Reference & Special Interest

John Kander wrote the music, Fred Ebb the lyrics, and Bob Fosse choreographed. 

Lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander.

Lerner & Loewe. 

Rodgers & Hammerstein.

Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. A triumph on every level and an Oscar winner.

James Cagney is George M. Cohen, singing and dancing and lifting spirits. 2-disc set has hours of bonus materials.

Celebrating 100 Years of Popular Music in America narrated by Michael Feinstein.

Get inspired by NYC 5th graders from high poverty districts as they are taught  foxtrot, tango, rumba, meregue for a competition and grow into poised and motivated young people.  

When Jewish and Palestinian grade schoolers meet in a ballroom dance class in Jaffa, Israel, sparks fly. Pierre Dulaine is challenged to teach not just dance but the arts of communication and teamwork.

250 kids from 25 nations come together to rehearse and dance Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic.

Music has the power to overcome fear, prejudice, animosity and build understanding through a common artful purpose. Upper elementary children in NYC and Jaffa learn to dance TOGETHER, and enjoy it and each other.

This spicy gumbo serves up the musical legends and legacy of this most musical of cities

Vienna Boy's Choir has survived for over 500 years. Visit the boys at school, watch them rehearse, record, sing in chapel, perform an opera, travel, play sports.

Various artists sing 26 songs including Home on the Range and Old Chishom Trail. 

A live-action retelling of how the best-loved carol was written on a snowy night in 1818, and how it has affected generations since.

Soundtrack from Paradise Road movie using the music written down by the WWII POW women interned in Sumatra.

by Helen Colijn.  Music overcame despair for the women imprisoned on Japanese-held Sumatra for over 3 years in WWII.

Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music by Don Campbell.