About the Book
Sing It, Dance It, Play It, Learn It! Songs for the Elementary Classroom, Volume 1 is a reproducible collection of 28 fun, original songs which explore basic music skills. Lyrics promote positive concepts while presenting skills lessons. The songs are written in a wide range of styles and include various teaching strategies and creative activities for both the music and non-music classroom. Suitable for grades Pre-K to 4.
Publications available:
Teacher's Manual with Song Sheets Features lesson plans, objectives, and suggestions for each song. The song sheets in the Teacher's Manual contain the melody and chord symbols.
Piano Accompaniments for Vol. 1 Includes full piano accompaniment parts for both in-class lessons and performance.
Downloadable Performance / Accompaniment Collection The teacher can download MP3s for instruction and performance. For each song there are 3 tracks available - one with singing and a background featuring various instrumental ensembles, one with an instrument playing the melody to the same background, and one without the melody. Both the instrumental version and the track without melody can be used in performance.
Music and lyrics by Lea L. Landolfi, M.A. Instrumental and Vocal Conducting, B.A. Music Education, The College of New Jersey
Music and arrangements produced by Dr. Neil Boumpani, Ph.D Music Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Songs Include:
A Reggae Day - Rainbow - The Learning Cha Cha - Look Right, Look Left - Be Nice Rap - Move, Move, Move - Paint Brush Blues - Smile - Be A Good Friend - Let's Play - Number Fun - Rules, Rules, Rules - Eat Right - Jump High, Jump Low
...plus many more!
About the Author :
Lea Landolfi has taught elementary general music and choir for over twenty years in both the Diocese of Trenton Parochial School System and the Hamilton Township Public School System located in New Jersey. A Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society graduate of The College of New Jersey, she earned a Master of Arts degree in Instrumental and Vocal Conducting and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education. Ms. Landolfi is a professional "classical crossover" vocalist. Classically trained, Lea studied and has been performing for over 45 years. She began her career as a dancer eventually switching to piano and organ and then finally settling into what she loved best, singing. She has sung leading roles in many operas such as "Rigoletto," "The Barber of Seville," "Die Fledermaus," "The Magic Flute," "Don Pasquale," and numerous others. She was also seen in local productions of "Fiddler on the Roof," "The King and I," and "Company." She appeared in the "If My Friends Could See Me Now" stage show in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and was also a member of the performing troupe at Musicana Dinner Theatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ms. Landolfi was a member of the Trenton Civic Opera Company for many years. She trained with many top vocal teachers and coaches in New York City, Austria, Germany, North Carolina, Michigan, Florida and New Jersey. Lea has won several vocal competitions. She attended Interlochen in Michigan and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz Austria. Lea also performed as a featured soloist with the United States Army Choir while residing in Munich, Germany. Currently, Lea resides in New Jersey and continues to perform solo concerts in and around the New Jersey area. Ms. Landolfi has been a liturgical singer for over 25 years. Currently, she is a cantor for St. Mary's of Barnegat in Barnegat, NJ. Lea cantors weekly masses as well as weddings, funerals, vow renewal services and special liturgical celebrations. She fills in as a substitute conductor and accompanist when needed and is a featured soloist and member of the St. Mary's Adult Choir. Since 1978, Neil Boumpani has been composing and arranging music for all types of musical ensembles, solo instruments and vocalists. Neil attended The College of New Jersey where he earned a BA in Music Education and an MA in Music Composition. Neil also earned a Ph.D. in Music Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. During his college years, Neil studied with legendary arranger Frank Hunter, arranger for such greats as Nat King Cole, Robert Goulet and Coleman Hawkins and an inspirational teacher who loved working with young musicians, giving them the foundations of writing for musical ensembles which was based on the composer's ability to listen, write, listen and rewrite. Neil has been an educator for over 30 years with experience on all levels from elementary through high school and higher education. For more than 19 years Neil directed the Duke University Marching and Pep Bands, where he wrote every arrangement played on the field, and most of the arrangements and compositions played in the stands. Many of his pieces are still heard today at Duke University games. Neil continues to work as a free-lance arranger for schools all over the country. Over the years, Neil has written extensively for high school and college marching bands. Many of the high schools using his arrangements receive superior ratings at festivals. He takes pride in being able to take any band, regardless of size, level or instrumentation and make it sound bigger and better. Additionally, Neil has composed and produced music for film and TV. Currently, Neil is a tenured Associate Professor at Gordon College in Barnesville, GA where he oversees the instrumental music program, teaches theory and percussion, directs the concert band, the new music ensemble, and percussion ensemble, and over sees the music technology program. He composes and arranges works for all of the college ensembles. Neil completed a score for a full-length film and has created numerous backtracks for professional singers. All of the tracks on this project were arranged and produced using a Sonar Platinum sequencer and various sample libraries. The orchestrations you hear on this project testify to his competency as an arranger and orchestrator.
