Suggestions: Ensemble Songs (7th/8th Grade)

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 7:25pm

I am in dire need of last minute suggestions for a class I teach. I need a song for 2 boys and 1 girl that is not too difficult to learn or sing. One of the boys knows how to play the piano and has asked to sing and play the song. Anything from a popular show that he can play and the three can learn fairly quickly. Thanks... Sorry for not giving too many details; I am texting this.

EDIT: Change of plans... I need an ensemble song for seven kids... 3 of them are girls and 4 are boys. Something with lyrics not too difficult they can learn in less than a week...

Thanks, guys... Updated On: 7/16/13 at 07:25 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 7:47pm

Friendship from Anything Goes

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 7:50pm

^^^ What mama said. It was the first thing that came into my mind. Some of the verses may not be appropriate for the age group, but there are more verses than you need anyway.

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Also, and these are a little more challenging, but there is something called a "bell trio" in the second act of almost every Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. Some are quite famous, such as "Here's a How-de-do" from THE MIKADO and "A Paradox" from PIRATES OF PENZANCE. The ones I know are all 2 males (tenor/bass-baritone), 1 female.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 7:54pm

Good morning from Singing in the rain, and the first reprise of Ease on down the road from the Wiz.


ETA: Depending on the range of your students, you could also consider Everything's Alright from JCS.

Updated On: 7/15/13 at 07:54 PM

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 8:01pm

"Good Morning" is another great choice! I love that tune (and the number from the film is one of the all-time great dance sequences).

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Just to be clear, "Friendship" was written as a duet for Ethel Merman and Bert Lahr, but when it was inserted into ANYTHING GOES in the early 1960s, it was made a trio.

I believe versions of ANYTHING GOES beginning with Patti LuPone's made "Friendship" a duet again, but the OP can hear the trio (with simple harmonies) on the recording with Eileen Rogers (an off-Bway version from 1962).

[SuperSecretBoyband]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 8:34pm

Anastasia - Learn to Do It
Oliver! - I'd Do Anything
The Princess and the Frog - When We're Human
You could do Headlong or Crazy Little Thing Called Love from We Will Rock You if the girl sings both Meat and Scaramouche's parts
Alternatively, if one of the boys is willing to sing a girl's part (maybe altering the lyrics a little) you could do A Heart Full of Love from Les Miserables or A Step Too Far from Aida.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 7/16/13 at 4:44pm

EDIT: Change of plans... I need an ensemble song for seven kids... 3 of them are girls and 4 are boys. Something with lyrics not too difficult they can learn in less than a week...

Thanks, guys...

[Visceral_Fella]

Posted: 7/16/13 at 4:51pm

Take a look at 13 the Musical.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 7/16/13 at 5:48pm

7 kids could sing pretty much anything. You can always assign solo lines if you want to vary it.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/16/13 at 6:20pm

There's no business like show business immediately came to mind, or if you want something more popular and contemporary there's always seasons of love...

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 7/16/13 at 8:32pm

Surprised no one's suggested When I Grow Up from Matilda yet. It would be perfect.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 7/16/13 at 8:38pm

All That Jazz beat me to it - Seasons of Love immediately came to mind.