September 14 - October 19th, 2013

Here is the music we listened to in our classes:

Sept 14: "Compadre Pedro Juan" Dan Zanes and Friends Nueva York
              "Zip-a-dee-do-da" Maria Muldauer's Swinging in the Rain

Sept 21: "Jim Along Josie" from Dan Zanes and Friends Little Nut Tree
              "Run baby run" Caspar Baby Pants

Sept. 28: "Wonderful" sung by Pascal Parisot from Putamayo presents: French Playground
               "Lundu" from the Chieftans' Voice of Ages

Oct. 5: Chopin's "Nocturne op. 9,1 in B flat minor"
            "Dil Lay Gayee" on Bhangra: original punjabi pop

Oct 12: "Carnival of the Animals- aquarium" Camille Saint-Saens
             "Trampolin" by Sas & Kopp on Putamayo's European Playground
             "You-you-Zha" Chinese Lullabies sung by the Bejing Angelic Choir

Oct 18: "Jamming" from B is for Bob
            "Hello Hello" sung by Mose Fan Fan on Putamayo's African Playground

Make Instruments at Home

Musical instruments come in all shapes and sizes and are made of lots of different materials around the world. Metal cans, wooden sticks, nutshells, bottle caps, anything you can think of!

Kalimba

It's easy to make your own simple instruments at home. I made these drums and shakers out of old containers and some decorative duct tape, as well as a piece of construction paper that one of the children colored and some contact paper.

A drum!

I added a tiny bit of rice to this one to make a shaker.

A Shaker!

A drum!

July 13th - August 10th, 2013

Music we listened to in our class:

July 13: From Dan Zanes and Friends Little Nut Tree "John Kanakanaka"
             from Cuban Dance: Feet on Fire "La Litzeta"

July 20: "Jammin'" from Bob Marley, B is For Bob
            "Jig jog gee" from Father Goose It's a Bam Bam Diddly!

July 27: "I wan'na be like you (the monkey song) Louis Prima, Jungle Book Movie Soundtrack
             "Shake a Tail Feather" Taj Mahal on A Child's Celebration of Dance Music

August 3: "Dil Lay Gayee" from Bhangra, Original Punjabi Pop

August 10: "Lundu" from the Chieftans Voice of Ages

June 1st - June 29th, 2013

Music we listened to in our classes:

June 1: "Mubube" from Putumayo Presents:African Playground
            "Zip-a-dee-doo-da" from Maria Muldaur, Swingin' in the Rain

June 7: "Dil Lay Gayee" from Bhangra, Original Pujabi Pop 

June 15: "The Freeze" from Greg and Steve's Kids in Motion
              "Clair de Lune" Claude Debussy

June 22: "Paxolina" from Yo-yo Ma and Friends, Songs of Joy and Peace

June 29: "Trampolin" from Putumayo Presesnts: European Playground
              "You-you-zha" from Chinese Lullabies Bejing Angelic Choir
               

April 13th - May 11th, 2013

Here is what we listened to in our classes:

April 13th: Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 2 K.417, 3rd Movement
            "Battu" from Putumayo's African Playground
            "Polly Woll Doodle" From Dan Zane's Rocket-Ship Beach

April 20th: "Rete (Live Version)" Kassav from Putumayo Presents French Caribbean
                 "Dil Lay Gayee" Jasbir Jassi on Bhangra Original Punjabi Pop

April 27th: "Let's Make Some Noise" Raffi Everything Grows
                  "4 Etoiles" Adama Coly, from Putumayo Presents Afro-Latino
                  "Aquarium" from Saint-Saens Le Carnival Des Animaux (Carnival of the Animals)

May 4th:
May 11th:

February 23 -- March 23, 2013

Here is the music we listened to:

Feb. 23rd: "Battu" from Putamayo's African Playground
                 "Polly Wolly Doodle" from Dan Zane's Rocket-ship Beach

March 2nd: "Old McDonald Had a Farm" Black Lodge Singers
                   "Dil Lay Gayee" Jasbir Jassi on Bhangra Original Punjabi Pop

March 9th: "4 Etoiles" Adama Coly, from Putumayo Presents Afro-Latino
                  "Aquarium" from Saint-Saens Le Carnival Des Animaux (Carnival of the Animals)

March 16th: "Let's Make Some Noise" from Raffi's Everything Grows
                    "Live from  Matt Malloy's Pub" The Chieftans Water from the Well

March 23rd: "Rete (Live Version)" Kassav from Putumayo Presents French Caribbean

Jan. 12 -- Feb. 9, 2013

Here's the music we listened to in our class:

Jan. 12: "John Kanakanaka" From Dan Zanes and Friends Little Nut Tree
              "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" from Maria Maldauer's Swingin' in the Rain

Jan. 19: "Jig Jog Gee" from Father Goose's It's a Bam Bam Diddley!
              "Dil Lay Gayee" sung by Jaider Kumar from Bhangra, Original Punjabi Pop

Jan. 26: "Battu" by Angelique Kidjo from Putamayo's African Playground
             "The Freeze" by Greg and Steve Kids in Motion

Feb 3: "Let's Make Some Noise" Raffi's Everything Grows
           "Under the Sea" from Disney's Little Mermaid soundtrack
           "You-you-zha" from Chinese Lullabies by the Beijing Angelic Choir

Feb 9: "Jammin'" from Bob Marley's B is for Bob
            "Rainbow Connection" from Gather Round: songs for kids and other folks