New Kindergarten Class - Fall 2010

We are just starting our new after school class of Folk Music at Berkeley Arts Magnet School in Berkeley. My new assistant teacher is Yun-Yun Cai. I have worked with Yun-Yun with kids for many years now and she is just a natural at teaching and loving young children. We are just getting to know our new class and want you to see our before video (are after videos will be amazing) as we learn to sing together. Enjoy our version of "Inch by Inch" with hand motions.

BAM World Music Class sings "The Eggplant Song"

We are starting the new year in our Berkeley Arts Magnet School After School music class working on some old songs for broadcast on my Blog. This is just a taste of what we will be doing in our older kid class (1st and 2nd grade). Enjoy this energetic remake of Norman Greenbaum's classic "The Eggplant that ate Chicago" Enjoy...

How To Make a Straw Oboe

The First & Second Grade class at BAM has been working on making how-to-videos for making the simple instruments we use in our songs. This video was done to show you how to make an oboe (reed instrument) with a straw. We write our own lines and these guys are getting pretty good at including some "sit-down" comedy in the video. Enjoy!

"Sana Sananina" African Folk Song

This video is of the Kindergarten class singing Sana Sananina. Great song that I learned in South Africa. The kids are using rhythm instruments that I have been collecting for years from all over the world. Enjoy!