MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• Cab Calloway & The Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather 1943 (Colorized)

  Tap Dance scene from the movie "Stormy Weather" which Fred Astaire called "the greatest dance scene ever filmed." Don't try this at home!

  Uploaded Oct 07, 2022 by Laura Blake
• How Vaccines Work
  Uploaded Dec 20, 2021
• The Nutcracker - New York City Ballet 1993

  "The Nutcracker," composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, is a wonderful introduction to storytelling through music and dance. This ballet tells the story of a holiday party, gifts, and dreams, all without saying a word! Listen to the orchestra create the mood of the party, the joy of a special gift, the despair of a broken gift, and the dream of a faraway, magical place. Watch the dancers as they too, tell this story through the beautiful, graceful movements of ballet. This video is over an hour long, but you don't have to watch it all at once. I hope you enjoy it, and will share it with your family and friends!

  Uploaded Dec 07, 2021
• The Nutcracker - New York City Ballet 1993

  This is a wonderful introduction to ballet music - "The Nutcracker," composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This is the story of a holiday party, gifts, and dreams... all told through music and dance. The entire ballet is over an hour, but you can watch it in smaller parts. Listen as the orchestra creates the mood of the party and the excitement of various dances. I hope you enjoy it!

  Uploaded Dec 07, 2021
• "Impossible is Possible" - Black Violin

  Black Violin is an American hip hop duo from Fort Lauderdale, Florida comprising two classically trained string instrumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage names Kev Marcus and Wil B. Kev Marcus plays the violin, and Wil B. plays the viola. Their genre is called Instrumental Hip Hop, although they also have vocals in some of their music. I hope you enjoy this new song, "Impossible is Possible."

  Uploaded Mar 23, 2021 by Laura Blake
• "The Music Man" - Broadway Musical video

  A Broadway Musical - set in 1912, a time when BANDS traveled the USA, entertaining folks in small towns and big cities. This funny musical is appropriate for all ages and has a positive rating on commonsensemedia: "Parents need to know that there's not much that's objectionable for kids in this classic musical The Music Man."
  This information is copied from commonsensemedia:
  WHAT'S THE STORY?
  In THE MUSIC MAN, trouble comes to a small Iowa town when con man "Professor" Harold Hill (Robert Preston) arrives, posing as a salesman of band instruments and uniforms. Hill happens upon an old friend, Marcellus Washburn (Buddy Hackett), and is ready to run his favorite scam on the folks of River City. He plans to sell the town on the idea of a boys' band, with himself as leader, get them to order instruments and uniforms, then skip town with the money. But first he must convince the skeptical citizens, including reserved librarian and music teacher Marian (Shirley Jones), who lives with her widowed mother (Pert Kelton) and her shy little brother Winthrop (Ronny Howard). Hill is able to dazzle the town, even Marian. Despite evidence that he does not have the credentials he claims and her certainty that he is not what he pretends to be, she finds herself softening toward him and protecting him. Because of her, he stays too long, and he is arrested. But somehow, the boys force a few sounds out of the instruments, enough for their proud parents. And Harold stays on -- it turns out that all along, deep inside, what he really wanted was to lead a band.
  
  Watch it with the family, either all in one sitting (just over 2 hours) or broken into smaller viewing sections. It's a treat!
  I hope you enjoy this video!
  

  Uploaded Jan 28, 2021 by Laura Blake
• Behold the Magic of Books!
  Uploaded Aug 29, 2020 by Jaime Allen
• Princeton Book Festival
  Uploaded Aug 29, 2020 by Jaime Allen
• Make Your Own Rainstick!

  The Museum of Making Music invites you to create your own rain stick from materials you can find around the house: a cardboard tube, paper, aluminum foil, rice, lentils, pebbles, etc. This optional activity can be decorated and played - I'd love to see a picture of it!

  Uploaded Apr 29, 2020 by Laura Blake
• Lean on Me - by Bill Withers

  Sing Along with Bill Withers in this classic song - Lean on Me. If you play ukulele, guitar, or chords on piano, you can try playing along too! This song uses C, F, and G7 chords. The fingerings shown are for ukulele. Have fun singing, and know that we all need somebody to lean on, sometime in our lives.

  Uploaded Apr 06, 2020 by Laura Blake