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 Justine Grimes James Gagné Jesse Beam Michela Luci Ava Ro Anh Phung Lipeng Wu Amely Jiali Zhou Serena Ryder Casey Van
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 (2020-05-20) – 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]

References

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.

External links

• Backyard Beats at IMDb