From the pre-2015 Cambiata Press catalog. Titles with a link have a Performance Guide. Order scores from J.W. Pepper.
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MAJOR WORKS AND COLLECTIONS
Adolescent Reading Singer, The (2nd edition) A sight-reading method is a PowerPoint presentation to be used in the classroom and booklets of choral literature. Contains unique, limited vocal ranges and is based on the Kodaly Concept. Utilizes the pentatonic scale, Curwen Hand Signs, and Solfege. Available on compact disc. Adolescent Reading Singer, Student Literature Booklet A collection of choral pieces graded according to sequential development of the sight reading method. May be used without the other components of the method
Adolescent Reading Singer (2nd edition) Online Demonstration
(click here) Adolescent Reading Singer Individual Octavos and Student Literature Booklet: Individual octavos which support each phase of the method. Those entries marked with an asterisk (*) are in the Student Literature Booklet
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Adolescence | Collins | L97558 SSCB |
| Phase 1 (No literature, teaching phase only) | Adoramus Te Christe Dubois/Richison | M17797 SSCB |
| Phase 2 The pieces for phase 2 have three pitches; So, Mi, & La and two | Agnus Dei Gabrieli/McCray | M97682 |
| rhythm complexities; two eighth notes, quarter note and quarter rest all in 2/4 | All from the Same Clay Pool | C117569 SACB |
| meter with treble clef. | Allegiance to Liberty, An Collins | P47435 SSCB |
| Three Proverbial Loves | Collins | ARS980150 SC(B) Angels We Have Heard on High Traditional/Cooper I97678 SCB |
| *The Mill Wheel SC(B) or unison | Ave Verum Mozart/Lyle | M17552 SSCB |
| *Three Childhood Chants SC(B) or unison | Ave Maria Arcadelt/Johnstone | M97442 CCBB |
| *Christmas Eve SC(B) Awareness of You, An | Collins | L17428 SSCB |
| *God’s Own Time Is the Best SC(B) or unison | Battle of Jericho Spiritual/Knight | S97440 SSCB |
| *All Hail, Great King! unison | Behold the Lamb of God (from Messiah ) Handel/Beal | M17427 SSCB |
| Phase 3 In addition to the phase 2 complexities, phase 3 includes Do and | Be Strong and Wise in the Lord Collins | C97689 CBB |
| Re, the tie, slur, beam, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest, fermata, and | Blessed Is The Man Butler/Rich | C97564 CCBB |
| 4/4 meter) | Blessed is the Man Butler | C97203 SACB |
| All For One World | Collins | ARS980151 SC(B) Charlie Is My Darlin’ Knight U17431 SSCB |
| *Trampin’ SC(B) | Christmas Medley Swenson | U97566 CBB |
| *Old Blue SC(B) | Christmas Is a Time for Joy Kirk | T979129 SA(C)B |
| *Christ Was Born in Bethlehem SC(B) or unison | Deep River Spiritual/Springfield | S97565 CCB |
| *What If It Snows on Christmas SSC(B) | Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel? Spiritual/Springfield | S97445 CCBB |
| Phase 4 | Fum, Fum, Fum Spanish/Springfield | U117211 SSC(B) |
Added to the three previous phases are the dotted half note, the
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death | Collins | P47434 SSCB |
eighth, quarter, eighth note pattern, bass clef, and 3/4 meter. The melodic
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Gloria (from Mass in No. 2 in G) | Schubert/Collins | M100302 SSCB |
addition is one new syllable: high Do’.
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Gloria (from Gloria Mass ) | Vivaldi/Collins | M117207 SSCB |
| Come All Ye Fair & Tender Ladies CollinsARS980152 SSC(B) | ||
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Lovelace | C117324 SACB |
*John Henry SC(B)
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Good Christian Men, Rejoice | Trad/Covert | U97561 SSC |
* To Yourself Be True SC(B)
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Hail the King of Heaven | Polish/Ehret | U97441 SA(C)B |
*Go ‘Way Old Man SC(B)
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Hallelujah, Amen | Handel/Taylor | M17312 SSC(B) |
Phase 5 Melodic complexities added to those previously taught are La and
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Hallelujah (from Messiah ) | Handel/Richison | M97317 SSCB |
So below Do. Rhythmic additions are four sixteenth notes, the eighth and two
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Hang In There, But Hang Loose | Collins | L117323 SC(B) |
sixteenth notes, and two sixteenths and an eighth note.
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| He Watching Over Israel (from Elijah ) | Mendelssohn/Collins | M97557 SSCB |
| There Is a Lady | Collins | T90201 |
| Hold On | Spiritual/Knight | S177100 SSCB |
*Sourwood Mountain SSC(B)
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Holly and the Ivy, The | English/Collins | L97688 CC(B) |
*Make a Joyful Noise SSC(B)
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| I Climbed the Mountain | Kirk | A983178 SC(B) |
| Phase 6 In addition to the complexities in the previous phases, Phase 4 | I Got Shoes Spiritual/Melton | S980156 SACB |
| adds Fa and Ti which completes the diatonic scale. Rhythmic complexities | Integer Vitae (Father Almighty) Flemming/Johnstone | M97562 CCBB |
include the eighth rest, the quarter note tied to the eighth note, the dotted Introit and Kyrie (from Requiem ) Faure/Kicklighter 117692 SSCB
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| quarter note followed by the eighth, and the eighth note followed by the dotted | It’s Good Bye Liza Jane, O American/Ehret | T981160 SA(C) |
| quarter as well as the anacrusis. | It’s Good Bye Liza Jane , O American/Ehret | U97321 SA(C)B |
| *Blue Jeans SSC(B) | Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine German/Ehret | U117326 SA(C)B |
| Bingo | German/Riley | U17676 SSCB Joy That Knows No Bounds Genevan/Springfield L97438 SC(B) |
| Fairest Lord Jesus | Traditional/Cooper | I976811 SCB Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Bach/Siltman M97687 CBB |
| Go Tell It On the Mountain Christmas | Spiritual/Springfield | S117325 SC(B) Liberty Tree Collins P47436 SSCB |
| Green Grow the Rushes, Oh | English/Suerte | U97206 SSCB Life Is Burroughs L97318 SACB |
| He’s Got the Whole World In His Hand | Spiritual/Cooper | S117695 SSCB Lift Thine Eyes (from Elijah ) Mendelssohn/Kirby M117322 S(A)CB |
| I Love the Lord, His Strength is Mine | Traditional/Peninger | C17314 SACB Little Town of Bethlehem, O Redner/Cooper I97677 SCB |
| I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say | English/Collins | L17798 SSCB Long Years Ago Over Bethlehem’s Hills Vick C97684 SACB |
| Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness | Collins | P47432 SSCB Mary Had a Baby Spiritual/Peninger S117210 SAC(B) |
| Little Chilun | Spiritual/Beal | S17315 SACB Old Ark’s A-Moverin’, The Spiritual/Ehret S97205 SA(C)B |
| Mark Well, My Heart | Luther/Vick | U117209 SSCB On Independence Collins P47433 SSCB |
| Nelly Bly | Foster/Cooper | U117571 SSCB On This Blessed Merry Season American/Ehret U97686 SA(C)B |
| Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen | Spiritual/Collins | S97320 Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee, The Peninger C17674 SACB |
| Poor Man Laz’rus | Spiritual/Suerte | S17675 SC(B) Poor Lonesome Cowboy American/Giles U97446 CCBB |
| Pray Tell Me, Oh, Please Tell Me | Mexican/Collins | T50302 SC(B) Praise Thee, Lord Collins L17553 SSCB |
| Ride the Chariot | Spiritual/Melton | S117450 SACB Praise the Lord All Ye Nations Kirk C117694 SSCB |
| Saints Bound for Heaven | Spiritual/Suerte | S97560 SSCB Rest in the Lord, O (from Elijah ) Mendelssohn/Knight M117567 SSCB |
| Saviour, Hear Me, O | Gluck/Taylor | M17672 Scarborough Fair English/Swenson U9769 CCB |
| Sing Men and Sing Angels | German/Taylor | U177101 SSC(B) She Walks in Beauty Brahms/Hokanson M117447 SACB |
| Teacher, Help Me Spencer | Spencer | ARS980154 SSCB Sing to His Name, for He is Gracious Butler C17429 SAC(B) |
| Colorado Trail, The | American/Lyle | U17316 Sing to the Lord of Love Roff L117568 SACB |
| Waltzing Matilda | Australian/Cooper | U117451 SC(B) Sinner Man, O Spiritual/Suerte S17430 SSC(B) |
| When Jesus Christ Was Born | Scottish/Cooper | I97679 SCB Stand Up and Sing Davis C97319 SACB |
| While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks | Trad./Cooper | I97680 SCB Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Spiritual/Kirby SACB |
| * Wondrous Love | Southern/Collins | S97685 SC(B) Thou by Whom We Come to God, O Peninger C17554 SACB |
| To Friendship | Collins | L17313 SSC(B) |
| Phase 7 | Together We’ll Make the Journey Beal | L97563 CCBB |
Finally, phase 7 includes three sounds outside the diatonic scale; Fi,
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Twenty-Third Psalm, The | Trad/Taylor | U17557 SAC(B) |
Si, and Ta, plus the following rhythmic complexities: simple meter, compound
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Wade in the Water | Spiritual/Lyle | S117570 SACB |
meter, mixed meter, the dotted quarter note as the beat unit, the triplet, the
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| We Sing With Grace In Our Hearts | Collins | C117449 |
eighth tied to the sixteenth, the dotted eighth followed by the sixteenth, the
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| What Do All of These Things Mean? | Kirby/Collins | L97443 CCBB |
sixteenth tied to the eighth, the sixteenth followed by the dotted eighth and the
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| What Do All of These Things Mean? | Kirby | L117208 SACB |
sixteenth rest. (the literature listing follows in the next column.)
| Title | Composer / Arranger | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|
| Words | Fitch | C17799 SACB |
Christmas Secular Song A collection of secular Christmas selections written in Melody Plus style. May be sung as two, three, or four-part music. Combine the melody with any of the other three written parts. Familiar Christmas Carols Three-parts, S C(A) B, the middle part may be sung by alto and/or cambiata. Choral Fantasy on Huckleberry Finn, A SSCB May be sung as a concert piece or staged. Contains narration.
BOOKS
The Cambiata Concept by Don L. Collins. A look at vocal technique, choral singing, voice classification, singing in unison, sight reading, rote teaching, the uncertain singer, choral literature and other aspects of the adolescent voice. Teaching Junior High School Music by Irvin Cooper and Karl Kuersteiner. The original authoritative writing about the Cambiata Concept. It is a “must have” for every music educator dealing with adolescent voices.
Teaching Choral Music by Don L. Collins. A choral music education textbook which has
the most comprehensive treatment of the early adolescent voice of any other on the market.