Kid Pan Alley started with a brilliant, yet obvious discovery—kids make the greatest co-writers. Kid Pan Alley is a national children’s songwriting project developed by Trapezoid’s Paul Reisler to inspire and empower children to work together to become creators of their own music and to rekindle creativity as a core value in education. To date, we’ve written over 2,500 songs with over 35,000 children. Long-term residencies may also include a CD of some of the songs performed by the professional musicians of the community. Past CD projects feature world-renowned artists including Delbert McClinton, Sissy Spacek, Cracker, Amy Grant, Kix Brooks, Raul Malo, Suzy Bogguss, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra and many others performing the songs co-written with the kids. Kid Pan Alley has received Parents’ Choice and NAPPA Gold awards, 6 ASCAP Foundation awards and a Grammy nomination. “There is nothing more helpful to a developing human than to learn how to express feelings in sound. Kid Pan Alley is a fabulous way of bringing young people into the loop of reflective behavior, of constructive action. Power to the organizers of this remarkable initiative.” Maestro Lorin Maazel, Former Conductor, NY Philharmonic "Kid Pan Alley is where creativity starts. Without this amazing program, most kids will never know the joy of writing and singing their own song." Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell, Sweet Honey in the Rock “Kid Pan Alley is the quintessential program for helping kids to experience their creative power, their voice, and their own self-expression. This is the kind of experience that changes lives.” Kathy Mattea, Grammy award winner