Music, Education, and Technology

Learning that’s fun is impactful and lasting. For years, Beethoven’s Wig has provided a fun path to learning about classical music for children.

Today, Beethoven’s Wig 4 was released and once again, it is where humor, classical music, and music education come together as one. And this time, to the delight of children and families everywhere, the collection is based on famous dance pieces.

The previous three Beethoven’s Wig CDs have won 40 national awards, and garnered Grammy® Award nominations in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The Sing Along Symphonies were featured on NBC’s Today show and National Public Radio’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

Beethoven’s Wig 4 is sure to follow similar acclaim… the music is wonderful, the lyrics are so clever, funny and inventive, and the cover art is incredible: Saturday Night Fever meets Beethoven… Great stuff! Beethoven’s Wig 4 is simply wonderful and should be part of every family’s music collection and every music educator’s classroom. Highly recommended.

The Barenaked Ladies released their debut children’s record this past Spring and the response has been very positive by parents, kids, bloggers (including me), and the media.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, it seems lots of well-established mainstream artists are crossing over into the children’s music market. However, I strongly believe to be a children’s artist is to be a role model and there are responsibilities that go with playing in this genre.

This week, BNL lead singer Steven Page was arrested for cocaine possession.

They’ve canceled their Disney tour and probably hosts of other family shows. I don’t envy the parents who have to explain to their children “why” the show they were looking forward to is canceled.

I hope, going forward, artists will avoid participating in the children’s music genre if they can’t be responsible role models to kids.