Category: Vocal Materials

Vocal Materials

Top Musical Theatre Song Books

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So many times our children’s’ first step into the world of musical performance is onstage in a musical. We know that love is strong and so we asked our teachers for their favorite musical theatre songbooks for your kids.

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It comes as no surprise that our current favorite musical is Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. We’ve found our favorite Hamilton vocal selections book for you. This songbook has been edited to remove any implied explicitness. It has favorites like I’m Not Throwing Away My Shot, Wait for It, You’ll Be Back, On Your Side, and Dear Theodosia. Some songs have a word or two that we will help students change.

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Dear Evan Hansen is also a huge favorite of ours. Our teachers love Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul because the music and lyrics speak to their emotions so deeply. Their favorite book is this Dear Evan Hansen vocal selections book.

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Annie is a top choice for our kiddos who love to dance and sing. All of the music from Annie brings a smile to our mini triple threats. Annie is also a huge favorite in our dance classes, so many students of ours sing and dance their favorite songs.

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Newsies is also a huge teacher and student favorite. All the music is perfect for energetic, kid-friendly, and momentum packed lessons. Not only is the music for dancing to, it also has great selections for young men to sing. This songbook has all the favorite songs from Newsies and features beautiful onstage photos from the Original Broadway production.

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After our popular Lion King mask making class, students have been loving learning songs from this famous movie and Broadway show.

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Hairspray is often done at our students’ schools for their annual musical and is full of fun dance numbers too.

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Best Music Lesson Tools

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No matter the instrument, these are awesome tools to have while you take music lessons. Take a look at our teachers favorite tools and materials to make their practice and performance as efficient and seamless as possible.

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This music stand is perfect for singers, ukulele players, guitar players, and keyboard plater. No frills here, but this music stand does its job and comes with a storage bag.

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This is Chaya tabletop music stand that is great if you’re working from a table and still want to have easy access to your music stand.

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Here is the matching 2 in 1 floor and tabletop Chaya music stand:

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When you’ve been in lessons long enough you start to accumulate a good bit of sheet music and music books. Most of our teachers use these file organizers to keep their music in the right place. Your music will be easy to find once you start putting them in their place.

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A good music binder is a fantastic tool for organization and storing your favorite music in a safe way. Here’s one of our favorite music binders.

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Once your child starts getting in the groove while playing or singing, a dropped page can be devastating to a performance. This easy to use page holder is just the solution.

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On the topic of dropped pages, page turning is also a learned skill. When you child starts their first lengthy piece of music, they can get a little overwhelmed in a performance. This unfolding music folder fixes that in a pinch. It lays out all the music in one unit so your child can focus on playing their best.

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Piano keyboards only:

Pedals make your sound come together by putting your foot down while playing. Here are two options that will work on your keyboard at home. The second one is modeled after the pedal on a real acoustic piano and is our favorite.

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Vocal Materials

Top 5 Vocal Songbooks

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Our students come to us with variety of interests, whether it’s Disney, pop, art songs, Broadway, it doesn’t matter. We can instill a love of singing in a healthy way from a very young age. The books we use all have enough fun and musical challenge that every song is a good lesson in vocal technique.

Here are our teachers’ favorite songbooks for our voice students.

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  1. Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection (Vol. 1)

Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection is consistently showing up in our lessons. Featuring some favorite Disney, movie, and Broadway, songs like Castle on a Cloud (Les Miserables), It’s the Hard-Knock Life (Annie), When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio), Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid) and many many more.

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2. 24 Italian Songs and Arias

This collection of Italian songs is a great first step into foreign language in classical music! If your child has aspirations of the grand opera stage, this is where to start. Classical vocal technique starts here.

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3. Broadway Presents! Kids’ Musical Theatre Anthology: A Treasury of Songs from Stage and Film

This is the perfect Broadway Presents! songbook for kids starting to perform and hone their acting skills! This anthology focuses on building acting choices while singing for young singers. It features favorites like Wouldn’t It Be Loverly (My Fair Lady), Good Morning (Singin’ in the Rain), and I Just Can’t Wait to Be King (The Lion King).

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4. Frozen Songbook: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (Piano, Vocal, Guitar Songbook)

This Frozen Songbook is a great trek into learning how to sing and play at the same time! Students can choose from following along with the vocal line and guitar tabs or on piano. This particular features all the favorites from Disney’s Frozen like Do You Want to Build a Snowman?, For the First Time in Forever, In Summer, Let It Go, Love Is an Open Door and Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People.

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Frozen Songbook: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (Piano, Vocal, Guitar Songbook) by [Hal Leonard Corp.]

5. Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Songbook)

Our pop lovers all swear by Taylor Swift! Her songs are all big hits for our young pop singers and are arranged to with young singers in mind. Speak Now has many of our teacher and students favorite songs like Back to December, Enchanted, Haunted, Speak Now and The Story of Us.

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Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Songbook) by [Taylor Swift]

Tell your teacher about your favorite songbooks too. We always want to show off our new lesson favorites.