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Kids Commute
Monday-Friday, 7:40am & 3:20 p.m.
Latest episode
  • This week on Kids Commute, we’re listening to music that features the celesta, a bell-like keyboard instrument that is often associated with magical-sounding music!

Previous episodes
  • This week on Kids Commute, we're exploring a museum through the music of Modest Mussorgsky!
  • This week on Kids Commute, we're going to Oz to learn about the backstory of our two favorite witches - Elphaba and Glinda!
  • This week on Kids Commute, we're hanging with the cool cats... the classical cats! Listen to music inspired by cats walking across harpsichords, stretching in the sun, chasing mice, and Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats who go to the Jellicle Ball!
  • Special guest Danny Feldman, the Producing Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Pasadena Playhouse in California is here with Kate to share some of his favorite Sondheim songs, talk about how a whole theatre company can win a Tony Award, and the lessons we can all learn from the great musical theatre composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim.
  • Magic is in the air as we explore the musical themes that accompany some of the magical and mythical creatures from the Harry Potter series!