Backyard Beats

*Backyard Beats*
Backyard Beats
Genre	Children's television series
Written by	Valerie Sara Cardinal; Madeleine Donohue; Ivan Hutomo; Melissa Peters; Tyra Sweet; Jillian Welsh;
Directed by	Daniel Bourré; Steve Diguer; Merissa Simonian; Drew Dafoe;
Starring	Monica Brighton;
Music by	Greg Johnson
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Daniel Bourré; Sean Connolly; Marney Malabar; Marlo Miazga; Julie Bristow; Bruno Dubé; Corinna Lehr;
Producers	Millan Curry-Sharples; Chloe Gray; Anthony Gullace; Sean Leahy; Esther Nip; Caroline Voitovici; Richard H. Campbell; Agustin Guevara;
Cinematography	Tom Bellisario
Editors	Janna Jeffrey; Jessica Graore; Joel Pylyshyn; Mike Reisacher; Brent McCready; Rod Christie;
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Bristow Global Media; Sphere Media;
Original release
Network	TVOntario
Release	May 20, 2020 –; present

Backyard Beats is a Canadian children's television series, which premiered on TVOntario in 2020.^[1] Hosted by Monica Brighton, the series profiles do it yourself approaches to making music, through a format which sees a professional musician visit to teach her about a musical genre or instrument, following which she makes her own version of the instrument with everyday household objects before the professional musician returns for a jam session on a song.

The series received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.^[2]

Episodes

References

^ Kelly Townsend, "TVOkids turns up the volume on Bristow’s Backyard Beats". Playback, May 9, 2019.
^ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

External links

Backyard Beats at IMDb

[1] Kelly Townsend, "TVOkids turns up the volume on Bristow’s Backyard Beats". Playback, May 9, 2019.

[2] Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

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