Compositions for schools
Up coming opportunities to hear Janette's music for schools
Thursday July 8th 2010 : One Essex One World Concert
Chorister Outreach Programme Schools Swallow Tale
Chelmsford Cathedral, CM1 1TY 7pm
Primary School
For primary school classrooms and school productions:
Theseus and the Minotaur
A cantata with words and music by Janette Ruocco.
Unison voices, with a spoken part for narrator, simple piano accompaniment
Boudicca
A cantata with libretto by Lynne Ward.
Mostly unison, some two part and a one four-part round, fairly simple piano part. No spoken dialogue.
Swallow Tale
A cantata with libretto by Lynne Ward.
Mostly unison, with some two-part songs, simple piano part. Includes some four-part African-style layering pieces and a four-part rap that can be accompanied by classroom percussion instruments.
Spoken part for narrator and minor characters.
Christmas Songs (unison)
Bears (unison with fairly simple piano part)
Christmas Time (unison with fairly simple piano part)
Jesus Friend of Little Children (two-part a cappella)
Horace's Christmas Disappointment (unison with simple piano part)
Secondary School
For use in school productions:
Dangerous Waters
A musical with libretto by Lynne Ward.
A full-length musical with some two-part songs, simple piano part).
The story tells of the adventures of two women pirates, Anne Bonney and Mary Reid.
Cinderella
A pantomime with libretto by Lynne Ward.
A full-length musical with some two-part songs, simple piano part).
The traditional story is given an equal opportunities slant.
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