SOUNDS LIKE FUN – Folk Songs, Games, and Poems for ChildrenMitzie Collins: voice, dulcimers, banjo, piano; Jim Kimball: voice, fiddle, piano, banjo; Tom Bohrer: narrator; Skip Evans: voice, pennywhistles, piano, Autoharp™; Children's ensemble: voice, Orff-Schulwerk instruments.vocal / instrumental (48 minutes)compact disc $15 • tape $5PLEASE NOTE: The first edition of the SOUNDS LIKE FUN book is out of print. The book is in the process of being revised and updated and the second edition is expected to be available in 2008. Please check this website for updated information. |
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REACH TO THE SKY – Activity Songs and LullabiesSue Ribaudo: voice, piano, mandolin, Autoharp™Mitzie Collins: hammered dulcimer, banjo, fretted dulcimer, piano, pump organ; Jean Scheg: bass; Edwin A. Canning: percussion; Eric Rounds: fiddle; Allen Hopkins: harmonica, mandolin, mandola, dobro.vocal / instrumental (51 minutes)compact disc $15A companion book is available for REACH TO THE SKY, containing the songs and tunes and suggested activities. |
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EASTMAN FOLK SINGCecile Saine: voice; Derrick Smith: voice; Peter Kodzas, guitar; Adam Foley: voice, recorder; Howard Spindler: piano, recorder; Naomi Foley: voicce, recorder.vocal / instrumental (32 minutes)compact disc $12 |
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SOUNDS LIKE FUN. Nearly thirty children, singing or playing instruments, join Mitzie Collins on this joyous recording. The songs, games, and poems, especially chosen for pre-school and primary school-age children, are performed on a wide variety of folk instruments as well as glockenspiels, xylophones, and metallophones. The more than 30 years that Mitzie Collins has devoted to making music with and for children is reflected in every note of Sounds Like Fun. In addition to classroom and assembly performances in area schools, Mitzie Collins continues to be in demand as a workshop leader at early childhood conferences and music teachers' conventions. We are flattered and a little amazed to learn that this recording is now being enjoyed by a second generation of children. The 8 1/2 by 11 inch, 60-page companion book is designed for parents and teachers. Each tune is presented in an easily readable format, with chords, complete texts, instructions for the games, and suggestions for related reading material and activities. Orff-Schulwerk arrangements for five songs are included, as well as a pattern for making your own limberjack. Home-schooling parents find Sounds Like Fun and Reach to the Sky invaluable aids in incorporating music into their daily learning activities. As a result of Mitzie Collins' extensive experience with special populations, there are many adaptations and strategies for using the songs and games with special children, especially the physically handicapped. "A wonderful resource for teachers and parents alike. The bibliographic information, music transcriptions, and game instructions in the accompanying booklet are particularly outstanding." — Dr. Ellen Koskoff, ethnomusicologist, The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester |
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| REACH TO THE SKY. Outstanding collection by award-winning singer and songwriter, Sue Ribaudo. Sue combined her training as an educator (she has a master's degree in child development from the University of Rochester) with her many musical talents to create this recording of the best in contemporary and traditional children's songs. Reach to the Sky has received a rousing reception from kids, moms and dads, librarians and teachers. Sue is a popular performer at schools, festivals and conferences. She has served as program director for Pinewoods Campers' Week in Massachusetts; been on the staff at the Augusta Heritage Vocal Week, Elkins, West Virginia, and directed the children's programs at the summer music institute, Common Ground,in Westminster, Maryland. The 40-page, spiral-bound companion book features music and words to the songs, with guitar chords, instruction for the games and suggestions of ways parents and teachers can involve children in the music. Five more great songs were added to the CD, and are also included in the book. | ||||
| EASTMAN FOLK SING. "Here are thirty folk songs we love to sing and play with our students in the Eastman Community Music School and that we think children will love to sing with their parents and teachers. They have easily-remembered tunes and simple harmonies. Some are well suited for movement games; others, for playing on violin, piano, guitar, or wind instruments. Our versions may differ from those you have heard or sung before. Please don't worry: there is no right or wrong. There is also no book of music notation to go along with this CD: these songa are for your ears, not your eyes. We hope that children, parents, and teachers will have fun exploring different possibilities for singing, playing, arranging, transposing, and improvising with these great songs. All the musicians are current or former teachers in the Eastman Community Music School." Lyrics are included in the accompanying CD booklet. | ||||
