Viva Voce!

Our comprehensive teaching curriculum for children’s choirs, Grades K-2 and 3-6.

We're not going to be a part of the "dumbing-down" of children's choir music!
If your children's choir has been singing air-pudding, maybe it's time you took a new look at your curriculum. (Or better yet, take a look at ours!)

We've been planning this for a few years now, and we found just the person to head up our Viva Voce Project. Carol McClure is the director of the Doxology Children's Choir (grade 4-8) at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville and has been working with St. James Music Press for several years. This learning plan is based on our commitment to teaching vocal technique, music skills, hymn-knowledge-y, liturgics, and service in a fun, efficient, memorable and rewarding manner for both the choristers and the directors. We have commissioned a set of new anthems from our wonderful composers each year, all created to capture the imaginations of your choir members.

Our curriculum follows the church-year and contains Grade 3-6 anthems, special services and cantatas, and Grade K-2 anthems, which also may be used as ‘easy access’ anthems for the Grade 3-6 choir. PLUS (and this is crucial!) a monthly e-newsletter that includes lesson plans for each age group. Each newsletter contains a teaching overview, teaching points, vocal warm-ups for the specific anthems reinforcing the melodic and harmonic material, songs and games to help students learn hymns, music history, liturgics, aural and singing skills, music reading and general musicianship. And remember, our project includes a curriculum plan, but if you just like the anthems, that’s fine, too.

The newsletters are available to everyone. The links appear in the left side-bar.

VIEW ALL THE ANTHEMS FROM

• Viva Voce, Volume 1
• Viva Voce, Volume 2
• Viva Voce, Volume 3
• All three Viva Voce Collections

Our NEW VIVA VOCE! volume is now available!