Album Notes

Singer-songwriter Cathy Bollinger has been working with children through music for more than 20 years. Beloved by her young audience, she holds songwriting workshops, practices music therapy and performs. Bollinger, who is available for freelance work, has been commissioned to write and sing for a variety of projects, including: - a promotional song for the island of St. Thomas; - a promotional jingle for Piedmont Virginia Community College; - songs and sounds to help Chinese students learn English; - songs supporting children learning to write; - songs emphasizing sounds and words used specifically in speech therapy. Bollinger received her Master of Arts in creative arts therapy from Drexel University College of Medicine (formerly Hahnemann Medical School) in Pennsylvania, and can often be found in the classroom, singing with preschool and elementary audiences. Toddlin’ Tunes was her sixth CD. She then met Elly Tucker (MEd in Counseling)in making her seventh CD, MY TURN YOUR TURN: Songs for Building Social Skills. Elly, her son Josh, who has autism and Elly's husband helped in the creation of that CD. The partnership of Cathy and Elly continued into Alphabet Jam: Songs and Rhymes to Build Early Reading Skills, and now in the making of another brand new one, sure to attract all of the kids, parents, and teachers who have made Cathy Bollinger a household name and all of those soon to hear it. Cathy Bollinger lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband, Bob, and their three children, Ross, Will and Kate. Elly Tucker lives in Charlottesville VA with her husband Bill and their son, Josh and daughter Dory (now in school at Virginia Tech)