Kid Pan Alley Intergenerational Residency at Brownsville ES in Charlottesville

(Paul Reisler)
Terri Allard and I are at Brownsville Elementary in Crozet this week with an intergenerational Kid Pan Alley residency. We brought senior citizens from the Mountainside Home over to the school today. They told stories about growing up in the area to the kids. The kids will write songs about those experiences. Then the kids told stories to the seniors who will write their stories. We've got two concerts at the school at 1:15 and 7 pm on Friday. Admission is free, so come join us to hear all our new songs.

Here are a couple of pictures:

In Nashville

(posted by Paul Reisler)
I'm in Nashville to teach at the NSAI Songposium this week. Classes in Harmony and Chord Substitution, Open Tunings for guitar, and songwriting with kids. you can still sign up for individual classes. To sign up: http://events.nashvillesongwriters.com/news.php?viewStory=29

Video from Burnley Moran

(posted by Paul Reisler)
Just finished a week with some wonderful songs at Burnley Moran Elementary School in Charlottesville. Here's a video of one called Listen Real Close.



I am off to Nashville on Monday to teach for the NSAI Songposium on Tuesday and Wednesday. It's not too late to sign up for one of my classes: Harmony and Chord Substitution; Writing Songs with Kids; and Open Tunings for Guitar. As it's an a la carte workshop, you just sign up for what you want.

I'm working on my Aesop's Fables for Orchestra and Narrator this weekend. It's a 25 minute piece that will premiere the end of January at the Charlottesville Performing Arts Center and also at the Maazel's Castleton Theatre House. It's on the bill with Peter and the Wolf, a true masterpiece.

Burnley Moran Elementary

posted by Paul Reisler
Terri Allard and I are at Burnley Moran this week. We finished the first 4 songs today: Stage Fright, Bird's Eye View, Smarter Than a Smartboard and Good News, Bad News. You can see a video of Stage Fright.

Getting ready for Kid Pan Alley season to begin

(posted by Paul Reisler) We're getting ready for our fall season to begin on September 14th at Burnley-Moran School in Charlottesville. This will be our 2nd year there. I'm working on making all 1500 of our Kid Pan Alley songs available on line. It's a big job. Concert on Friday night at 7 pm. Free.