. Thompson [Alfred]) RCM Grade 6 (F. Harris)

Jagdlied/Hunting Song, op. 84, no. 3 – Felix Mendelssohn ..First Book of Baritone/Bass Solos 1 (Schirmer)

16 & UNDER

Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride – Geoffrey O’Hara ..First Book of Baritone/Bass Solos, 2 (Schirmer)

Shepherd’s Cradle Song – Arthur Somervell ..Album of 25 Favorite Songs for Girls (Schirmer)

Rolling Down to Rio – Edward German ..The Young Singer: Baritone (R.D. Row)

Cool and Silent is the Lake – Gladys Davenport ..(Leslie Music Supply)RCM Grade 8 – 2005 Edition (F. Harris)

Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride – Geoffrey O’Hara ..(Huntzsinger & Dilworth) First Book of Baritone/Bass Solos 2 (Schirmer)

Homeward Bound – Marta Keen, arr. Jay Althouse ..RCM Grade 6 (F. Harris)

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SCHOOL VOCAL REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS GRADE 1

Michael Row the Boat Ashore – African American Spiritual, arr. Christine Donkin RCM Preparatory (F. Harris) Butterflies/Les Papillons – Lillian Smith ..(Banks Music Publications)RCM Preparatory (F. Harris) A Cookie for Snip – Burton Lowell Kurth (Leslie Music Supply) RCM Preparatory (F. Harris) Rabbits (from The Zoo) – W. Herbert Belyea (Leslie Music Supply) RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

Donkey Riding – Canadian Folk Song, arr. Linda Fletcher Sing!, 3 (Leslie Music Supply) RCM Preparatory Teddy Bears’ Picnic – John Walter Bratton, arr. Forrest Kinney ..RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

GRADE 2

A Cookie for Snip – Burton Lowell Kurth ..RCM Preparatory (F. Harris)

Lullaby – Nancy Telfer ..(Leslie Music Supply) I Need a Home for My Dinosaur (from Dinosaurs, Dragons and Me) – Donna Rhodenizer ..(Red Castle

Publishing) RCM Preparatory (F. Harris Bobsledding (from Six Playful Songs) - Dean Blair (Alberta Keys Music Publishing) RCM Grade 1 – 2005 Edition The Spider Hunter – William Henry Anderson (Leslie Music Supply) RCM Grade/Level 1 (F. Harris) The Wind (from Songs of Autumn) – Cecil Sharman (Banks Music Publishing) RCM Grade/Level 1 (F. Harris)

GRADE 3

Dragons (from Creatures Great and Small 1) - Clifford Crawley ..(Leslie Music Supply)

The Unicorn (from Creatures Great and Small 1) - Clifford Crawley ..(Leslie Music Supply) Someone – Violet Archer ..(Mayfair) RCM Grade/Level 2 (F. Harris) Skip to My Lou – Appalachian Folk Song, arr. Christine Donkin ..RCM Grade/Level 2 (F. Harris)

GRADE 4

The Fate of Gilbert Gim – Margaret Drynan ..(Gordon V. Thompson [Alfred])

All Through the Night – Traditional Welsh, arr. Hugh J. McLean ..RCM Grade 2 (F. Harris) House to Let – Alfred Whitehead (Leslie Music Supply) Grasshopper Green – Colin Taylor (Oxford University Press) RCM Grade 2 – 2005 Edition (F. Harris Simple Gifts – Joseph Brackett, arr. Christine Donkin ..RCM Grade/Level 3 (F. Harris) The Ash Grove – Welsh Folk Song, arr. Forrest Kinney ..RCM Grade/Level 3 (F. Harris)

GRADE 5

Computer Cat (from Computer Cat) - Donna Rhodenizer ..RCM Grade 3 (F. Harris)

Marienwürmchen/Ladybird, op. 79, no. 14 - Robert Schumann ..RCM Grade 3 (F. Harris) Snakes – Peter Jenkyns (Novello)

Mr. Nobody – Linda Fletcher ..(Leslie Music Supply)

Coconut Man (from Pick ‘n’ Choose) - Aubrey Beswick (Universal) RCM Grade/Level 3 (F. Harris) GRADE 6

The Tiger – Peter Jenkyns (Novello)

The Path to the Moon – Eric H. Thiman RCM Grade 4 (F. Harris) The Owls – Peter Jenkyns (Novello) RCM Grade 4 (F. Harris) White Butterflies – Kenneth Ira Bray (Gordon V. Thompson [Alfred]) RCM Grade 6 (F. Harris) She’s Like the Swallow – Canadian Folk Song, arr. Craig Cassils (Leslie Music Supply) RCM Grade/Level 4 The Gospel Train – African-American Spiritural, arr. Forrest Kinney ..RCM Grade/Level 4 (F. Harris)

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CHORAL REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS 10 AND UNDER

Hot Cross Buns – Cyril Jenkins, arr. Leslie Music Supply No. 2023

Chatter with the Angels – B. Bertaux, arr. Boosey & Hawkes 480109425

Circles – Mary Goetze Boosey & Hawkes 9790051466344

Once More to the Sea – Robert I. Hugh Hal Leonard Corporation 08751522

My Voice Shalt Thou Hear – Joseph Corfe Novello – NOV 290196 12 AND UNDER

Domine Deus, Agnus Dei – Antonio Vivaldi (from the Gloria), ed. Janet GalvanRoger Dean Pub.15/1857RB

Calico Pie – Timothy Strang Santa Barbara Music Publishing SBMP 241

Et Exultavit – Antonio Vivaldi Vivaldi for Treble Voices Selections from the Magnificat, Edited by Janet Galvan Roger Dean Publishing Company 15/1474R

Can You Hear Me – Bob Chilcott (2-Part) Oxford University Press 9780193415324

Bringet her dem Herrn — Georg Philipp Telemann (Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied) Alliance Music AMP 0634

14 AND UNDER

Like A Singing Bird – Bob Chilcott (SA) Oxford University Press 9780193360082B

The Happy Wanderer – A. Ridge/Friedrich Moller arr. John Leavitt Hal Leonard 08564107

In The Fall Of The Year – William H. Anderson (Two-Part) Leslie Music Supply 2011

The Robin is the One – Neil Ginsberg (2-Part) Hal Leonard Corporation 0875154

14 AND UNDER (BOYS)

Purple Finch (Birdsong No.1) – Daniel Brewbaker ..Boosey & Hawkes M-051-47607-7

The Lion and the Unicorn – Ed Harris ..Hinshaw Music HMC – 584

hist whist – Jere Hutcheson (Two-Part) ..Walton Music HL08501524

Follow the Drinking Gourd – Rollo Dilworth, arr. ..(Two-Part) Hal Leonard 08748736

Cantate Domino – Nancy Hill Cobbe ..Santa Barbara Music Publishers 282 16 AND UNDER (UNCHANGED VOICES)

Benigne Fac Domine – Johann Adolf Hasse, ed. By Martin Banner Roger Dean Publishing Company 15/1802R

Good Night, Gently Sleep – J. Herrington, arr. ..Pavane Publishing 1994 P1050

Barter – René Clausen ..Santa Barbara Music Pub. Inc. SBMP 527

Lake Isle of Innisfree – Eleanor Daley (SSA) ..Oxford University Press 9780193426528

Hotaru Koi – arr. Ro Ogura (Japanese folk song) ..Theodore Presser Company—312414200 19 AND UNDER (GIRLS)

Sing Ye Righteous – Ludovico Viadana, Edited by Leland Sateren Concordia Publishing House 981527

Savory, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme – D. Patriquin, arr. ..From Six Songs of Early Canada Earthsongs

The Moon Is Distant From The Sea – David N. Childs ..Santa Barbara Music Pub.Inc. SBMP 719

To Morning – Allan Bevan (SSA) ..Cypress Choral Music CPC 1076

Wind Song – Richard Kidd ..Boosey & Hawkes—MO51465392 19 AND UNDER (MIXED, CHANGED VOICES)

Adoramus Te – Quirino Gasparini ..Walton Music HL08500714

Sing Ye Righteous – Ludovico Viadana ..Concordia Publishing House 98-1527

My Spirit is Uncaged – Paul Rardin (SATB) ..Santa Barbara Music Publishing Inc SBMP 771

Llega la Hora – Kristopher Fulton ..Cypress Music—CP 1113

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SCHOOL CHORAL REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS

Grades 1–3

Dinosaurs – Gordon Fleming (Six Primary Songs) Leslie Music Supply Inc. No. 1119

Food – Clifford Crawley (Ev’ryday Things) Leslie Music Supply Inc. No. 1136

Eletelephony – Udo Kasemets RCM Grade 1, 3rd edition

My Shadow – Anita Davis (Patches of Verses) Hinshaw Music Hmo-1468

Bird Scarer’s Song – Ronald Tremain (Five Traditional Nursery Rhymes Set 2) Leslie Music Supply No. 1200

Circus Clown – Burton Kurth Leslie Music Supply 1034

April’s A Lovely Lady – Thomas Dunhill Leslie Music Supply No. 1101

Magic In The Raindrops – Henry Clark Leslie Music Supply No. HC 1008

A Load of Turnips – William H. Anderson (Unison) Leslie Music Supply No. 1016

Spider Hunter – William H Anderson (Unison) Leslie Music Supply No 1007

Trolls – Clifford Crawley Unison Leslie Music Supply No. 1193

Shake the Papaya Down – arr. Ruth Dwyer and Judith Waller Colla Voce 21-20222

Jumpety, Bumpety – N. Telfer Leslie Music No. 1167

Cha, Cha, Cha – G. Fleming (Six Primary Songs) Leslie Music Supply Inc. No. 1119

Cars – Clifford Crawley (Ev’ryday Things) Leslie Music Supply Inc. No. 1136

Monkeys – W. H. Belyea (The Zoo) Leslie Music Supply Inc. No. 1133 Grades 4–6

When In Dreamland – Arr. by Linda Spavacek Heritage Music Press 15/1217H

Trolls – C. Crawley Leslie Music Supply Inc. 1994 No. 1193

One Wish – Dean and Jean Perry BriLee Music 1999 BL192

Song of the River – arr. Mark Patterson (unison with optional descant) Brilee Music Publishing BL48

Lurianna, Luralee – Nancy Telfer Leslie Music Supply

Seasons – Michael Coghlan Leslie Music Supply No. 2082

The Pasture - Daniel Kallman Mark Foster Music Company HL 35016736

Purr-ima Donna – Randal Thompson (Unison / 2-part) Thorpe Music Publishing Company 392-03081

The Owl and the Pussycat – Nancy Telfer (Unison) Leslie Music Supply LEC 114

I am a Small Part of the World – S. Albrecht Alfred Publishing

Dragons – C. Crawley (Creatures Great and Small) Leslie Music Supply 1137

Rocking In Rhythm – M. and M. Coghlan Leslie Music Supply 1178

My World – R. Schram Bel Canto Series BriLee Music BL 189

Grades 4–6 – Boys

Zum Gali, Gali – arr. Dan Schwartz 2 part Alfred Choral 16314

Like A Mighty Stream – Moses Hogan and John Jacobson Hal Leonard Corporation 08551658

Spirits – Douglas Beam Colla Voce Music Inc. 24-96650

Donkey Riding – arr. Thomas Bell (Two-Part) Oxford 9780193805248

One-Legged Sam – I. Martin Willis Music Co 8946 Grades 4–6 – Girls

The Arrow And The Song – Mary Lynn Lightfoot (two-part) Heritage Choral Series 15/116

Fairest Lady – Nick Page (Nursery Rhyme Cantata) Boosey & Hawkes M051471799

The Place Called Morning – Earl J. Reisdorff Santa Barbara Music Pub. Inc. SBMP 798

Antonio – Jay Broeker Two Parts Santa Barbara Music Publishing SBMP 873

Our Gift For You – J. Estes Alfred Publishing Co.11365

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Grades 7–9 – Two-Part

Shiru – Allan Naplan Boosey & Hawkes MO51472017

The Lily And The Rose – Bob Chilcott Oxford University Press 780193433175

Snow – John Govedas (Two-Part) Leslie Music Supply No. 2086

Birdsong – Paul Read Boosey & Hawkes M-051-469512 / 48004700

Rattlesnake Skipping Song – D. Holman Boosey & Hawkes—MO51467097 Grades 7–9 – SAB

Goodbye – Janet Kidd Oceanna Music Publication 2004

Autumn – Andy Beck Alfred Publishing Company 23039

The Road Not Taken – Andrea Klouse Hal Leonard 08704934

Welcome, Winter Winds – Cristi Cary Miller (Three-Part Mixed) - Hal Leonard Corporation 08552171

An Invocation – T. Stokes B.C. Choral Federation/CMC Grades 10–12 – SAB

Banks Of Doon – D.G. Schultz Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.1998 OC:B6995

Domine Filia 3 – Giovanni Battista Martini Edited by Martin Banner Hinshaw Music Inc. HMC 1967

The Road Not Taken – Andrea Klouse Hal Leonard 08704934

It Sings in Me – Philip E. Silvey Santa Barbara Music Publishing Inc. SBMP 808

Your Face – Bob Chilcott OUP – 97801934432994 Grades 10–12 – SSA

Sanctus – Antonio Salieri – Edited Patrick Liebergen Hal Leonard

It Was A Lover And His Lass – David Willcocks Oxford U. Press 9780193870369B.

When I Think Of You – Laura Farnell Santa Barbara Music Pub. Inc. SBMP 743

Jabberwocky – John Govedas Three Part Treble Rhythmic Trident Music Publishing RTCA-017

Child With The Starry Crayon – Eleanor Daley Alliance Music Publications, Inc.—AMP 0563 Grades 10–12 – SATB

Kyrie – Andrea Klouse Hal Leonard 08704233

Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs – Carl Heinrich Graun Ed. Walter S. Collins Hinshaw Music Inc. HMC 583

Joyful Be To God – Johan Helmich Roman Concordia Publishing House CPH 98-2291

Life’s Mirror – Eleanor Daley (SATB) Alliance Music Publications AMP-0725

Hear My Voice – Kathryn Chomick Alliance Music Publications, Inc—AMP 0670