Garden symphony is a descriptive song for young singers exploring the sights and sounds found in the world around them. Gentle step-wise melody lines with legato phrases encourage good breath energy and expressive singing. The download, at donnaandandy.com/product/gard... includes the vocal score, piano score, lyrics page, teaching tips and two accompaniment tracks (with and without melody guide).
Garden Symphony is written with a one-octave range (D4-D5) in the key of F. This two-verse mini musical theatre song is intended for young singers ages 10 and under, and elementary classroom singers or choirs in grades 2-4.
Donna is a multi-instrumentalist playing violin, piano, accordion, recorder, handbells, pipe organ and ukulele. She has written music for all these instruments as well as hundreds of compositions for singers of all ages: vocal solos, choral works, classroom singing games, vocal studies, and warm-ups. Donna has also created the recorder teaching method, Royal Recorders.
Donna’s original songs are sung by enthusiastic singers in music classrooms and vocal studios around the world. around the world! Her songs are published at:
www.donnaandandy.com
www.fullvoicemusic.com
More of Donna’s songs for singers age 10:
Jolly Sailors
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My Treehouse
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I Really Need to Know
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Age 9 and under
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
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Umbrellas
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See You Later, Alligator
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Swamp Friends
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Listen to more of Donna’s music on her various KZread channels:
Elementary Music with Donna
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Donna & Andy
/ @donnaandy
Donna Rhodenizer
/ @donnarhodenizer8862
Donna's Elementary Music with Donna Facebook page has over 400 tutorial videos for teachers, providing teaching tips and strategies, discussing topics such as classroom management, lesson planning, choosing repertoire, concert planning, singing games, teaching students how to sing in tune and much more!
Donna's songs are also included in the following publications and online sources:
Donna & Andy New Store page at:
www.donnaandandy.com
Songs and Studies for Kids! and O Christmas Tree (Full Voice Music)
www.fullvoicemusic.com/
The Royal Conservatory of Music Voice series
Musicplay Online
Hal Leonard Singing Kids’ Songbook, Level 1 by Dana Lentini
F-flat Books
Songs for Teaching