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Everything you need to put on a production of Orpheus the musical, whatever resources you have.

Designed for primary schools (year 3 upwards) and music theatre groups, this CD-ROM contains all the materials needed to stage a production of the enchanting musical, Orpheus. The songs are fun to sing, easy to learn and simple to stage and the magical story, a modern treatment of an ancient Greek Myth, is narrated by the wonderful Johnny Morris. Don't worry if you can't read music or don't have a pianist - this CD-ROM provides everything you need!

Included on the CD-ROM:

Teachers Notes

The Story

The Lyrics

A Piano Reduced Score

Instrumental Parts + Full Score

Narration Script

Full CD performance by Balagan Theatre Company & Johnny Morris

Backing tracks

Organising a Performance

Information on the composer, Marc Forde

Information on the performers

A special feature are lyrics which display syncronised with backing tracks.

Orpheus is produced by musicnow in collaboration with Boosey & Hawkes.

System requirements:
Windows Users: Minimum 166 MHz processor, 32MB RAM, 16-bit sound card, CD-ROM drive (CD Extra compatible), running Microsoft Windows 98 or later

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Contents, Sound Samples and Reviews

01. Let's Start
02. History
03. Narration 1
04. Hades
05. Narration 2
06. Riddle One
07. Narration 3
08. Riddle Two
09. Narration 4
10. Riddle Three
11. Narration 5
12. Hades (Reprise)
13. Journey
14. Narration 6
15. Pluto's Palace
16. Narration 7
17. Pluto's Entrance
18. Narration 8
19. Disappear
20. Narration 9
21. Journey (Reprise)
22. Narration 10
23. Orpheus' Lament
24. Narration 11
25. Death Salsa
26. Narration 12
27. Ou est Orphee?
28. Narration 13
29. Finale
30. Bow Music

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"As a teacher who enjoys using new technology in new and exciting ways, I was excited when Orpheus was given to me for review. The cover looks exciting, and the addition of Johnny Morris as narrator is inspired. The Musical is based around the legend of 'Orpheus in the Underworld' (but not the Offenbach version!), and can, as pointed out, be simply staged for children of most ages.

The whole resource is on one CD, and uses Acrobat reader and Microsoft Media Player version 7. This means that the resource can be developed as the teacher wishes, and cuts out a lot of extraneous paper that often accompanies such projects.

The songs are wonderful, and include a great deal of imaginative use of the resources."