21ST CENTURY HYMNS AND SONGS FOR SCHOOLS

About the Book

The crescendo of publishing this book is to support music teachers and musicians by making the teaching and learning of music more enjoyable for both teachers and students. This book is a companion for music teachers, musicians, children, youngsters, adults, schools, and churches. The book is a compilation and arrangement of old tunes for refreshing 21st-century cacophony. All songs are written with melody and lyrics in a more comfortable key to sing and play. The essence of writing the only melody is to allow the performer to use their own harmony or chords (ad lib). The book is highly recommended for music teachers, musicians, choir directors, vocal teachers, singers, and children choirs and students. It’s all about music education and singing children! This book will help children performing to build their confidence and self-respect. These selected songs are good for teaching children rhymes, and their rhythms are catchy and easy to analyze. I used Sibelius Music Notation Software to notate the melody of some of the African folk’s songs, praise ‘n’ worship, and rearrange the hymns for schools, religion, and community usage. In conclusion, all songs in this book are fun for elementary and junior high students. The teacher can make use of “Rounds” to introduce harmony, “Hymns” for the school's assembly, “Negro spiritual” for junior high students, “Anthems” for choir. In addition, they can use Nigeria’s popular Yoruba, Ibo, and Hausa’s sacred and secular tunes. “Praise and worship songs” that will create a variety of evergreen Christmas Carol (sacred)/Songs (secular) tunes. This book is simply about selected hymns and songs from Africa, America, and Britain for children to sing and play in a more comfortable key. The Midi version will come soon to be ready for live performance using your phone. It’s in compliance with the following curricula *AFRICAN*AMERICAN*BRITISH. Enjoy it!

About the Author

Abraham Olaniyi Ogunmola. He is a graduate student of Community Music towards Master of Arts in Community Music (M.A.) at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada attended Music Professional Courses on Kodaly, Orff, TI: ME, Piano and Chorale Conducting at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA and Boston University, MA in 2006 and 2008 respectively. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education in 1995 from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria. He founded Music Language School Lagos Nigeria in 1995 and remains its Director to date. He single-handedly organized “God bless Nigeria Concert” at Agip recital Hall, MUSON Centre, Lagos, Nigeria in May 2010. It is in recognition of his contribution to National Development in the field of Music Education in Nigeria that Mr. Ogunmola was conferred with Development in Nigeria Merit Award for Music Education on November 26, 2016, at The International Affairs Office, Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria. As an elementary school music teacher, he was employed as the Music Teacher Emeritus at Lagos British School (now Lagos Preparatory School, Ikoyi) in 1995. He joined the American International School of Lagos on March 17, 2001, as an assistant music teacher in which he later becoming a music teacher in 2007. In 2008, he joined St Saviour’s School Ikoyi as the Director of Music from 2008 to 2013. He was also the Head of the Music Department and the Director of Music Academy at Meadow Hall School, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria from 2013 to 2019.