News Release
January 2000
(Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania) The Moravian College Music Institute will hold a fun-packed
sing-along concert featuring children’s musical anthropologist
Ella Jenkins on Sunday, February 6, at 3 p.m. Ella Jenkins is one of
the most revered pioneers of children’s music. The concert will
take place in Foy Hall on Moravian College's Church Street Campus, located
at Main and Church streets in Bethlehem.
Celebrating nearly 45 years educating, inspiring, and
recording music for children, Ms. Jenkins released her 27th recording
in January 2000. From virtually the outset of her folk singing career,
Ms. Jenkins stood at the forefront of children’s music, establishing
herself as one of the few musicians in the genre whose charms extended
beyond her young target audience into the realm of adults and educators.
Ms.
Jenkins will fill Foy Hall with her multicultural sounds and songs,
playing a variety of instruments from the baritone ukulele, drums, and
harmonica to a guitar and rhythm sticks. She’s been carrying the
torch of multiculturalism for years – long before it became a
buzzword in education.
A regular guest on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,
Ms. Jenkins will be recognized by children, their parents, and everyone
else alike as one who loves to infect the audience with her love of
music. Her focus has always been the well being of the young children
she so deeply touches through her music. Jenkins has made quest appearances
on NBC's Today Show, CNN's Showbiz Today, and Barney and Friends, among
others. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the KOHL Education Foundation, the Governor's
Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and
the Best Variety Performer Award from the American Academy of Children's
Entertainment.
Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 children 12 &
under. For more information, call the Moravian College Music Institute
at (610) 861-1650. For more information on Moravian College event or
visit the Web site at www.moravian.edu. Moravian College is a private,
coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's
sixth-oldest college.
