CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Bonnie's wide variety of material and high level of energy,
her ability to involve her audience, her sense of fun, and her pretty voice all
add up to a top-notch performance.
-- Carolyn Potter, Children’s Librarian, Marin County Library
Bonnie’s original songs are catchy and well crafted,
and her teaching is positively sneaky—her listeners think they are just having
a good time, but they learn a lot!
-- Gay Ducey, Storyteller
Bonnie helps the world with her songs. I love her.
-- Bryna, age 6
SONGS AND MUSIC GAMES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
A Participatory Concert for Preschool and Primary Grade
Children and Families
Bonnie presents interactive concerts for children and
families in libraries, schools, and community centers.
For over twenty-five years, she has developed a dynamic repertoire which
feeds Songs & Music Games from Around the World, her ever-changing show for
pre-school and primary grade children
Designed to maximize children's participation, her shows
feature sing-along, clap along, move-along activities with folk songs from many
countries and cultures including Jamaica, Japan, Nigeria, Nicaragua and the
United States.
In addition to a wealth of folk songs, Bonnie’s own
original materials lend a distinctive vitality to her presentations.
She encourages children to sing, dance and fingerplay their way into the
joys of music. Kids and families
cooperate and collaborate in singing games, call and response chants,
story-songs, and on-the-spot rhythm bands.
Accompanying herself on guitar, keyboards, and percussion,
Bonnie sings with irresistible enthusiasm.
With a repertoire rich in cultural diversity, she entertains while
nurturing the seeds of children's self esteem.
FOLK ROOTS OF POPULAR
SONG
An Interactive Musical Program For Children
In Grades 4-6
Drawing
on folk materials from the Caribbean and Mexico, the British Isles, West Africa,
and many regions of the United States, Bonnie presents a program for children in
grades 4 through 6. Playing drums
on the Panamanian “Al Tambor,” singing along with the penny whistle on an
Irish tune, and playing a kazoo interlude on “Love Potion Number Nine”,
youngsters join Bonnie on the bridge that connects traditional and contemporary
song.
Accompanying herself on guitar, piano, and percussion,
Bonnie designs programs reflecting curriculum and seasonal themes.
She has developed shows to coordinate with Women’s History Month,
Ocean’s Studies, and Gardens to Garbage—a down-to-earth ecology program.
She performs these shows solo, and also with songwriter and
storyteller Nancy Schimmel (www.sisterschoice.com).
APPEARANCES
Bonnie has performed for children and families at the
Vancouver Folk Festival in Vancouver British Columbia, the Bumpershoots Festival
in Seattle Washington, The Marcia Berman Day of Music for Young Children in Los
Angeles, California, and at libraries, schools, and community centers throughout
Northern California.
Contact bonnie@bonnielockhart.com
for booking and fee information. Check
out her concert calendar for upcoming shows.
