What's all this talk about Music for Aardvarks?        

Music for Aardvarks is a refreshing alternative to the traditional music class for kids. Song, dance and rhythm combine for a rockin' good time. It's a foot stomping, jingle shaking, drum drumming hullabaloo for both kids and their parents!

Check out some of our favorite Aardvark videos by clicking here.

And just who is responsible for this?

Known as the beloved 'Mr. Joe' and'the pied piper of rockin' good times'from the deepest pockets of Collierville to the edges of the Mississippi in Harbor Town, Joe Murphy is the director and head teacher of Music for Aardvarks, Memphis. He has been wowing families with his high spirited, big fun classes in Memphis since 2006.He has performed live, either solo or with his family jam band 'Dandelion and the Raindrops', at the Levitt Shell, Memphis Zoo, Germantown Performing Arts Center, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens,  The Brooks Museum, Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, Botanic Gardens,University Club, Downtown Farmers Market and many living rooms throughout Memphis.

He is also a trained and registered Music Together teacher and attended the Diller-Quaile School of Music where he studied the Dalcroze approach to music education. In a previous life, Joe performed professionally as an actor in NYC off and on Broadway and in numerous TV shows. In his current life, he is a Memphis loving farm boy from Wisconsin raising two boys in midtown with two chickens, two ducks, and a rabbit in the backyard.

And how did this all get started anyway?

The program was created in 1997 in Brooklyn, NY by rock composer/musician and father of 3, David Weinstone, and has been going great guns in NYC ever since. Music for Aardvarks is distinct from other children’s music programs in that all classes are based around Mr. Weinstone’s original songs, rhythms, and chants. In an exhilarating range of musical styles, Aardvark songs reflect and celebrate the lives of kids growing up today. The music is innovative, intelligent, and irresistibly appealing to both kids and their parents.

And what is so special about Music for Aardvarks in Memphis?

Memphis is a music town. Known the world over for its rich rock and soul heritage, Memphis cultivates a taste for excellence where music is concerned, so why should parents settle for less when it comes to the music their children listen to. Plain and simple, Music for Aardvarks, is great music!! Parents love the songs as much as their kids do, so time together listening, whether it be during classes, riding in the car, or dancing around the living room is always more meaningful and fun!!