The Best Me That I Can Be (Teaching Positive Values Through Music)
This CD contains 13 original songs that teach positive values such as:
*Accomplishing difficult tasks
*Doing one=s best
*Friendship
*Taking responsibility for one=s self
*Patriotism
*Self-Esteem
*Positive thinking
*Not holding a grudge
*Living with yourself
*The joy of reading and learning
*Celebrating birthdays
The lyrics to several of the songs are famous poems or speeches set to music. These lyrics are written by various famous poets and authors such as Edgar A. Guest, Abraham Lincoln, Dale Wimbrow and J. Patrick Lewis.
This is a great way to help your students memorize some great, positive poetry and speeches. Also included is a song to teach all the states and capitals of the United States.
These songs have piano accompaniment and vocals. All songs but two are recorded at two different speeds with piano accompaniment only and a third recording with vocals to help you learn these new songs. You decide if you would like to sing each song slower or faster. You and your class can learn and sing along with these songs by singing along with the vocal track. Then sing them with piano accompaniment only. It's like having your own private piano player in your classroom. This is a great CD for school teachers or others who want to teach value education through music, but don't play the piano or don't have access to a piano.
What's on this CD?
The CD includes vocals and piano accompaniments to the following original songs written by Kevin Pace:
It Couldn't Be Done (Edgar A. Guest)
Good, Better, Best
The Guy in the Glass (Dale Wimbrow)
Myself (Edgar A. Guest)
Read, Think, Dream (J. Patrick Lewis)
Trust (Pace)
Birthday Song (Pace)
You (Edgar A. Guest)
Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln)
Rah, Rah, Rah for the ABC's (Pace)
States and Capitals (Pace)
Good Books (Edgar A. Guest)
Holding a Grudge (Mary Button Hopkins)
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Can you offer a sample? It is so hard to know if something will fit the class without any samples to listen to.
August 29, 2009
Yes. Go to www.pacemusicservices.com. Then click on the Best Me That I Can Be audio samples on left side of screen. There you can hear samples of this CD.
Thanks for your interest.
Kevin
August 29, 2009
I am a musician/educator located in the Salt Lake area. I have years of experience in the public school system. Also years of experience in piano teaching, accompanying, arranging, composing, recording, transposing and transcribing music. Here is a brief summary of my credentials, experience, awards and so forth: 1) I studied piano performance, theory and composition at the University of Utah. I am currently pursuing an advanced degree in composition at the University of Utah. 2) I have written and arranged several books for piano solo and piano duet. I have written music ranging from easy to difficult. 3) I have written music for mixed choir, men's choir, women's choir, violin and organ. 4) I have recorded many CD's including original piano solos, piano accompaniments to concertos, tapes and records converted to CD and live concerts. 5) I have a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Utah. 6) I have produced piano accompaniment CD's for teachers, classrooms and others who like to sing but have no access to a piano. These CD's contain music for various holidays and special themes including Christmas, Halloween, Patriotic, US Folk Songs and a CD of all original music to teach values entitled "The Best Me That I Can Be.
This CD contains 13 original songs that teach positive values such as:
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