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Maryland children’s artist Margot Bevington will be releasing her second album for children, “I am 4, 5, 6,” on Feb. 28. As the title suggests, it’s geared towards families with children ages 4-6. Two years in the making, the album is twelve original songs about imagination, creative problem solving, and finding your heart. Bevington, who performs in the DMV area as Ms. Margot, draws attention to the tremendous curiosity and inventiveness in 4-6 year olds, as well as budding empathy, with a beautifully detailed mix of fun folk, rock, and classically inspired tunes.
A music educator for Pre-K through elementary aged students for 12 years, her first album, “One and Two is Three,” released in 2014, won a Creative Child Magazine Seal of Excellence Award. With “I am 4, 5, 6,” she extends and amplifies her original message with the help of several instrumentalists, fellow “Kindie” artists, and an Indiegogo campaign. She partners again with Grammy award winning engineer Luke Rohwer to create all acoustic, vivid musical illustrations of the stories each song presents. Ms. Margot is celebrating the release of this album at Dancing Bear Toys and Gifts in Frederick, MD, on March 3 at 11am. For more details about Ms. Margot and her music, check out her websites at www. Inandoutoftheclouds.com/msmargot and Facebook.com/msmargotbevington. Album Description The album features Ms. Margot’s clear vocals, oftentimes blended with intricate vocal harmonies. The all-acoustic production favors a natural, warm sound. Bevington also plays piano, guitar, and auxiliary percussion- which ranges from tambourine and claves to water xylophone and giant water jug for “Recycle it With Heart.” Guests play flute, harp, and acoustic double bass, and she welcomes fellow children’s artists “Uncle” Devin Walker and John Cullimore of Chibi Kodama on drum set and vocals respectively. Children participate with vocals as well- joining in with Ms. Margot in a choral setting and in creating vocal sound effects. Grammy winning engineer Luke Rohwer edits, mixes, and masters this rich tapestry of audio with occasional “found” sounds- train whistles, machine sounds, playground, and swingset sounds- to achieve a truly vivid aural illustration for the stories presented in each song.
Caregivers can use the album as a way to enrich the momentous development going on in their 4-6 year olds. The imagination, creativity, and empathy of young listeners is nurtured when songs encourage questions, creative play, reading, finding friends, or helping others. Ms. Margot draws attention to this pivotal period of development with these beautifully detailed songs, tunefully engaging children to use creativity and empathy to make a positive difference in our world. Album Photos Track List Credits “From There to Here” is a celebration of the rhyme commonly found in children’s literature for this age group, and the creative questions those treasured rhymes can inspire.
1. “From There to Here” verse 1: chorus: verse 2: (repeat chorus) bridge: verse 3: (repeat chorus) “I Saw a Fairy” explores the boundaries of how real our imagination can seem. 2. “I Saw a Fairy" verse 1: chorus: verse 2: (repeat chorus) bridge: (repeat chorus) Creative play as “junior detectives” is described in the song, “Sense to Me." 3. “Sense to Me” verse 1: bridge: chorus: verse 2: bridge: (repeat chorus) coda:Sense to me Learning to read is the subject of “Storytime.” The child in the song loves how stories can “come to life,” both with increasing awareness of how letters form words, and by imagining what the characters in the story experience- in this case, what the “little engine that could” experiences. 4. “Storytime” verse 1: bridge: chorus: verse 2: bridge: (repeat chorus) coda: “Make Believe Zoo” is a pure celebration of the creative play and care taking children can experience with their stuffed animals, in this case by dancing together. 5. “Make-Believe Zoo” verse 1: chorus: verse 2: (repeat chorus) verse 3: (repeat chorus) “Invent” mirrors how perseverance, trial and error, and invention can “change the world.” 6. “Invent” verse 1: (repeat verse 1) chorus: In the world in- verse 2: (repeat verse 2) (repeat chorus) bridge: (repeat chorus) (repeat verse 1) (repeat verse 2) (repeat chorus) With “Recycle it With Heart,” empathy for the environment is shown by the simple act of making art with recycled materials. 7. “Recycle it with Heart” verse 1: chorus: verse 2: (repeat chorus) bridge: (repeat chorus) “S-Superhero” is both an alphabet song and a celebration of all the positive qualities of true superheroes. 8. “S- Superhero” verse 1: chorus: verse 2: chorus: verse 3: chorus: verse 4: chorus: bridge: chorus: coda: The challenges a young child can face with socialization are poignant in “Can I Play Too?” The girl and boy in the song call upon their imagination to help process the fear that can sometimes accompany meeting new people in an unfamiliar setting. 9. “Can I Play Too?” verse 1: chorus: verse 2: (repeat chorus) coda: The child in "Swinging," ponders the motion and experience of swinging and associates it with a mother’s rocking of her baby. She becomes aware that even though she has grown, she was once that small too. 10. “Swinging” verse 1: chorus: verse 2: (repeat chorus) verse 3: (repeat chorus) coda: In “I am 4, 5, 6,” the child associates numbers with age and what it means to truly “count” as we experience each moment in our lives. 11. “I am 4, 5, 6” verse 1: bridge 1: chorus: verse 2: bridge 2: (repeat chorus) bridge 3: (repeat chorus) “Heart, Pencils, and Crayons” is about how children can express their deepest form of empathy by their newfound ability to write and draw pictures for loved ones. 12. “With My Heart, Pencils, and Crayons” verse 1: bridge: chorus: verse 2: bridge: chorus: coda: "It might aptly be said that artists are people who have had the good fortune to never grow up. In 'I am 4, 5, 6,' Margot Bevington does a delightful job of capturing and conveying the wonderment of childhood, a key factor in why young listeners are so quickly and deeply drawn into the music." -Tillywig Parent's Favorite Product Award Review, Link to full review "The music has an artsy folk vibe that is very mellow, with a hint of nostalgia in its own light-hearted and melodic way...The whole album is a fun way to connect with your kiddo and remind yourself that these times are short lived and worth embracing." -Nichole Dowlearn, Frederick Macaroni Kid, Link to full article |