One for the School

Teaching music to toddlers for eight years now,city-based brothers — Paulus and Ondry — thought of coming up with a music CD for children. “We wanted to do something that was educational,catchy and also brought in different genres of music,” says one of them. On Friday,the duo launched their debut music album Songs for Children at Mount Carmel School,Sector 47. With a line-up of 15 songs targeted at three to eight-year-olds,the CD is a blend of rock,hip hop,pop and jazz. The icing on the cake is that the CD also aims to improve their pronunciation and add to their general knowledge. The album has modern version of old numbers such as Five Hundred Mile,My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean and lullaby,Hush Little Baby. “We have also tried to educate children about our rich eco-system and healthy eating habits through some of the songs on plants,animals and gardens,” says Paulus. While the songs have been sung by different singers,the CD has been produced by Sandip Bhattacharjee,who has also given the music for the album along with his brother. “The album is soon expected to be a part of the school curriculum,” says Paulus,who is also ready to release animated videos to go with the songs.

Antiquity on Sale

With gold prices hitting the roof,indulgence in the yellow metal might have become a difficult proposition. Keeping the sentiment in mind,Kidar’s,a designer brand for silver jewellery and antique furniture,has launched a new collection that looks opulent but is easy on the pocket. Recently,the city-based mother-daughter duo — Radhika and Nirmal Maheshchand — who run Kidar’s,held an exhibition of their popular ‘Jodha Akbar’ collection in Delhi. “Since the wedding season is still on,we decided to showcase the collection here,which has pieces that are replicas of heritage jewellery,” says Nirmal. The collection combines silver with precious stones such as ruby,emerald,amethyst and rose quartz set in vintage designs. The jewellery is plated in 22K gold and is priced at Rs 1,000 onwards. Also on display is their furniture collection,with a range of Victorian chairs,consoles,Goanese tables,coat stands,writing tables,swing mirrors and sofa sets.

The exhibition is on at Kidar’s Gallery,Sector 7-C,till February 8