TLI for Families: Listening to the Land

Ida Mae Specker, fiddle and vocals Chris Newell, Passamaquoddy educator and singer

Passamaquoddy educator and musician Chris Newell joins Vermont fiddler and teaching artist Ida Mae Specker to premiere a new interactive children’s concert as part of Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI) for Families. Songs, stories, and rhythm games invite families to experience how music connects us to community, culture, and the natural world — a celebration of children’s role in our present and future.  

“When we hear someone else’s story, it becomes our own. I asked these two friends — both charismatic artists — to create a new program that brings together music, stories, and interactive games that celebrates our past and future — the future that belongs to our children, and their children, and so on.” — Yo-Yo Ma