Kids Music Café: Around the World (Premiere)
Digital Season | Recorded in the Joan Sutherland Theatre
On Demand
Genre: Kids & Families | Recommended for ages 6 months+
Come on a journey around the world in this wonderful introduction to classical music, created especially for your toddler and you!
Performed by musicians from the Sydney Youth Orchestras and hosted by Miriam Rizvi (The Beanies), sing and dance along to songs from five different continents as you meet the string instruments along the way.
Presented in partnership with Sydney Youth Orchestras
SYO Players
Violin - Sarah Qiu
Viola - Alison Eom
Cello - Jessica Ellis
MC
Miriam Rizvi is better known as Mim Beanie to Mini-Beanies across Australia. She is a co-founder and performer in the award winning group, The Beanies. The Beanies are best known for their podcast which boasts over half a million downloads and an Australian Podcast Award for the Kids and Families category. Just last year she was also nominated for an ARIA Award for The Beanies' second album 'Imagination Station' in the category of Best Children's Album.
Music
The Can Can - Jacques Offenbach arr. Andrei Visotsky
Parts available at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/can-can-digital-sheet-music/20233413
Ain't Misbehavin - Fats Waller
Parts available at https://www.8notes.com/scores/33066.asp
Jasmine Flower (Mo Li Hua) - Chinese Traditional
Parts available at https://www.8notes.com/scores/30567.asp
Libertango - Astor Piazzolla arr. Martin Wray
Parts available at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/libertango-string-trio-digital-sheet-music/20319041
Waltzing Matilda - Australian Traditional arr. Sarah Qiu
Activity Sheet
Let's go on a musical adventure! While you watch this very special Kids Music Café performance, we’d love you to join us on a trip around the globe on a little plane we like to call... your imagination!
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