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Mark Beckwith
Music / Science
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Programs: The Singin’ Green Concert
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Ages: K-6, Family audiences
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Availability: All of Southern California
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Growing up in the California redwoods as the son of a forest ranger cultivated Mark’s bond with nature, which he expresses through his music. Even though protecting the environment is a life-long passion, Mark researched the subject of conservation for over a year before writing the songs for Singin’ Green. He was told by experts the most effective thing we can do is to reduce the amount of valuable resources we waste, which was the motivation behind the song “Reduce Like a Moose”. Mark’s sister (who is a director of a nature center – go figure) told Mark how arctic terns fly from the South Pole to the North Pole and back every year! So that inspired Mark to write “The Alaskan Shore”, in which a tern, upon his 31st annual migration, notices that the ice is melting. Mark’s favorite color really is green, so it was easy as sunshine for him to write “My Favorite Color is Green” about Spring and photosynthesis.
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Mark’s creative inspirations came from his blind, accordion-playing mom. When Mark was 6 years old, she loaned him her reel-to-reel tape player—which at that time was used by the blind to read books. When Mark’s mom wasn’t “reading” Mark was recording songs, shows and goofiness. Mark has since fashioned a successful children’s entertainment career out of his love of recording songs and goofiness. In addition to providing songs for the Jump-Start educational software, which sold tens-of-millions of copies worldwide, he has been awarded for his children’s albums by The Family Channel, “Kids First” and U.S.A. Today. Since 1999, he and Obediah Thomas – have performed their original Razzle Bam Boom shows live to over a half million children. |
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Programs
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The Singin’ Green Concert
The Singin’ Green Concert is performed by veteran singer-songwriter, Mark Beckwith. Appropriate for grades K-6, Mark engages audiences singing songs from his original Singin’ Green album (on iTunes).
During the lively 40 min. performance, audience members will be involved in Mark's songs and activities about water conservation, recycling, earth science and preserving our natural resources.
The assembly performance connects with the following
California Dept. of Ed. Curriculum Science Standards:
- Students know living things cause changes in the environment in which they live: some of these changes are detrimental to the organism or other organisms, and some are beneficial.
- Students know decomposers, including many fungi, insects, and microorganisms, recycle matter from dead plants and animals.
- Students know that most microorganisms do not cause disease and that many are beneficial. • Students know plants use carbon dioxide (CO2) and energy from sunlight to build molecules of sugar and release oxygen.
- Students know when liquid water evaporates, it turns into water vapor in the air and can reappear as a liquid when cooled or as a solid if cooled below the freezing point of water.
- Students know water vapor in the air moves from one place to another and can form fog or clouds, which are tiny droplets of water or ice, and can fall to Earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
- Students know that the amount of fresh water located in rivers, lakes, under-ground sources, and glaciers is limited and that its availability can be extended by recycling and decreasing the use of
Testimonials
"The Boys can't stop playing the new CD! It is a certified hit at our house. We love the artwork too."
—Philip Briggs, Winnetka, Calif.
"My friend took home the Singin Green CD and her daughter gave it 2 Thumbs Up."
—Claudia Stevenson, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Grant Nebraska
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