Tam Lin is part of the Junior Spotlights series, designed for Key Stage 2 children. There are thirteen fun and imaginative songs by Lin Marsh that have been written with the range and capabilities of this age group in mind. This musical, based on a celtic folk legend, lends itself to the addition of movement and some optional descant lines have been added. The book comes with a CD and photocopiable lyrics. You can also download the Tam Lin: Extended Script - a dramatisation by Wendy Cook to extend the 30-minute cantata to a 60-minute performance, preserving the songs while adding script and action, so that the piece can be performed as an evenings entertainment in a primary school (see associated downloads, below). Tam Lin is a scottish folk tale telling the story of Janet, a young girl who lives in a castle with her father. One day she runs to Cartehaugh forest where the handsome and Enchanted Tam Lin lives. Back at the castle, Janet cannot stop dreaming about this young man. Life goes on around her but she is drawn to the forest again. Tam Lin tells Janet he is bewitched: when he was a child, the Queen of the fairies caught him and put him under a spell, which can only be broken by a young maiden on Halloween night. Janet must wait while the fairies approach, watch the black horse and brown horse go by, then pull Tam Lin from his milk-white steed. He will change into various creatures but she must hold him tight until at last he is a burning ember. When she throws this into the well, Tam Lin will emerge and the spell will be broken. Janet bravely succeds in her task; together they escape the Fairy Queen and return to the castle where they are happily wed. The Spotlight Series represents a variety of imaginative repertoire for stage or concert performance, from Key Stage 1 to 3 (Scottish P1 to S2). Some of the cantatas provide scope for activity through the addition of movement, whilst others are fully contained 'mini-musicals'. Written appropriately for the age-group by experienced educational composers, here are songs and shows to suit all abilities and ages.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Spotlights .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-11 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2004 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.