I-GBH Kids ijwayela umnqobi ka-Kwame Alexander's Newbery "Acoustic Rooster."

I-GBH Kids, ikhaya elihamba phambili emithonjeni yezindaba yomphakathi yezingane, namuhla imemezele isivumelwano esisha sokuthuthukisa noKwame Alexander, umbhali othengisa kakhulu  New York Times  ukwakha nokukhiqiza iphrojekthi ye-multiplatform, okuhlanganisa uchungechunge lwethelevishini olusekelwe encwadini yakhe yokuqala yezingane I-Acoustic Rooster neqembu lakhe le-Barnyard (Iqhude le-Acoustic nebhendi yalo yasemuva).

U-Alexander uzoba ngomunye wabakhiqizi abakhulu balo mdlalo kanye nomdidiyeli omkhulu uMarcy Gunther (UMolly waseDenali). Leli qembu lezihlabani lihlanganisa no-Kay Donmyer, umbhali wohlelo lwezingane oluwine i-Emmy Award Curious George, ozophinde asebenze njengomdidiyeli nombhali wochungechunge; umdidiyeli omkhulu u-Angel Tyree kanye nomeluleki womculo u-Randy Preston, bobabili be-Alexander's Big Sea Entertainment.

Iqhude le-Acoustic uzosebenzisa izimiso ze-jazz - ukuthuthukisa, ukusebenzisana, ukushintshana, ukwabelana, ukulalela nokudala - ukubhekana futhi axazulule izinselele zansuku zonke ze-barnyard nabangani bakhe kanye nabalingani bakhe. Njengoba izethameli zibuka futhi zidlala kanye ne-Acoustic Rooster neqembu lakhe, zizofika nezisekelo ezibalulekile zemfundo yomculo; kusukela ekutheni izinsimbi ezahlukene zizwakala kanjani, kuya endleleni umculo ongawuthatha ngayo umzwelo. Bazobe bethula nomlando we-jazz, ohambisana nomlando waseMelika nowabamnyama. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, izethameli zizofunda ukuthi ukuthuthukisa kungazicebisa kanjani izimpilo zazo, ukubona ukuthi umbono othile uholela kanjani komunye nokuthi ukunikeza umuntu ithuba lokuwenza yedwa kubasiza kanjani ukuthi bathole izwi labo.

“U-Wynton Marsalis uyiqophe kahle kakhulu lapho ethi i-jazz isingathekiso sentando yeningi eMelika: iwuhlobo lapho izinsimbi ezihlukene nezihlukene zidlala ndawonye ukuze kwakhiwe ingoma kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo inika isikhala kubaculi ngabanye ukuba babe nayo. ngicula yedwa, njengoba lonke iqembu likhona ukuze lisekelwe,” kusho u-Alexander. “Ukubambisana nokuthuthukisa lolu hlelo nge-GBH kuyiphupho eliphelele lifezekile. Ngibheke ngabomvu ukwabelana ngezifundo ezibucayi mayelana nokulingana kanye nezimiso zohlobo lomculo oluyisakhiwo sodumo waseMelika. Kodwa engikuthokozele kakhulu ukuletha lo mgubho we-jazz kubafundi basenkulisa yonke indawo."

"Kwame Alexander ungomunye walabo abangqondongqondo abangandile nabahlakaniphile umsebenzi wabo ohlonishwa kakhulu ezizukulwaneni zonke," kusho uMarcy Gunther, umqondisi we-GBH wokuthuthukiswa kwabezindaba kanye nomkhiqizi omkhulu. “Ukwabelana ngendaba kaQhude we-Acoustic nothando lwakhe lwe-jazz kuzoba ukuzizwisa okumnandi nokujabulisayo okubonisa ukuthi imfundo yomculo kanye nomlando wabaNsundu ixhuma kanjani ezifundweni ezibanzi zokuqina nokuxazulula izinkinga kubabukeli abasha” .

Ukuthuthukiswa kwalolu chungechunge kuza ngesikhathi lapho izikole eziningi ziphoqeleka ukuthi zinciphise izinhlelo zazo zokufundisa umculo naphezu kokucwaninga ngezinzuzo ukucebisa ngomculo nezobuciko ezinganeni, okuhlanganisa ukuthuthukiswa kolimi, amakhono okufunda nokuthuthukisa amaphuzu ezivivinyo. Ucwaningo luphinde lwabonisa ukuthi ubuciko bungaholela ezinzuzweni ezinkulu zomphakathi ezifana nokuzibandakanya komphakathi kanye nokubekezelelana, kuyilapho futhi kuzuzisa impilo yengqondo.

"Ubuciko bokwenza ngcono kanye nomlingo oseduze owenzayo kuyinqubo engiyibonga kakhulu kunalokho engikwazi ukuyiveza ngokugcwele," kusho uDonmyer. “Ngeke ngikujabulele ukubungaza ukuthuthukiswa kwe-jazz emdlalweni wopopayi. I-Acoustic Rooster nebhendi yakhe bazonikeza izingane ingxube ephelele yokufunda komculo, ubuciko kanye nokufunda komphakathi ezindabeni ezijabulisayo nezithinta inhliziyo ngempela.”