Product Description
Songs and poems about Asia.
A fabulous collection of traditional and original songs and poems from and abaut the magnificent continent of ASIA. Lots of diverse material. Teachers will love it! Gary and Mr. I add humour through odd ways of travelling.
Inspired by the children of Sunnygate Montessori School, thank you Anise Abdulla for your guidance and for your great songs. Also inspired by my trip to Korea in the Summer of 2003. Gary Huntbatch and the Rainbow Singers, plus special guest singers add a rich colourful collection of voices.
TRACKS:
1) ASIA ASIA ASIA (Mr. I) A short poem about the wonder of Asia.
2) COME WITH US TO ASIA (Maureen Boudier) An introductory song about the many places we will visit.
3) MOUNT EVEREST (Mr. I) Can you guess the name of the highest mountain in the world?
4) HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS (Mr. I) A dynamic, jagged song about this magnificent mountain range. My older students couldn’t stop singing it.
5) CHILDREN OF NEPAL (Mr. I) A soft, lovely song honouring the traditional life of children in this area of the world.
6) MY NAME IS PANDA (Mr. I) A delightful little song describing qualities of the panda.
7) CHINESE NEW YEAR (Mr. I) What do people do to celebrate Chinese New Year anyway?
8) COUNT IN CHINESE (Anise Abdulla) Learn how to count to ten in Chinese.
9) MOLI HUA (Traditional Chinese Folk Song) Beautiful melody. This track came from the Building A Better World CD.
10) JAPAN SONG (Gary Huntbatch) A fun song describing an overview of Japan. Learn the names of the big main islands of Japan.
11) SAKURA (Traditional Japanese Folk Song) Slow, but beautiful. Ancient beauty. Special singers.
12) JAPANESE FROG SONG (Folk song) Funny frog song sung in Japanese.
13) HARUGA KITA (Traditional Japanese Folk Song) A Springtime song. I use it every year with my students. It is also from the CD Builaing A Better World. We added a bit of a tempo to this traditional tune.
14) TWINKLE IN KOREAN – Twinkle Twinkle Little Star sung in Korean language. I’ve taught it to my students. Makes wonderful connections with Asian students in the school.
15) BANDAL (Traditional Korean Folk Song) One of the most beautiful melodies I have ever heard. It is also a bit of a riddle. Can you guess what the words are about? Thank you Heelim for your extraordinary vocal.
16) RUSSIAN HAPPINESS (Traditional Russian Dance Tune with Poem) HEY! Gary and I having a little fun. Thank you Larissa and Victoria.
17) MAY THERE ALWAYS BE SUNSHINE (Traditional Russian Folk Song) You probably know the chorus in English, But- Can you sing it in Russian? Also includes all the verses in English. It is a song of Peace.
18) TAJ MAHAL (Anise Abdulla) A fun little song describing the Taj Mahal in India.
19) SA RE GA (James Hamilton) Thank you James for this great tune. Here is an Indian version of DO RE MI. Each note is associated with an animal or a bird. How did they get in the studio anyway?
20) BY THE RIVER GANGES (Anise Abdulla) Lively tune about the people you might meet by the river Ganges. This is the best tune Anise has ever written.
21) BURUNG KAKA TUA (Indonesian Folk Song) Funny kind of a riddle comparing Cockatoos with Grandma’s teeth!
22) RASA SAYANG EH (Malaysian Folksong) Lively, upbeat, lots of fun. Thank you Thio for your help recording this one.
23) SAMPUNG NGA DHALIRI (Philipine Child Song) The beautiful voice of Joy (Thio’s wife) sings this fingerplay song in Philipine language.
24) SING YOUR WAY HOME (Singapore Folk Song) Singapore is a singing land. Thank you Thio for helping on this one as well. This is a wonderul song to sing on the way home.
RAINBOW SINGERS ON THE CD: Jamie & Kylie Shorter, Adrienne Khaw, Aimee Good, Megan and Madelaine Wainman, Jessica, Sabina and Benjamin Breuer, and special new singer from Montessori, Arizah Karim.
SPECIAL GUEST SINGERS: BANDAL: Heelim Hwong; TWINKLE IN KOREAN: Kim Yun Jeong & Ahn Hyun Ah; BURUNG KAKA TUA/RASA SAYANG EH/SAMPUNG NGA DHALIRI and SING YOUR WAY HOME: the entire Nga family- Thio, Joy, Nathanial and Liana; SAKURA: Hanae Tajima and Bianca Fiedler; RUSSIAN HAPPINESS and MAY THERE ALWAYS BE SUNSHINE: Victoria and Larissa Horne.
Lyrics to all songs on the Asia CD
