Out of This World
is an exciting collection of 16 catchy original songs, composed to entertain
and educate children of Australia’s history and heritage, health, precious
resources, unique fauna, environment, citizenship and social values. The
manual contains a double disc (vocal CD and a backing CD with harmonies).
All the songs encourage active participation with a list of suggestion for
use including actions discussion points and percussion arrangements.
About Carmel Charlton
Carmel is a singer,
musician, composer, music teacher and entertainer. She tours extensively
presenting concerts at schools and festivals. Carmel has produced 7 CD’s
including ‘Precious Water’ for the Western Australian Water Corporation to
educate children on the value of water in their ‘Waterwise’ schools
program. She is regularly commissioned to compose songs for schools and
special events.
Below are tracks from the 16 track Out Of This World
Click on title to hear a mp3 sample. Please note for the purpose of downloading and
hearing the track quickly, the file has been down sampled.
OUT OF THIS WORLD
WATER MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD
RESPECT
HORSES COMING HOME
GOODBYE BEETHOVEN
NUMBAT
UP DOWN SOUTH
WATER IN OUR LIVES
WE DON'T SMOKE
CALLING MY NAME
IRISH BLESSING
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DEAR LORD
CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Out of This World
- Looking
from outer space at planet earth and appreciating its uniqueness
Water More Precious
than Gold -
There is limited
fresh water on earth (3%) and every drop is precious
C Y O’Connor, I Wish
You Were Here -
CY O’Connor
engineered the Goldfields Pipeline, which brought fresh water to the dry
outback
Respect -
Valuing ourselves and
showing respect for each other and the land that we live in
Horses Coming Home -
The sad
story of the 160,000 horses which were left behind following 1st
World War due to quarantine regulations
Goodbye Beethoven -
Fun song
with references to the terms used in classical music
Numbat -
West Australia’s
Mammal emblem, the Numbat, is an endangered species
Up Down South -
In the
Noongar Aboriginal language ‘up’ at the end of a word means ‘place of’
Coolamum Baby -
A coolamun
is a bark cradle, also used by the Aboriginal people to collect seeds
and nuts
Water in Our Lives -
Water is
Australia’s most precious resource and its value can never be over
estimated
Water Cycle Song -
Appreciation of planet earth’s finite resource and how it works
We Don’t Smoke -
To stay
healthy ‘please don’t smoke’
Calling My Name -
Reflects
Mary MacKillop’s spiritual connection with the Australian land and its
people
Irish Blessing -
A farewell
song
Happy Birthday Dear
Lord -
Celebrates the birth of the baby Jesus at Christmas
Christmas in
Australia -
A song that captures
the beauty and colours of Christmas in Australia
Testimonials
Your songs are delightful and very catchy. The children love singing
“Numbat” and have learnt so much about this endangered marsupial because
of your song. “Water in Our Lives” is another inspirational song
and is helping the students to appreciate the value of our precious
water. This is a song that lends itself to students doing solos, both
singing and speaking and it allows the children to be creative.
Suzie
Giannasi – Music Co-ordinator Currambine Catholic Primary School
I
am loving the songs Carmel. My kids are singing Christmas in
Australia every day. It's excellent having a resources like this, with
songs that are not only beautiful but so educationally rich. Well done.
Jenny Pederick - Harmony Primary School, Atwell
Your song about CY
O’Connor is fabulous, and it was a real honour and pleasure to work with
you.
Julie Doyle –
Music Co-ordinator, Holy Spirit School, City Beach
We have been investigating space over the term so the obvious topic for
our assembly was space. As soon as the children heard ‘Out of This
World’ they voted unanimously to use it. It is a beautiful song which
was easy both in tune and words for the children to pick up and run
with. If I had only one sentence to describe my feelings as they
performed your song I would have to say they were ‘Out of This World’.
Gail
Westlund - Woodlands Primary School
