Tremendously entertaining and very informative. The audience loved it. A rare treat of fun science for everyone, especially for families. A must see!

- Larry K, Cambridge, MA, Mar 20, 2009

Fun for the whole family, this live dramatic performance explores nanoscale science and technology. Dan and Joel are brothers – Dan a know-it-all and Joel a naif – who must deliver a juggling show about atoms, molecules, nanoscale forces and scanning probe microscopy when it is discovered that the scheduled performers – the Nano Brothers – are too small to see.

The performance delivers extraordinary visualizations created through juggling, lighting, and large-scale metaphors, and entertains family audiences through character acting, jokes with various levels of sophistication, stunts, and kid volunteer opportunities. Who knew physics could be this fun? Audience participation is invited, but not required. After the show, get measured in nanometers.

I have never laughed so hard while at the same time learning about science and technology. We went with our family of five and our friends–ages ranging from 2-87 years old. The show held everyone’s attention and left us wanting more!

-Donna, Amherst, MA, Apr 01, 2009

Sam and his band brought energy and fun to otherwise complicated and troubling problems. Everyone who left the show had big smiles on their faces, but also some new understanding about the challenging, real-time, environmental issues that will shape so much of our children’s futures.

- Josh Hahn, Director of Environmental Initiatives, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT (Oct 26, 2010)

OCEANS ARE TALKING is a musical call-to-action recorded and performed by SAM LARDNER to enlighten K-6 children and their families about the most critical issues facing the world’s oceans. Both our CD and our live concerts are powerful educational drivers to help families take action in protecting the oceans.

His successful “Build-A-Book” story writing residency programs have been presented at numerous schools, with popularity still growing. He has conducted these literacy projects through generous grants from Rhode Island State Council on The Arts and VSAarts of RI. Keith also teaches workshops in songwriting, theatrical improvisation, illustration, and story writing. Keith can sometimes be seen in a hilarious duo show with storyteller Bill Harley, and teamed up with Bill in the spring of 2004 to create Up To No Good, which they performed to sold out houses at Trinity Rep Theatre. Keith also appears on a number of Bill’s recordings.

The “IT girl” in kids/family music

- New York Magazine

The “Sheryl Crow for kids”

- New York Post

Bari’s songs are a huge hit with children and adults. Her catchy, pop friendly tunes, interactive live shows & top 10 songs on Sirius XM Kids Place Live have gained her and her band many thousands of young (and not so young!) fans. Their latest album Rock and Roll Garden won the Nappa Gold and Parents’ Choice Award and was picked as top 10 kids album of the year by Time Out Kids. Bari & her career were also featured in the New York Times. Bari’s acclaimed new album Anna and the Cupcakes will be released on Valentine’s Day, 2012.
Also a children’s yoga and music and movement specialist, Bari is also known for writing great music & movement songs for children.

Catch three of her videos airing now on select PBS Kids stations and Comcast on Demand including her #1 kids/yoga music video
“The Sun Dance.”

At Bari’s interactive live shows children may pop like popcorn, surf the waves, run like the gingerbread man and they may learn to “jam with the band.” As seen in many parenting magazines and on FOX-TV Morning Shows.

Refreshing simplicity and tuneful bounce mark this collection of splendid pop-rock songs for the wee set from singer-songwriter Bari Koral, who can write a clap-along song with the best of them (“Clap It!) and capture a young child’s “I’m a big kid now,” lunch-packing pride (“Backpack Song”) with her expressive pop soprano. Koral’s celebrations of the first day of school, best friends, colors and the “Big Sounds” of fire truck and train are pitch-perfect. Don’t be surprised if the irresistible “Hey Ducky” becomes a family anthem.

- Lynne Heffley ©2010 Parents’ Choice A long-time Parents’ Choice music critic, Lynne was a staff writer for 25 years at the Los Angeles Times where she established and maintained the paper’s first weekly children’s arts and entertainment beat and was a general arts reporter.

Little Groove is a real interactive music experience for children. The show is designed for children 7 and under. Children will have fun using real instruments such as drums, shakers, and tambourines. Children will also interact with puppets, bubbles, balls, pom poms, and parachutes! Children will enjoy being a part of the musical experience, using their bodies and voices to sing along to catchy songs that help them build important motor and social skills. Parents, teachers and caregivers are encouraged to join in the musical experience with their children. Workshops for smaller groups are also available.

Sara Wheeler, founder of Little Groove, has recorded over 100 children’s songs in the past three years, 22 of those songs are on Little Groove’s new CD Building Blocks. To learn about music classes for your child visit www.babywiggle.com. Band members include Sara Wheeler – Voice, guitar, trumpet and percussion, Krysta Youngs -Voice, keys and percussion, Mariana Iranzi – Bass and percussion,Tommy Dempsey – Voice and drums.

Pirate

As Boston Children’s Music puts it, “Vanessa’s shows are perfect. It’s hard to explain and I can’t quite put my finger on what it is they do differently, but whatever it is, it really gets the kids (and parents) excited!…She has some sort of magical energy that makes all of her shows super fun…”

Growing up in New York City, Vanessa Trien cut her musical teeth on family folk sing-alongs, but she blossomed while living in Costa Rica, singing, recording, and performing with an Afro-Caribbean band and later writing and performing her own material. A subsequent move to Boston introduced Trien into the heart of New England’s thriving folk music scene.

Like many of the moms here in Brookline, I have a minor obsession with Vanessa Trien. It’s not just because she’s an incredible musician who has followed her dreams and released two outstanding albums for children. It’s not just because she has a beautiful smile and a wonderful way with kids. It’s not just because she’s a warm, kind and generous person. It’s not just because her voice is like warm honey. It’s not just because my son and my nephew are both mini-groupies. It’s the sum of all these things that make her such a special part of our community…

– Sheri Gurock, Magic Beans’ “Spilling the Beans” Blog

Respectfully,

Mary Almeida
Director of Programs
Cape Cod Children’s Museum

Lauri has her priorities straight: she understands what it takes to keep an audience happy and skillfully works with presenters and artists to make that happen. Her talent is in providing a boutique experience for artists and presenters with an approach that is hands on, attentive to detail, always pleasant, and always able to see keep her on the goal which is to bring together everyone and support the audience’s artistic experience.

Christine Schell
Family Programs Director
The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN)

Flooky & The Beans is a high energy Children’s Pop Group, featuring Flooky, the technology driven robot boy who meets up with Emma, Peppi, Jojo and Bobo Bean. While the Beans try to impress an appreciation for the natural world, the robot hails the benefits of numbers and new technologies. As their efforts to co-exist take hold, they discover their mutual love for music and Flooky becomes their Scientist of Sound while they seek to build a better world in this engaging hour of family entertainment. Watch Nature’s Children meet Modern Technology in this Spirited Musical Performance! Recommended age range 3-8 years old.

Morgan raises the bar for active listening with his wonderful wordplay and positive messages.

– Chicago Parent

The Butterfly

GRAMMY-nominated children’s musician Zak Morgan delights children and parents alike with his interactive live performances. Morgan’s story-songs are filled with rich vocabulary and wordplay, and he uses music and humor as vehicles to encourage children to read books, use their imaginations, and believe in themselves.

Morgan’s debut album, Bloom, was met nationally with rave reviews and awards, and his second CD, When Bullfrogs Croak, was nominated for a 2003 GRAMMY award, a rare feat for an independent release. Morgan’s latest project, The Candy Machine, is a poetic concept album for the entire family in which the precocious Suzy and her younger brother Joe embark on a selfish search for the elusive Island of Sugar but wind up finding the Golden Rule instead.

Morgan has performed more than 1,400 concerts throughout the United States in schools, libraries and theaters since 1999 and his shows are always uplifting, educational, and fun for all ages.

a possible successor to [Shel] Silverstein…these songs/poems will delight and inspire any listener.

– KLIATT, starred review

The Golden Rule

A wonderful children’s CD, richly endowed with clever wordplay and vivid detail…. The exceptional poetry of Bloom is further buoyed by the talented musicianship.

– Paste Magazine