Michael mitchell (singer)
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Michael Mitchell was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1954. He is commonly known as a singer and a performer for kids. With pre-recorded musical accompaniment, Michael performs solo. He performs about 250 shows in different schools all throughout Canada
. Michael Mitchell tours about 200 days a year. The length of the shows are about an hour long. He performs to grades 1-6, sometimes kindergarten too.
He has many music books for kids to learn his songs. Big Canadian Music Book has 25 songs to learn from. There are lyric sheets included.
He was nominated for many awards. Canadian Children’s Book Centre was for one of his music books called “Big Canadian Music Book.” He won an award for best independent release at the Canada Music Week celebrations. Canada Is For Kids- Volume 3 received an award for Starred Selection as a product of Exceptional Caliber.
Michael loves donating money to the different schools he performed at. He donated about $250,000 within all the schools he performed at. Recently, Michael has donated more than 100 coloring books in a small school in Africa
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Michael loved teaching other students where he came from. A lot of his songs were about Canada, and he always talked about Canada when he visited the schools.
Michael Mitchell is also known for being the songwriter and recording artist for Sesame Street
. One of the songs he has written is called, Canada In My Pocket.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Michael Mitchell tours about 200 days a year. The length of the shows are about an hour long. He performs to grades 1-6, sometimes kindergarten too.
He has many music books for kids to learn his songs. Big Canadian Music Book has 25 songs to learn from. There are lyric sheets included.
He was nominated for many awards. Canadian Children’s Book Centre was for one of his music books called “Big Canadian Music Book.” He won an award for best independent release at the Canada Music Week celebrations. Canada Is For Kids- Volume 3 received an award for Starred Selection as a product of Exceptional Caliber.
Michael loves donating money to the different schools he performed at. He donated about $250,000 within all the schools he performed at. Recently, Michael has donated more than 100 coloring books in a small school in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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Michael loved teaching other students where he came from. A lot of his songs were about Canada, and he always talked about Canada when he visited the schools.
Michael Mitchell is also known for being the songwriter and recording artist for Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
. One of the songs he has written is called, Canada In My Pocket.
Albums
Michael has six CD albums that have become very popular.- Canada Is For Kids Volume 1
- Canada Is For Kids Volume 2
- Canada Is For Kids Volume 3
- Lest We Forget
- Canada is…
- Pub Night