Singing

Singing is a fundamental part of music class. Our core singing repertoire sequence includes the following pieces:

1. Cuckoo, Where Are You?
2. Counting Song (1, 2, Tie My Shoe)
3. Rain Rain
4. Starlight, Star Bright
5. Ring Around the Rosy
6. Naughty Pussycat
7. Birthday Party
8. Hot Cross Buns
9. Jingle Bells
10. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Alphabet Song)
11. Who's That Tapping?
12. Mary Had a Little Lamb
13. Beautiful Brown Eyes
14. Dreaming (Du, du liegst mir im herzen)
15. London Bridge
16. Cuckoo, Sing in the Spring
17. Old Blue
18. Bow Wow Wow
19. I Got a Letter
20. Canoe Song
21. Lightly Row
22. Aunt Rhody
23. Long, Long Ago
24. Alouette
25. Sweetly Sings the Donkey
26. Au Clair de la Lune
27. Are You Sleeping?, ¿Fray Felipe?, Frère Jacques
28. The Bridge of Avignon
29. Aura Lee
30. Happy Birthday
31. Lavender's Blue
32. Shortnin' Bread
33. Bells are Ringing (Ode to Joy)
34. Good Night, Ladies (with Merrily We Roll Along)
35. Paw Paw Patch
36. Poor Little Kitty Cat
37. Love Somebody
38. Sweet Betsy from Pike
39. Red River Valley
40. Erie Canal
41. Reuben and Rachel
42. Shenandoah
43. Home on the Range
44. Old Joe Clark
45. Daisy Bell
46. Scarborough Fair
47. Tumbalalaika
48. Vive l'Amour

Additional shared repertoire pieces include:

• Addams Family
• America
• Blue Skies
• De colores
• Deep in the Heart of Texas
• El condor Pasa
• Getting to Know You
• Greensleeves
• Happy Days are Here Again
• Happy Wanderer
• If I Had a Hammer
• I've Been Working on the Railroad
• Kookaburra
• Minka
• My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
• Over the River and Through the Wood
• Puff the Magic Dragon
• Rocky Top
• Sakura
• Star-Spangled Banner
• Take Me "Home," Country Roads
• Texas, Our Texas
• This Land is Your Land
• Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
• Twelve Days of Christmas
• We Shall Overcome
• You Are My Sunshine
• You Are the Sunshine of My Life
• You’ve Got a Friend

NEW Material for 2022-2023 (from Suzuki Voice School)

• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Folk Song
  Estrellita, Canción popular
• Cindy Went to Shower, Folk Song
  Satu fue a la ducha, Canción popular
• Circle Song, Folk Song
  Ronda, Canción popular
• Honeybee, Folk Song
  Abejita, Canción popular
• Mary Had a Little Lamb, Folk Song
  Mari tenía un borreguito, Canción popular
• Cuckoo, Folk Song
  El cucú, Canción popular
• The Bunny Family, M. R. Väkevä
  La familia conejito
• Lightly Row, Folk Song
  Remando suavemente, Canción popular
• A Cat and a Giant, Folk Song
  Gato y gigante, Canción popular
• Long, Long Ago, T. H. Bayly, Lyrics by M. Louhi
  Hace mucho mucho tiempo
• The Fox Is Crying, Folk Song
  La zorra llora, Canción popular

If you would like to foster singing with your child(ren), you can do so by ensuring that their environment is rich is singable music.  One of Mr. Berlin's favorite collections for this is the Wee Sing series of books and recordings. There are a LOT of these with great songs.  Have these playing in the car. Have them playing at home.  Have fun singing these with your child(ren).  Make listening and singing a regular part of your day. If you are new to this series, consider starting with Wee Sing: The Best of Wee Sing Links to an external site.. Other titles you may be interested in (to name just a few) include:

• Wee Sing: The Best of Wee Sing Links to an external site.
• Wee Sing: Children's Songs and Fingerplays
• Wee Sing: Sing-Alongs*
• Wee Sing: Fun 'n' Folk*
• Wee Sing: Silly Songs*

* collections with an asterisk start to get into the standard canon of folk songs and are developmentally appropriate for singing for ages 7 and up.  Though anyone at any age can begin listening.