Michael's books for children's choir with simple Orff accompaniments are ideal for young church choirs. Michael's books for music classrooms always include a recorder component and creative Orff process lesson plans.

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Make Way to Sing and Play by Michael R. Nichols
Make Way to Sing and Play

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 Fourteen brand new arrangements and original songs are presented in this latest book by Master Orff Teacher, Michael Nichols. With complete lesson plans, full Orff instrument orchestrations and a part in every song for the Soprano Recorder, these activities are a wonderful way to reinforce valuable skills students are learning in grades 3 - 6. 

 Supplemental Materials include full scores in landscape mode for easy projection on your white-board and instructional visuals presented on full-color slides. Each visual is also presented as a PDF file for easy printing. Students will love to sing, dance, and play these sparkling songs and arrangements.

Let's Sing and Play a Dozen by Michael R. Nichols
Let's Sing and Play a Dozen

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 With a dozen songs and activities with Orff process lesson plans and objectives for music classes in grades 3 - 6, this new collection for singers, recorder players, and Orff instruments is a great resource for music teachers. 

 Supplemental Materials include full color and Black and White visuals in PDF, JPG, and TIF formats. Full scores are included in TIF and PDF formats and can be imported into your presentation software or printed using one of these formats if you wish to emphasize note reading.

Children, Sing Praise by Michael R. Nichols
Children, Sing Praise

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This is Michael's best selling volume of Children's Orff Music for Church, Michael's popular series of music books for young church choirs. All pieces have a director's score as well as copy-ready vocal scores for choristers.
Sing Out, Children by Michael R. Nichols
Sing Out, Children

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Sing Out, Children is the newest edition of Michael's outstanding series of music books for children's choir and Orff ensemble! Delightful canons and original songs will help your children sing with spirit and joy! As with all of Michaels children's church music books, copy ready singer's pages are provided.
Children's Orff Music For Church by Michael R. Nichols
Children's Orff Music for Church, Vol. 1

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This outstanding collection of songs and canons for young children's choirs contain songs and canons of praise and worship for young singers. Combined with the artful and playable Orff instrument parts, this book will motivate your students! All songs include a conductor's score with Orff Instrument accompaniment and a vocal score that may be copied for each singer. These two volumes are outstanding additions to Michael's collection of church music for children.

Children's Orff Music for Church, Vol. 2 by Michael R. Nichols
Children's Orff Music For Church, Vol. 2

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 This outstanding collection of songs and canons for young children's choirs contains more songs and canons of praise and worship for young singers. All songs include a conductor's score with Orff Instrument accompaniment and a vocal score that may be copied for each singer. These two volumes are outstanding additions to Michael's collection of church music for children.

Christian Harmony by Michael R. Nichols
Christian Harmony

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Arrangements of shaped note hymns for SATB recorder consort. Easy to intermediate. Hymn texts included for singers. Featured in the evening playing session at the 2002 AOSA conference in Las Vegas.
Three Bible Stories by Michael R. Nichols
Three Bible Stories

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Three bible stories from the Old Testament for narrator, congregation, and Orff ensemble. Includes songs, recorder, narration, and congregational participation for all ages. Explore The Story of Joshua the Warrior (based on Joshua 6); Four Men in the Fire (based on Daniel 3) and The Courage of Daniel (based on Daniel 6).

About Michael

 Michael Ruel Nichols (1947-2018) lived in Sylva, North Carolina, where he directed church choirs, taught as a adjunct faculty member for Western Carolina University's Music Department, was assistant director for the Western Carolina Community Chorus, and performed with The Cullowee Consort and the Carolina Consort, two early music ensembles. 

 A retired elementary music teacher with 30 years experience, Michael received his B.S. and M.M.E. degrees from WCU and completed three levels of Orff Schulwerk training and many master classes at the University of Memphis.


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