Kristen Bell and Amazon Prime Spread the Gospel of Music Education in the New Animated Series Do, Re & Mi

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Kristen Bell and Amazon Prime Spread the Gospel of Music Education in the New Animated Series Do, Re & Mi

By Mekeisha Madden Toby / September 17 2021

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“You can teach so much through music and humor,” the amateur steelpan drummer concludes. “Do, Re & Mi is such a collaborative project, and it was so nice to bounce ideas off of each other. That spirit of family comes across in this beautiful world we were able to build.”

Jackie Tohn still remembers the day her bestie Kristen Bell cosigned on her musical education dream.

Tohn, a former American Idol contestant and GLOW actress, wanted to give kids who no longer have arts education programs in their schools a colorful and unassuming way to learn about various musical instruments and styles. That’s when she tested out a prototype on Bell’s oldest daughter Lincoln with the help of her creative partner Michael Scharf.

Bell, who overheard the music, saw the drawings and loved the way it resonated with her daughter, then encouraged Tohn and Scharf to think about turning their idea into a TV series, and Do, Re & Mi was born. The animated offering, which relies on its three adorable and brightly colored titular birds to teach preschoolers about everything from rhythm to genre, premieres today on Amazon Prime and boasts Bell as both an executive producer and the voice of Mi, an upbeat bluebird.

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