Kids Love Classical After Listening to Variations on a Theme… of Mary Had a Little Lamb?
There’s a fellow over in Kalamazoo Michigan who has put out a CD consisting of a number of variations of the “Mary Had a Little Lamb”" melody (The Probably Untrue Story - $13 at Sonus Novus). Apparently when played for children, the kids go “giddy” for this CD while gaining an appreciation for Classical Music.
“If kids really like and find that education is entertaining, they will be absorbed by it and they won’t want to put it down.”
The CD is the brainchild of Micah Levy, former director of the Orange County (CA) Chamber Orchestra. He also has a master’s degree in orchestral conducting, and plays the French Horn professionally. He started the project in an attempt to improve his composing skills.
The disc is built around the story of Mary and her little lamb Petunia who is not allowed to accompany Mary to school… Mary gets lost on the way home as Levy explores the familiar melody while dramatizing her long journey home. Anything to get young people into classical.
[From: The Kalamazoo Gazette]
![Daniel Chorzempa [Organ] - Mozart: Organ Sonatas & Solos (2 CDs, Vol.21 of 45)](http://classicalwatch.com/wp-content/plugins/ilastfm/cache/10251561.jpg)
Twitter