Free family event! No tickets needed - just bring the kids and join us for a morning of entertainment!

Bring the kids to celebrate Cohoes Music Hall’s 150th Anniversary with a morning of children’s music and other fun activities for kids! Throughout its 150-year history, so many young people in our community have had some of their earliest performing arts experiences at Cohoes Music Hall, and we’re kicking off our day of celebrations with a celebration of arts for youth! This free event will feature Capital Region favorite ANDY THE MUSIC MAN with a selection of children’s music, as well as face-painting, balloon animals and more! Join us!

About Andy The Music Man….

 Andy "The Music Man" Morse is a popular children's musician renowned for the special way he connects with his audiences. A rhyhmic guitarist, mandolin player and songwriter, Andy mingles traditional and original songs and novelty, delighting and involving kids through sing-a-longs, dancing, play-acting and storytelling. 

Says musician Scott Bierko, "Andy off-stage is Andy on-stage: funny, quick-witted, warm and in-the-moment. He obviously has mastery of his planned set, but he riffs with the audience by listening, watching and reacting to what's going on around him. He speaks to the audience of parents and kids with equal respect and weaves their ideas into his songs with ease."

From the moment he appears, Andy reels in the kids and holds their attention. He has a gift for establishing rapport, making each child feel comfortable participating in calling out rhymes or acting out animals or the alphabet. With insights and humor arising from the interaction and inventiveness of the children, Andy's performances often reach fresh and funny heights.

While all the fun is going on, Andy is also educating. Through gentle lessons that never turn into lectures, he talks and sings about things that are important to children as  individuals -  brushing teeth, sharing, using good manners, helping out at home - and as members of the greater community: taking care of the Earth and each other. As 7-year-old Bridget wrote to Andy, "I laughed, I sang, I learned."

Andy keeps the "zing" in "sing" through ongoing efforts to keep his shows invigorated. He talks to parents and teachers about what children want and need, and often weaves the information into lively themes. Andy created and widely performed a program for "Make A Splash - Read!", a 2010 summer initiative of the New York State Libraries Association. He designed the show to explore water, summer, sea creatures, and an aquatic alphabet to his song, "Funky ABC's."