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ELLA DRAWS ON HER EXPERIENCES GROWING UP on the south side of Chicago and says, “I was raised with respect for my elders and teachers, which helped me throughout my life.” Her Uncle Flood played the harmonica and was her introduction into music. She also had many musical influences just outside her home. Gospel music and the sound of tambourines were often heard from the loudspeakers of churches across the street. Ella’s family relocated frequently, trying to move “uptown” from their neighborhood. Rhythms, rhymes, and games were different in each new neighborhood. Ella began to create songs for children while volunteering at a Chicago recreation center and subsequent education-oriented jobs. Through her work, she gained an understanding of children from various backgrounds, and today continues to learn a great deal from children.

HER MUSIC TRANSCENDS LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL BARRIERS. Ella shares with children of one culture what she’s learned from children of other cultures. She has gained knowledge and inspiration by performing and working with children on seven continents for four decades. She encourages active participation using music from diverse cultures. With her ukulele, usually a harmonica, sometimes a guitar, occasionally a piano, and many small percussion instruments (a kaluba drum, keyboard imitating steel drums, guiro, maracas, a tambourine...) she takes listeners on a multilingual, multicultural journey—teaching the art of communication through music.

LEARNING AND FUN IS INTERRELATED. Ella epitomizes this principle using a unique call-and-response technique in songs, chants, poems, recitations, and games in Spanish, Chinese, Hebrew, Korean, Swahili, and other languages. “Songs from foreign languages and cultures have such interesting rhythmic patterns that children like to play.” These universally appealing songs present simple melodies, interesting rhythms, easy-to-understand lyrics, and are usually recorded with youngsters singing along. Ella’s playful and captivating songs help children appreciate themselves and understand others.

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Song	Album	Length	Played	Overall	You	Tags	Single Request
Day-O	Sharing Cultures	1:59	13	7 votes	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.	Children / Folk / Island music / World beat
Trouble In Mind	Sharing Cultures	2:25	29	14 votes	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.	Acoustic / Blues / Piano
I'm On My Way To Canaan Land	Sharing Cultures	2:12	7	4 votes	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.	Children / World beat / Folk
	Total Time	6:36

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Artist name is|Ella Jenkins
Last played|   more than 1 month ago
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Show name|    Songs by Ella Jenkins
Length|       15 minutes
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Limit|        3 songs
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Stats

• Spotlighted: Sunday, November 27th 2005
• Songs on WWR: 21
• Total plays: 179
• Total requests: 55
• Total listens: 3266
• CDBaby referrals: 0
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