627 West 113th Street
New York City, NY 10025
ph: 212-222-2295
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Hank Chapin came to our school, and brought his stringed instruments and his wonderful singing voice, in order to teach music to our students. Chapin is a talented musician, with a huge repertoire of songs, but clearly, his main goal is to teach children and to get THEM involved and participating actively in making music. He definitely achieves this goal!
Hank Chapin offers up songs with fine tunes, and lyrics rich with history, tradition, and colorful customs and ways of folk who have inhabited the earth before us, and have interacted with the landscape and animals of the earth in important, effective, appreciative, and meaningful ways. The children become very engaged in the music-making, and their imaginations are “stretched” as they grasp these wonderful songs that are of such high quality as to have stood the “test of time”. And he is just as good at presenting the best of contemporary music of today.
Chapin had a big impact on the student body and on the teachers. They had lots of fun with him. He presented an interactive assembly to us, which he tailored to the community—to the people he had around him. He used the talent he saw at hand! He utilized earlier music classes to prepare the students for the culminating assembly later in the day, which turned out to be a very effective way to use the precious time he had available to him. He used every possible opportunity to share his music in a variety of ways with all age groups—3-year-olds through grade 8. He has lots of energy and infectious enthusiasm.
Thank-you, Hank! –Best Always, Nancy Taylor
"Henry Chapin, a gifted dance caller and band leader, has performed at our school's popular annual dance for many years. His professionalism, responsiveness and enthusiasm keep us coming back. Our diverse community has particularly appreciated his willingness and ability to incorporate new music and exciting dances from around the world. "
The Carnegie Hill Band at P.S. 3 in the West Village. There are 500 dancers on the other side of this photo!
Copyright 2014 Henry Chapin and the Carnegie Hill Band. All rights reserved.
627 West 113th Street
New York City, NY 10025
ph: 212-222-2295
henry