Tag: Judy Caplan Ginsburgh

  • Music Medley: Dino Mania!

    Music Medley: Dino Mania!

    dinosaur doodleConfetti Park: A music medley from Louisiana… kids songs about dinosaurs!

    This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. And today’s music medley features songs about dinosaurs! Songs featured in this episode, in order:

    When I Was a Dinosaur – Trout Fishing in America
    Joke of the Day – Pterodactyl Pee
    When I Was a Dinosaur – Chenille Sisters
    If a Dinosaur Was My Best Friend – Philip Melancon
    Dino Story – Louis Ray
    These Are the Dinosaurs – Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
    I Want a Dinosaur – Ph Fred
    A Myrtle Place – Zachary Richard and Lafayette Kids

    Check out this narrated story about a dinosaur….  Lophi Learns to Fly by David Eugene Ray.


    The Confetti Park hosted by Katy Hobgood Ray, features music and stories spun in Louisiana. It showcases songs that kids love, songs created for kids, and songs created by kids. Sparkling interviews, in-studio performances, delightful music medleys, jokes, local author storytime, and a little surprise lagniappe make for an entertaining show!

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    The radio program version launched on April 4, 2015 in New Orleans on WHIV FM and is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation and Music Rising at Tulane University.

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    Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.

  • Music Medley – Beets at the Door

    Music Medley – Beets at the Door

    Beets with facesConfetti Park is a community radio program out of New Orleans. We feature local storytellers and songs that kids love, songs created for kids, or created by kids, right here in Louisiana. This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians.

    Songs featured in this episode, in order:
    Woody, Lead Belly & Pete – Ph Fred
    Pig Latin Song – Lead Belly
    Woodpecker – a poem by Nola Frazier
    Lost in the Library – Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
    O’Guillori – Michael Doucet
    This Old Man – The Swing Setters
    Goodbye in the Bayou – Jazzy Ash

    Also featured in this episode, a music memory from Layla Isis and a story called Dixie the Old Dog by Tommie Townsley.

     


    The Confetti Park hosted by Katy Hobgood Ray, features music and stories spun in Louisiana. It showcases songs that kids love, songs created for kids, and songs created by kids. Sparkling interviews, in-studio performances, delightful music medleys, jokes, local author storytime, and a little surprise lagniappe make for an entertaining show!

    Subscribe on iTunes

    The radio program version launched on April 4, 2015 in New Orleans on WHIV FM and is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, OffBeat magazine and Music Rising at Tulane University.

    Current broadcast schedule:

    Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.

  • Music Medley: Desert Snow Man

    Music Medley: Desert Snow Man

    Listen to this music medley "Desert Snow Man" from Confetti Park!Confetti Park: Children’s Music Radio Show from Louisiana

    This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians.

    Songs featured in this episode, in order:

    Also featured in this episode, a story called “The Lord’s Supper” by Ms. Chocolate and a music memory from Dirty Dozen saxophone player Roger Lewis.


    The Confetti Park hosted by Katy Hobgood Ray, features music and stories spun in Louisiana. It showcases songs that kids love, songs created for kids, and songs created by kids. Sparkling interviews, in-studio performances, delightful music medleys, jokes, local author storytime, and a little surprise lagniappe make for an entertaining show!

    Subscribe on iTunes

    The radio program version launched on April 4, 2015 in New Orleans on WHIV FM and is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, OffBeat magazine and Music Rising at Tulane University.

    Current broadcast schedule:

    Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.

  • Music Medley – Lettuce In!

    Music Medley – Lettuce In!

    lettueConfetti Park kids radio

    This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. Songs featured in this episode, in order:

    Whole World in His Hands – George Porter, Jr.
    Kazoo Song – Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
    I’m a Puppy – Mel Lecompte
    Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog – Don Abney & the Louisiana Pollywogs
    Messy Room Blues – Johnette Downing
    Ducks in a Nest – Belen Walker
    Inky Pinky Ponky – Nola Frazier
    Clean My Room – Imagination Movers
    Farmer in the Dell – Julieann Banks and Friends
    Goodbye – Red Wolf Brass Band

    Also featured in this episode, The Little Louisiana Pine Tree, and a music memory from Duane Petri.


    About Confetti Park

    The Confetti Park hosted by Katy Hobgood Ray, features music and stories spun in Louisiana. It showcases songs that kids love, songs created for kids, and songs created by kids. Sparkling interviews, in-studio performances, delightful music medleys, jokes, local author storytime, and a little surprise lagniappe make for an entertaining show!

    Subscribe on iTunes

    The radio program version launched on April 4, 2015 in New Orleans on WHIV FM and is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, OffBeat magazine and Music Rising at Tulane University.

    Current broadcast schedule:

    Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.

  • Validating a child’s talent can set them on a lifelong musical journey

    Validating a child’s talent can set them on a lifelong musical journey

    Judy Caplan Ginsburgh has been performing children's music since 1981.
    Judy Caplan Ginsburgh has been performing children’s music since 1981.

    In this episode of Confetti Park, we hear a special childhood memory from Judy Caplan Ginsburgh of Alexandria, Louisiana, an internationally recognized and multi-award winning performer, recording artist and educator.

    Judy sings as a cantorial soloist and travels throughout North America presenting concerts, residencies, educational keynotes and workshops. Judy works actively in both Jewish and non-Jewish settings and she has developed a number of interactive, educational performances and arts-in-education residencies for school-age children. She has been creating children’s music since 1981!

    Judy shares how important the validation of adults can be when it comes to nurturing a child’s natural talents and interests, and how an experience that  happened when she was just eight years old set her on a career in music!

    Says Judy: “We had a music teacher who came to our school maybe every other week, and she would do music with all the children in the school.

    At one point our local symphony here in Rapides parish needed a children’s chorus… and they auditioned people at our elementary school.

    I remember a gentleman coming, he listened to all of us, and we sang, I think, “Happy Birthday.” And we sang in groups of like five. And he walked in front of us and listened to us, and picked certain people to be in this children’s chorus.

    I was one of those that was picked, when I was about 8 years old, and at that moment, I knew that I was good. That my voice was good. Someone had validated me…..

    I’m still in touch with this gentleman, by the way, and I always tell him that he’s responsible for making sure that I went into music as my career.”

    Thank you, Judy, for sharing your childhood music memory with Confetti Park!

    Learn more about Judy at http://www.judymusic.com/ and check out this more in depth interview with Judy.

  • Music Medley – Up Hill, Down Hill

    Music Medley – Up Hill, Down Hill

    Music medley from Confetti Park - uphill and down hill.Confetti Park is a community radio program out of New Orleans. We feature local storytellers and songs that kids love, songs created for kids, or created by kids, right here in Louisiana. This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians.

    Songs featured in this episode, in order:

    Wake-Y-Up-O – Kevin Griffin
    Birds Birdy, Tweet Tweet – Mr. Christopher
    Bullfrog – Louis Ray
    Jack & Jill – Confetti Park Players
    Skip to My Lou – Swing Setters
    Farm – Imagination Movers
    Summit of Sound – Renzi Center
    When Something is Gnawing You – Hrilina Ramrakhiani
    Old Man – Leadbelly
    A Rum Sum Sum – Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
    Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Papillon

    Also featured in this episode, a Louisiana folk tale called The Little Louisiana Pine Tree,  a music memory from Shreveport musician Leonard Service, and a poem from Confetti Park Player Hrilina Ramrakhiani.


    The Confetti Park hosted by Katy Hobgood Ray, features music and stories spun in Louisiana. It showcases songs that kids love, songs created for kids, and songs created by kids. Sparkling interviews, in-studio performances, delightful music medleys, jokes, local author storytime, and a little surprise lagniappe make for an entertaining show!

    Subscribe on iTunes

    The radio program version launched on April 4, 2015 in New Orleans on WHIV FM and is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, OffBeat magazine and Music Rising at Tulane University.

    Current broadcast schedule:

    Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.

  • Music Medley – Up Hill, Down Hill

    Music Medley – Up Hill, Down Hill

    Music medley from Confetti Park - uphill and down hill.Confetti Park is a community radio program out of New Orleans. We feature local storytellers and songs that kids love, songs created for kids, or created by kids, right here in Louisiana. This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians.

    Songs featured in this episode, in order:

    Wake-Y-Up-O – Kevin Griffin
    Birds Birdy, Tweet Tweet – Mr. Christopher
    Bullfrog – Louis Ray
    Jack & Jill – Confetti Park Players
    Skip to My Lou – Swing Setters
    Farm – Imagination Movers
    Summit of Sound – Renzi Center
    When Something is Gnawing You – Hrilina Ramrakhiani
    Old Man – Leadbelly
    A Rum Sum Sum – Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
    Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Papillon

    Also featured in this episode, a Louisiana folk tale called The Little Louisiana Pine Tree,  a music memory from Shreveport musician Leonard Service, and a poem from Confetti Park Player Hrilina Ramrakhiani.


    The Confetti Park hosted by Katy Hobgood Ray, features music and stories spun in Louisiana. It showcases songs that kids love, songs created for kids, and songs created by kids. Sparkling interviews, in-studio performances, delightful music medleys, jokes, local author storytime, and a little surprise lagniappe make for an entertaining show!

    Subscribe on iTunes

    The radio program version launched on April 4, 2015 in New Orleans on WHIV FM and is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, OffBeat magazine and Music Rising at Tulane University.

    Current broadcast schedule:

    Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.

  • Interview: Judy Caplan Ginsburgh shares Jewish culture through music

    Interview: Judy Caplan Ginsburgh shares Jewish culture through music

    Judy Caplan Ginsburgh has been performing children's music since 1981.
    Judy Caplan Ginsburgh has been performing children’s music since 1981.

    In this edition of Confetti Park, Katy Ray sits down with Judy Caplan Ginsburgh of Alexandria, La. to talk about children’s music. Judy has been creating music for children since 1981! Among the topics they discuss: what kinds of songs do little kids love? How does Judy share her Jewish heritage through song?

    Judy specializes in music for young children and in Jewish music. In fact, Judy is a rabbi, a Jewish religious leader.  While she has a degree in vocal performance (from Indiana University), she never intended to become a children’s musician. She was singing songs with the children at her office’s preschool regularly (on her lunch breaks), when parents and teachers started asking her to record some of the songs. Thus, her first album was born: Sing Along with Judy. That was in 1981—the rest is history!

    Judy writes original music but also plays traditional songs.

    “I’m a huge believer in not forgetting these old nursery rhymes and folk tunes that have been around for so long. They’ve been around for generations because they are good,” says Judy. “We ought to teach new things and write new things, but we shouldn’t forget these old tried and true songs, either.”

    What makes a children’s song good?

    “Number one, they’re simple. They’re short. The tunes are very catchy, they’re easy to catch on to,” advises Judy. “Many of the tunes a lot of us use in early childhood music are also call and response… and also things called zipper songs, where the tune and the words remain the same except for one word. So those kinds of songs work very well for young children because they’re repetitive, they’re repeating after you, they’re reinforcing one thing at a time so they actually can be used for learning.”

    Judy also uses a lot of props, audience participation, and movement when working with children in music. “You cannot sing to children. You sing with children,” she emphasizes.

    In addition to her numerous general music CDs for young kids (preschool age), Judy has recorded nine albums of Jewish music.  These CDs are really good for families, says Judy.

    “There are so many interfaith families now, and that’s really why this started,” she explains.”Mainly the mothers were not Jewish, but they were the ones raising the children. So  they needed to learn the traditional songs that their kids were singing at Sunday School and at Jewish camp. To help teach non-Jews about our Jewish heritage…This is music that we all grew up with, they they may not have.”

    While Judy’s earlier Jewish music CDs feature mostly traditional songs, her later CDs feature originals.

    “I used to teach in a Jewish day school, and a lot of times we’re trying to teach a concept, an ethical philosophy, and I always taught with music,” explains Judy. “But there wouldn’t be a song, for instance, about tzedakah, which means charity, or helping people. And, so I wrote a song about tzedakah.”

    Just loves performing and is also available for teacher training, to teach teachers how to use music in the classroom. You can reach her through her website at http://www.judymusic.com/

    Songs featured in this episode: “Aiken Drum,” “Sing Along Song,” and “Tzedakah.”