Jim Gill is a musician and author with unique credentials among children’s artists. Jim is a child development specialist, having completed his graduate studies in child development at the Erikson Institute of Chicago with a special emphasis on the study of play. For this reason, each of Jim’s recordings and books is created as an opportunity for playful interactions between a child and a caring adult.
Jim has won acclaim for bringing the same emphasis on family play to his live concerts. Anyone who has ever attended one of Jim’s family concerts knows that rather than performing for the children and parents, Jim leads them to sing and playtogether.
I was one of the lucky bloggers to receive an advanced copy of his latest release, Music Play for Folks of All Stripes. The CD features 15 new songs along with games, dances, play and for the first time, a DVD of music videos! It was so much fun and so fresh to have it on the other evening as I scrambled to make dinner and get my son ready for bed.
As a Chicago treasure, he was recently interviewed by Fred Koch, Music Reviewer for Chicago Parent Magazine and was quoted as saying, "The challenge I continually face is how to convey in words something that is musical. Nothing says it better than the music itself. Words are insufficient. The best I can do is to try to convince you that your children need a healthy, age-appropriate musical diet. They need creative, thought-provoking, movement-inspiring, engaging music play experiences. And no one, I said no one, does it better than Jim Gill. Forget about passively feeding them Mozart. Nurture all their intelligences.Start with "Music Play For Folks of All Stripes." You can thank me later."
Jim can be seen locally here in Chicagoland and the suburbs at the following locations:
Sunday, December 11 2011 at 2 pm
Mini-concert and CD signing at Vals Halla Records
239 W Harrison - Oak Park, IL 60304
Saturday, December 17th, 2011 @ 10 am and 11 am Family Concerts celebrating CD Release
Where: Wheaton Public Library: 225 N. Cross St. - Wheaton, IL 60187
For details, reservations contact: http://www.wheatonlibrary.org
Sunday, December 18th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Family Concert celebrating CD Release at Glenview Public Library
1930 Glenview Road - Glenview, Illinois 60025
For details, reservations contact: www.glenviewpl.org
Jim has released six award-winning CDs of music play for young children that are favorites in family rooms, classrooms and playrooms. He is also the author of two children's books. His latest, A Soup Opera, is a sing-along opera inspired by concerts that Jim performs with symphony orchestras. The book received an American Library Associationaward in 2010. Jim has received four separate awards from the American Library Association for his recordings and books over the years.
Jim speaks to early childhood educators, care providers and children’s librarians across the country about the many benefits of play in young children’s lives. Jim has shared his expertise on music, play and literacy with organizations such as Head Start, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Association for Family Child Care and, most recently, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
His latest CD and DVD can be purchased at:
Track Listing: 1. Beethoven's Five Finger Play 2. It Takes Some Friends 3. Truck Stop 4. Have You Seen the Trampoline? 5. Johnny Cuckoo 6. Bagpipes 7. The Onomatopoeia Pizzeria 8. I Was Born a Horn 9. Bananas 10. Habanera La La La 11. Bounces Abundant 12. I Changed My Mind 13. Two for Tea 14. Foot Notes 15. Living Inside of a Jar |
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