SCHOOL SHOWS
• imagination unlimited!
fun, fan-favorite songs
...like One Speed Bike, Nattie Of The Jungle,
Tobacco, Jaws of a Crocodile, Rocket,
Water, Little Tree, I Sold My Cat...
from all corners of Ken's songwriting world.
"You are a TREASURE
in the realm of music for children. Kids love your songs... they are fresh, relevant, musically-sound, imaginative.
Your work runs circles around the likes of
'children's music gurus' like Raffi and Greg & Steve.
~ Twila Bergeron, Music Teacher, Fox Point, WI
Alligator Rag
One Speed Bike
I Sold My Cat
Time Vacuum /
Nattie Of The Jungle
• NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
celebration and information
As 'Minstrel for the Environment', Ken's songs combine science, reverance and inspiration for audiences. Earth Day, Arbor Day, any day... kids and teachers love his songs... like Water, Little Tree, Photosynthesize Me, Bat, Animals In The Big Woods, I'm Green, Acid Rain Blues, Water Cycle Song... and more!
Photosynthesize Me!
Life Is A Web
Groundwater Rag
Wisconsin
Bat
Snowflakes
reading & writing
is stimulated by hearing songs inspired by books and stories. Ken performs and discusses songs based on favorite tales, like My Father's Dragon, Wonderful Flight To The Mushroom Planet, and The Princess and The Pea. How do writers make choices? How do we create the right mood? Students get to enjoy the work and learn from the composer!
Entire musical-theater shows based on famous stories can also be performed in concert, such as:
A Christmas Carol, Alice In Wonderland, Babar the Elephant, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, The Magicians Nephew, Old Befana, Snow White, more.
• stories!
Ken incorporates teaching
strategies and behavior management
into his performances. As he performs
his songs he discusses the writing process,
the Six Traits + 1 writing model, and how important
it is to be a life-long reader. His songs inspire while tickling everyone's funny-bone! Kids and adults alike have so much fun, the only disappointment is when the show is over. Just when I think he can't possibly get any better, I enjoy each show more than the last one I attended.
You can't go wrong in booking Ken!
~ Carol Rudebeck, Reading Specialist,
Germantown Schools
Voo Doo
Nattie Of The Jungle
Switcher-On Of Stars
Princess & The Pea
• wisconsin
history & folklore
nature, animals, native peoples, mound-builders,
explorers and immigrants, lumberjacks, cheese,
the Great Peshtigo Fire, Friday Fish Fries... in short,
all things Wisconsin!
Northwoods images traverse
through the songs...
deep forest memories,
humor and passion.
~ The Capital Times
Lumberjacks
Peshtigo
Cheese
The Coconut Song
• PEACE
and harmony ~
at home, at school, and in the wide world!
Songs include Bullys, Water, Just Like You, Cheese, Golden Rule, One Speed Bike, Morgan Menezes, Tobacco, Boomerang, Citizen Ship, Be A Friend, Wrap A Rainbow 'Round The Sky, and more!
