The purpose of this project was to illuminate the stories of people through songs sung as children - stories of playing, dancing, spending time with family, friends, and more. The research team received a grant for a project focusing on diversifying folk song repertoire to be used in the music classroom. The researchers conducted interviews with culture bearers to collect songs and stories to share with children. We hope to highlight how children around the world connect with music so that we can show children similarities in this engagement and appreciate differences. Although each researcher has a unique rationale for participation in this project, the overarching goals are to have more students feel represented in the music classroom and to find out more about our cultures and those around us along the way.
