A Race to the Finish

by Jay Althouse (Composer), Sally K. Albrecht (Composer)

A Race to the Finish is a charming, witty, and whimsical mini-musical based on Aesop's most popular fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare." Recreate the famous race between the slow and steady turtle and the over-confident rabbit. Features five unison and 2-p

48 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2004

About the author

Jay Althouse received a B.S. degree in Music Education and an M.Ed. degree in Music from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, from which he received the school's Distinguished Alumni award in 2004. For eight years he served as a rights and licenses administrator for a major educational music publisher. During that time he served a term on the Executive Board of the Music Publishers Association of America. For twenty years he served as a choral editor for Alfred Music Publishing.

As a composer of choral music, Mr. Althouse has over 500 works in print for choirs of all levels. He is a writer member of ASCAP and is a regular recipient of the ASCAP Special Award for his compositions in the area of standard music. Mr. Althouse has also co-written several musicals and cantatas with his wife, Sally K. Albrecht, and also compiled and arranged a number of highly regarded vocal solo collections. He is the co-writer of two best-selling Alfred books The Complete Choral Warm-up Book and Accent on Composers. Most recently, he has completed three reproducible texts entitled Ready to Read Music, 60 Music Quizzes, and One-Page Composer Bios. All are available from Alfred.

Reviews

[Caleb Mills]

This is a story that teaches about hard work. A tortise actually beats a rabbit in a race because the rabbit gets lazy and takes breaks. It goes to show that slow and steady wins the race.

This book would be great for younger children. It shows them that first is not necessarily the best.

[Tristen Rhoden · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book when I was a kid. It is a great book for kids because it teaches them that good thing will come if you wait. And slow and steady wins the race. Go Turtle!