All Around This World

Join me at the World Music in the Classroom online summit, March 6-8, 2026 -- http://thehappymusicteacher.thrivecart.com/worldmusic/. I'm speaking LIVE on Friday, March 6th at 5pm eastern time and will be answering questions live on Sunday, March 8th, at 5pm eastern time, and a recorded workshop introducing All Around This World (http://www.ExploreEverywhere.com) will go public on Sunday, March 8th at 11am. I may not be on Facebook much through the weekend, but e-mail me ([email protected]) if you have any questions. Cheers!

Join All Around This World for "We All Speak Music" on Saturday, March 21st, at 10am -- a Sing-Along, Dance-Along Global Music Adventure! Live @ the Perkins Center for the Arts/Collingswood -- 30 Irvin Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108.

Jay Sand and the "All Around This World" Global Orchestra All-Stars welcome you and your young kids, infants-in-arms and above, to the Perkins Center for the Arts for an exuberantly interactive exploration of global music!

This FREE family-friendly event begins at 10am with time to meet the musicians from AATW's Global Orchestra and get your hands on their traditional instruments from countries like Brazil, China, Lebanon and Senegal. The concert starts at 10:30 and will get you and your kids up and dancing to magical, multilingual, multi-national music.

RSVP HERE: https://events.humanitix.com/for-kids-aatw-s-global-orchestra-all-stars-march-21-perkins-in-collingswood

Performing with All Around This World's Jay Sand will be these extraordinary Global Orchestra musicians:

-- Chad Brown: Balkan/Klezmer percussion (West Philadelphia Orchestra
-- Youba Cissokho: 72nd Generation Griot from Senegal, playing kora
-- Rob Curto: Brazilian accordion/piano, (Philly Roda de Samba & Choro, Rob Curto Music
-- Qin Qian: Chinese erhu
-- Joe Tayoun: North African/Middle Eastern Percussion (Jaffna World Music Ensemble)
-- Cara Tratner: Klezmer Saxophone/vocals (Mariposas Galacticas -- http://instagram.com/mariposasgalacticas)

See you on March 21st!