John Seal
John Seal makes music children can move to and grow with: colourful percussion, flute, guitar and bass behind songs that stretch young imaginations, from dawn-to-bedtime kindergarten classics to active listening that teaches the bones of music.
On Move to Mozart he sets resting and running to instrumental colour so little bodies can answer the beat, with activity ideas for home and kindergarten. Did you see the wind today? gathers songs many remember from Kindergarten of the Air, including a generous run of Zoë McHenry pieces that link children to weather, animals and the day itself. The backings stay clear and varied, the kind of uncomplicated sound early childhood workers keep asking for. As arranger and performer on It's Music he turns twenty-three songs into a hands-on primer, real strings, woodwind, brass and percussion kept distinct so kids can hear what the pictures mean and then move, dance or simply listen hard. Festive Christmas songs sit in the same practical spirit: music made to be used, sung and lived with.
John Seal is featured on the following titles
Move to Mozart: Music for Movement – Resting and Running
Instrumental music for resting and running, made for kindergarten and home. Children always move to music, and rhythmic movement underpins much early learning. John Seal leads a colourful percussion palette, with flute, guitar and acoustic bass.
Compositions by John Seal also appear on
It's Music: Active Listening for Children
This CD and its accompanying booklet are designed to introduce children to basic musical concepts through active listening, movement and play.
Arranger
John Seal also appears on
Did You See the Wind Today?
Many of these songs will be remembered from the ABC's famous Kindergarten of the Air radio programme. The 25 songs follow a child's day from dawn through to bed-time.
Rhapsodie
Australian saxophonist Peter Clinch presents a recital of fine classical chamber music. Often linked with jazz, the saxophone is heard here in a classical programme that ranges from the Italian Baroque to the early twentieth century.
Merrily at Christmas
Sixty-three festive Christmas songs and rhymes, old and new, for children. Voices and instruments share simple arrangements prepared for the Australian Breastfeeding Association.
