What is "in harmony"

adj. involving or characterized by harmony [syn: consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised]

In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record and In Harmony 2 are two Grammy Award-winning compilation albums of children's music performed by various artists, released in 1980 and 1982, respectively. Of the two albums, only the first album charted, reaching #156 on the Billboard 200. The Doobie Brothers' cover of "Wynken, Blynken and Nod" was the only single release to chart, when it reached #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. A second single, Al Jarreau's "One Good Turn", failed to chart. The first album was released on Warner Bros. Records while the second one was released on Columbia Records.

Only the first album has a direct connection to the popular children's series Sesame Street, as it includes a song performed by the characters Ernie and Cookie Monster, while no Muppet-related content appears on the second album. However, the second album's credits state that a "royalty is being donated to the Children's Television Workshop and various children's charities" from its proceeds.

Each of the albums won the Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children, at the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards and 25th Annual Grammy Awards, respectively. The Grammy's were awarded to the producers, David Levine and Lucy Simon.

Bruce Springsteen's performance of " Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", which appears on the second album, was recorded live at C. W. Post College in Greenvale, New York on December 12, 1975. Springsteen's rendition of the song has received radio airplay perennially at Christmastime for years; it has appeared on Billboard magazine's Hot Singles Recurrents chart each year from 2002 to 2009 due to seasonal airplay. In Harmony 2 marks the first appearance of the recording on an album, although it was later released as the B-side of Springsteen's single " My Hometown" in 1985 and has since been released on several other compilations.

In Harmony is a social and music education programme based on Venezuela's El Sistema, adapted to an English context. In Harmony uses music to bring positive change to the lives of children in disadvantaged areas of England, delivering benefits across the wider community. The programme encourages participation in music – in the form of the symphony orchestra – which can have huge personal benefits for the children involved, providing opportunities to grow and develop academically, socially and musically.

British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber is the founder of In Harmony and was the Chairman of the In Harmony steering group, which was initially responsible for guiding the three pilot project in Liverpool (West Everton), London ( Lambeth) and Norwich. The government commissioned Henley Review of Music Education (2011) reported that “there is no doubt that they (the In Harmony projects) have delivered life-changing experiences”. Independent evaluations published in 2011 reported that the programme has a significant impact on educational attainment and community cohesion.

In July 2011, maestro José Antonio Abreu, the founder of El Sistema in Venezuela, recognised In Harmony as part of the El Sistema worldwide network. In November 2011, the British government announced it would expand In Harmony across England by extending funding from the Department for Education and adding funding from Arts Council England. In May 2012, Arts Council England announced funding for four new In Harmony projects from 2012 to 2015. In July, Arts Council England said that the new projects would be delivered in Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham and Telford & Wrekin, and that funding would also continue for In Harmony Lambeth and In Harmony Liverpool. Activities in Norwich continued as part of the independently funded Sistema in Norwich programme.

Sistema England is a charitable company, chaired by Julian Lloyd Webber, that supports El Sistema based projects across England. It has been recognised by El Sistema founder José Antonio Abreu for its efforts in preserving the values and methodology of the Venezuelan programme, and it is part of the Sistema Europe working group.

In Harmony is the third album by the Japanese vocalband Bright, released on 20 October 2010. The album is released in two versions: a CD+DVD and a CD only version. Their song "Flower" was the theme song for the BeeTV program "キス× Kiss×キス" (KisuxKissxKisu; KissxKissXKiss). The song "Shining Star" was a TV commercial song for Shidax and their song "Kirai demo Suki: Aishiteru" was the ending song for BeeTV program "麒麟の部屋". The album also contains two new versions of their songs "I'll Be There" and "Brightest Star". The DVD contains a music videos and live videos of songs like "Flower" and "Kirai...Demo Suki: Aishiteru".

In Harmony may refer to:

• In Harmony (compilation albums), two compilation albums of children's music, released in 1980 and 1982
• In Harmony (Bright album), 2010
• In Harmony (music), a community development project in England
• In Harmony (Ladysmith Black Mambazo album)