Kid Pan Alley: Links
- Kid Pan Alley's page on Facebook
Visit Kid Pan Alley's page on Facebook for updates, to become a fan, and to learn about upcoming events.
- Paul Reisler's Web Site
- Kid Pan Alley photos
- See photos of recent residencies
- Castleton Festival
- A fabulous new music festival directed by Maestro Lorin Maazel, the conductor of the NY Philharmonic. Kid Pan Alley is involved in this festival in many ways.
- Paul Reisler's songcamps for adults
- Paul is the Artistic Director of Kid Pan Alley and one of the foremost songwriting teachers in the country.
- CD Baby
- The place to buy all of our CD's: Kid Pan Alley, Paul Reisler, Terri Allard, Kathy Hussey, Amy Speace, Celeste Krenz and many more.
- Taxi
- An organization that helps place your songs with artists and films
- Kid Pan Alley Electronic Press Kit
- On Sonicbids
- Compass Records
- Our record company
- Nashville Chamber Orchestra
- Our partner in Nashville
Kid Pan Alley teachers and assistants
- Terri Allard
- Terri is a wonderful singer/songwriter works with us in the classroom and is also organizing our Kid Pan Alley Charlottesville Project.
- Paddy Dougherty
- Paddy is our Kid Pan Alley manager and a great songwriter/singer/instrumentalist. In addition to working on KPA residencies, she performs our character development assembly program featuring KPA songs, "Stand Up and Be Heard, One Little Song Can Change the World."
- Kathy Hussey
- Kathy is an award-winning songwriter with over twelve years experience writing songs with kids.
- Donald Sosin
- Donald is a composer, world-class pianist, conductor, songwriter and arranger. He performs for silent film festivals all over the world.
- Amy Speace
- A great singer/songwriter who sings with Paul in Paul Reisler and A Thousand Questions and also works with Kid Pan Alley in the classroom
- Celeste Krenz
- A stunning singer and songwriter who works with us in the classroom
Songwriting camps and workshops
- Paul Reisler's songcamps for adults
- Paul is the Kid Pan Alley founder and one of the best known songwriting teachers for adults in the country. Find out about his workshops that include training to become a Kid Pan Alley teacher
- Rocky Mountain Song School
- Paul teaches there every year. A wonderful and large songcamp.
- Hollyhock
- Paul teaches songwriting at this beautiful island in British Columbia. One of the most beautiful places in the world
- New Song Academy
- Paul teaches at this workshop in West Virginia every year.
- Blue Ridge Songcamp
- Information on all of Paul's songwriting camps for adult
Sponsors
- ASCAP
- ASCAP is our performing rights organization. Their foundation (http://www.ascapfoundation.org/) supports Kid Pan Alley. They worked very hard to figure out how to create the framework for publishing on Kid Pan Alley songs.
- The BAND Foundation
- one of the major supporters of Kid Pan Alley's work nationwide
- BAMA Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band
- Supports Kid Pan Alley's work in the Charlottesville, VA area
- Caldwell Foundation
- Our dear friends helped get the Charlottesville project started
- Chateauville Foundation
- The foundation of Maestro Lorin and Dietlinde Maazel. They helped us get Kid Pan Alley started.
- Crutchfield Corporation
- The best catalog place to buy electronics. Very knowledgeable staff.
- D'Addario and Company
- The D'Addario is one of our sponsors. They make wonderful accessories for instruments.
- Dave Matthews Band
- We are so grateful for their support and use of their studio for recording
- Elixer Strings
- Thanks for Elixer for supplying us with their great strings year after year.
- Ix Foundation
- one of our major supporters
- Jefferson Area Board for Aging
- Our partners in developing the intergenerational Kid Pan Alley residencies bringing seniors together with the kids to write songs about each other's lives.
- George and Harmon Logan
- A generous supporter of our operations
- M-Audio
- Great gear manufacturer for musician's at very reasonable prices. We love their equipment.
- Oasis Disc Manufacturing
- The best place to get your CDs duplicated
- Paramount Theater
- A 1931 movie theater beautifully restored and reopened as Charlottesville's premier intimate performing arts space.
- Piedmont Council of the Arts
- The local arts agency for the Charlottesville area. Acted as Kid Pan Alley's fiscal agent while we became a nonprofit organization.
- Virginia Commission for the Arts
- Helps schools in Virginia bring Kid Pan Alley in for a residency.
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Thanks to the Paul Mellon Collection for helping sponsor residencies throughout Virginia
- Whole Foods Market
- Whole Foods supported Kid Pan Alley's work in Charlottesville with 5% Day in 2008.
- William and Mary Greve Foundation
- They helped us get Kid Pan Alley started and have been helping us ever since.
Songwriting resources
- Durango Songwriters Expo
- Songwriting conference
- ASCAP
- Our performing rights organization
- NSAI
- Songwriters organization
- Durango Songwriters Expo
Kids performers
- Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
- Grammy winning children's performers
- Oso Simple
- Oso is a delightful kids performer from British Columbia.
- John McCutcheon
- Fabulous performer for adults and kids and one of my oldest friends and musical partners
- Ysaye M. Barnwell
- The leader of Sweet Honey in the Rock. She has some great stuff for kids
- Wee Bee Children's Music