This is Dave Kinnoin- who was a long time performer & our LA Coordinator - with his friend Eric Christiansen. Dave & Eric met years ago at the Jeffery Foundation. Eric came to see Dave receive the Magic Penny Award for Lifetime Achievement at the @childrensmusicntwk.bsky.social Annual Conference.

Calling all CMN members with NEW RELEASES within the past two months: fill out the New Release submission form in our Linktree by June 15th and we’ll add it to our June New Releases Spotify playlist AND Aunt Ethel will give you a shout out in her next CMN New Releases video roundup!

🎶 Hey friends! Support the Pete Seeger Scholarship Fund, named after Pete Seeger, a beloved CMN conference attendee and champion of community music. This fund helps fellow musicians attend this year’s CMN conference in LA!

It's time for one of our best events of the year! The Spring Listening Party is such a special way to share your new projects & a wonderful listening event! CMN members are invited to share their album projects or singles in 4 minute (or less) audio presentations. See you there! shorturl.at/cwpyU

Celebrate the contributions of women! #InternationalWomensDay

Check out this awesome playlist by @esthercrow.bsky.social - a great playlist for celebrating women! Happy Women’s Day! open.spotify.com/playlist/5BP...

1,2,3 let’s go! If your kids love to swing, slide, climb, see-saw, run, ride, and play at the playground - this song is for you youtu.be/_9weWYI-RBg?...

We have so many exciting events coming up this month!!! Lots of affinity groups meetings, upcoming workshops and a New Member gathering! Stay tuned for more community events and workshops coming soon!

Ella Jenkin's music was about learning. She taught kids words in Spanish, Swahili, Hebrew, and many other languages. She wanted young people to know that music connects all of us, no matter where we come from.

“Two toucans do the toucan cancan better than one toucan can!” #kindiemusic #MondayMelodies

So excited to have finished a video for PARTY! It was a ton of work but very rewarding. Hope you enjoy it! There are all sorts of “parties” at all ages. Let’s be inclusive at all of them! #inclusion #inclusionmatters #loveislove #disabilityawareness #diversitymatters youtu.be/zoYTrIGn42s?...

Maybe I should finish this up. Found it in my HD from 2021 🤔

Bigtime congrats to Jim Cosgrove on his 5,000th show!!! W😍W #childrensmusic #kindie

Congrats to Songs for Teaching artist, Barry Louis Polisar for his song on this commercial that aired during the Super Bowl! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyyW... You can find his version of this song at SongsForTeaching.com!

Hey #childrensmusic friends! I'm on the hunt for songs about baking and/or baked goods. Any sweet suggestions? 🍪🎶 🏷️: #kindiemusic #kidsmusic #songsforstorytime

This time on The Children’s Hour we celebrate the extraordinary life of Ella Jenkins, the First Lady of Children’s Music.

Happy Black History Month. What a month it has been for Black History making already! There is no questioning the fact that black folx have had an incredible impact and influence on every aspect of history, and that is exemplified by this playlist of creators making music for children and families.

You'll sing a song and I'll sing a song and we'll sing a song together 🎶

Why HELLO Bluesky 💙🌠 We are here 🌌