Thankful
I can hardly believe 2015 is nearly done. Here are some of the reasons I am thankful this season: a friend getting out of the hospital only a little the … Read More
The GriffinEd Channel is a Go!
Many thanks to the Annenberg Foundation for generously supporting our first (of many, we hope) animated music videos! Depending on how this goes, this may the future of GriffinEd. CLICK … Read More
Back To Work, George
I am often asked if I write ONLY for kids; The answer is no, I write a lot of geeky songs for grownups too. My goal is usually to write … Read More
Open Call For Songs
To my fellow filkers and songwriters: For the first time, GriffinEd is calling for submissions of your fun learning songs. Attached is a fairly detailed (4 pages) description of what … Read More
Your Inner Simon
I was leading two writing workshops this week with a class of high-schoolers, and I couldn’t help noticing how much easier it is to get younger kids (i.e. elementary school) … Read More
Another new year already!
As I start digging into the agenda for 2015, I want to take a moment to thank the people who supported GriffinEd in 2014 with their time, expertise, art, music, … Read More
Squeee Factor
Okay, pretty busy here but some quick GriffinEd news: I just won the 2014 Pegasus Award for best writer/composer. Yay me! Best Beloved has declared me insufferable in my squeee. … Read More
Moving Forward
Many, many thanks to all who joined us the evening of Saturday, September 27th at the La Canada Thursday Club for a fun evening of dinner, music, margaritas, and raising … Read More
The Big GriffinEd dinner concert is coming!
On Saturday, September 27, we’ll be hosting the first annual GriffinEd benefit dinner concert for grownups! If you’d like to join us in La Canada, California for a very special … Read More
AAAS members, click here first!!!
This is a special blog entry for the use of attendees of the AAAS Pacific Division conference in June of 2014. Rather than hand you one more pretty flier for … Read More