Junior Songscape is the perfect resource for primary school singing, and prepares the way for Lin Marsh's hugely successful Key Stage 3 songbook Songscape. It is an invaluable collection of 28 songs covering an exciting range of musical styles, from ethnic music, theatre, pop classics and rounds, to Lin Marsh's original pieces.

The book is divided into five different sections to provide topic ideas for teachers: seasons, feelings, history, Shakespeare and travel. It also includes Stars, Hide Your Fires' from the QCA'S Key Stage 2 Schemes of Work. It is ideal for bringing confidence into the classroom and for concert singing, with vocal ranges carefully considered for the age group. Several songs have optional additional vocal parts and the keyboard accompaniments are well within the grasp of pianists of moderate ability. The accompanying CD includes complete performances of all the songs; adjusting the balance channel provides piano accompaniments alone.

This book is part of a book series called Junior Songscape .

This book is at the following key stages: Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 . A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-11 years.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Faber Music Ltd .

Lin Marsh trained at Trinity College of Music and London University, later gaining an MA in Performance Arts at Middlesex University. She has worked extensively in music education in all sectors and with organisations such as the London Mozart Players, Birmingham Symphony Hall Education, The Royal Opera House Education department, Glyndebourne Education, Opera North and Youth Music Theatre UK. As a voice specialist, Lin works throughout the country running courses for teachers on singing, performance and composing skills, and directs many choral festivals for all key stages, as well as presenting and adjudicating festivals. Lin is also a prolific composer and has written for BBC childrens programmes for both television and radio. Her songbook series for secondary and primary schools "Songscape" and "Junior Songscape" are published by Faber Music along with many pieces in the "Spotlight" series. Lin works on many commissions for young people, composing both choral repertoire and music theatre pieces. She has also worked for the National Youth Music Theatre as a musical director for the production of Charlie in Buxton, Along Came Man, Song of the Earth and Brilliant the Dinosaur in Edinburgh and The Ballad of Salomon Pavey at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. She is currently working on a new commission for the Halle Children's Choir to be performed in 2014. Lin is much in demand for vocal coaching linked to Music Theatre singing and works both in the UK and abroad with groups of teachers and young performers. Her book The Show Must Go On co-written with Wendy Cook is a handbook for teachers giving advice on Music Theatre skills. Their piece Torchbearers was selected as a finalist in the Vivian Ellis awards 2000 and is also published by Faber Music. Lin is much in demand for vocal coaching linked to Music Theatre singing, and works both in the UK and abroad with groups of teachers and young performers. Her book "The Show Must Go On" co-written with Wendy Cook, is a hand-book for teachers that gives advice on Music Theatre skills and the process from rehearsal to performance. Their piece "Torchbearers" was selected as a finalist in the Vivian Ellis awards 2000 and is published by Faber Music. Lin worked as Advisory Teacher of Music in Oxfordshire for ten years and is regularly invited to contribute to National education events such as The National and The Scottish Association of Music Educators conferences as well as organisations such as The Association of British Choral Directors, Schools Music Association and Youth Music. She sits on several advisory panels for voice organisations including the Music Manifesto National Singing Advisory Group. Lin spent fouryears as Advocate for Singing as part of the government funded SINGUP programme.

This book has the following chapters: Orange And Yellow And Brown; Summer Holiday; Listen To The Rain; Summer; Carry The Corn; No Matter What; Do You Know How It Feels?; Over The Rainbow; Consider Yourself (Oliver); Singing In The Bath; Tomorrow (Annie); Thank You For The Music; The Disco Beat; Whistle Down The Wind (Whistle Down The Wind); The Last Dinosaur; Man And Horse; Any Dream Will Do (Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat); Camelot; Turn On Your Video; Spare The Rod; Stars Hide Your Fires; Beware The Ides Of March; Gently The River; Rush-Hour Round; Wheels; Grand Canals; Rocking; Steam Train