Be Free and Play is an album of original songs featuring pop, rock, rap, and classical music that takes children and their families on a musical journey with celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma and musicians from around the world.
The title track is a hip-hop anthem to free play. Dance to the Music gets everyone on their feet to a Latin pop beat. Yo-Yo Ma closes the album with a cello solo.
Dance to the Music
Imama and Mu
Be Free and Play
Crickets' Song
Harry Hippo
Poison Ivy Rock
Xia Ye Chong Ming*
Baila Con La Música*
Las Estrellas Te Cantarán*
Merry-Go-Round
Winky the Bee
Dream Wings
The Stars Will Sing to You
Xing Chen Wei Ni Yin Chang*
Cello solo of Crickets' Song
Flute Solo of Dream Wings
Classic Guitar Solo Merry-Go-Round
Cello Solo The Stars Will Sing to You
* songs that are translated into Chinese or Spanish
As today's families navigate raising the first generation to be born into an AI world, Be Free and Play offers parents a gift for their children—real music, performed by world-class musicians, creating core musical memories.
A refuge from scrolling and screens, the songs provide shared family experiences with humor, whimsy, and music that touches the deepest part of a child's soul.
ALBUM RELEASE DATE: SUMMER 2027
Subject to change pending finalizing the release plan
Cuatro, multiple award-winning Puerto Rican cuatrista, works with international artists including Bad Bunny, featured in children's TV and film
Yo-Yo Ma
Vocalist, Award-winning hip-hop, multi–digital media artist and filmmaker, professor at Berklee College of Music
Lead Female Vocalist, 1.5M+ Spotify streams across her releases in Chinese and English
Flute,"A rare virtuoso of the flute" — Libération. Has performed with orchestras around the world and received numerous international awards
Lead Male Vocalist, Harvard Hasty Pudding Composer and Krokodiloes Music Director
JOINED BY:
Classic Guitar: João Luis Rezende Lopes, Two time Grammy nominee and Yale Professor; Percussion: Dave Mattacks, 5 CD’s with Paul McCartney; Trumpet: Walter Platt, tours with Alicia Keys; Saxophone: Paul Alhstrand, plays with Alice Cooper; Bass: Jesse Williams; Piano: Sonny Barbato and Donnie Goldstein; Kora and Fula Flute: Arnauld Delannoy and Dave Kobrensky; Guitar: Lyle Brewer; Trombone: Pete Faneili; Percussion: Fabio Pirozzolo; Guzheng: Shin-Yi Yang.
Cello, 19-time Grammy winner
Co-Producer — Harvard "rock-star professor" whose online "Justice" course has received 100M+ views. His books, including Justice and What Money Can't Buy, have been translated into 30+ languages. He leads public dialogues on civic renewal in the U.S. and around the world.
Writer, Composer, Producer — Harvard Scholar-in-Residence and former Director of Children's Studies. Published in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and TIME. With Michael Sandel, leads an international storytelling and civic dialogue initiative for children: The Babayan Project.
Aaron Rosenberg
Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP arosenberg@mymangreenspan.com