Dancing Songs for Children's Voices and Orff Instruments - Performance Score

Dancing Songs Music for Children series Supplement By Phillip Rhodes Teaching guides prepared by Judy Bond and Jane Rhodes Book and Teaching Guide62 pages A song cycle for voices and Orff instruments. Two instrumental interludes, providing opportunity for movement and dance, allow the performance of the work as a single larger piece. The contemporary harmonies create a dramatic and sophisticated experience for junior and secondary school grades. A useful mini-score is provided. Total duration is approx. 17 minutes. "Dancing Songs" was commissioned by the American Orff-Schulwerk Assoication and first performed by South Central Minnesota Orff Chapter at the AOSA National Conference in Kansas City in 1985.Contents:I. ; Prelude: Round (voices with instruments)II. "Summer Dance" (voices with instruments)III. Interlude (instruments only)IV. "The Camel Dances" (voices with instruments)V., Interlude; (same as III)VI. "Rain Dance" (voices with instruments) VII. Postlude (voices with instruments)