Children's Music Foundation

January 2016

 

Adele Sings Hello
Adele joins Jimmy and The Roots in the Tonight Show Music Room to perform "Hello" with classroom instruments (click on the picture above to play the video). The instruments used in the video are listed below:

Adele - vocals, flip phone
Jimmy Fallon - wood block, huge bass drum, Casio keyboard
Questlove - hand clappers, orange shaker
Kamal Gray - xylophone
James Poyser - melodica
Captain Kirk - ukulele
Tuba Gooding Jr. - kazoo, banana shaker
Mark Kelley - kazoo
Frank Knuckles - bongos
Black Thought -- tambourine

Welcome Salina Abraham
CMF is pleased to announce the latest addition to our staff. Salina Abraham (pictured left) will serve in a program support role, seeing that our teachers are well taken care of.
 
Salina is one of the Eriam Sisters (pictured below, Salina on right) who have supported CMF along with their family since the Foundations' earliest days.  
 

Children's Music Foundation, Inc.

608 State Street S., Suite 100
Kirkland, Washington 98033
www.cmfinc.org
425-250-2390

Olympic View Elementary

One of the kindergarten classes at Olympic View Elementary in Oak Harbor, WA enjoying First Note (pictured above).

"Here we are doing our Frankie Dance body warm up (pictured below). It is clear they love this!  Thank you for providing this program!"    
 
Sharon Erickson - Music Instructor 
 

Kindergarten the New 1st Grade? 
 
"Between 1998 and 2010, the number of teachers reporting daily music instruction decreased by 18 percentage points, and daily art instruction decreased by 16 percentage points..." (more).
  
 BRIDGES Benefit Gala 2016
On May 3, 2016 the Children's Music Foundation will be celebrating its 4th annual benefit gala at Bake's Place in Bellevue, WA!

An evening of fun, food, and entertainment benefitting music education for our youngest students. Tickets will be available soon so register early as they will surely sell out!

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If you would like more information about how you can offer First Note in your school, please email us at info@cmfinc.org or call 425.250.2390.