Claud Rivers is a composer, author, poet, trainer and educator. He holds a B.S. degree in Music Education from Knoxville College, attended the Carl Orff Institute in Austria and completed the U.S. Army’s Management Review and Analysis Course. He’s also done further study at Brigham Young University, Oklahoma State University, George Washington University and Hampton University. He decided to write songs for the “It’s Music Time” CD because a good friend said the students in her childcare classes didn’t have many good and wholesome songs to sing. That friend was Evette Jemerson, who is also the featured vocalist on the CD.
“It’s Music Time” is a collection of ten original songs written by Claud. The songs inspired him to produce a piano and arts and craft book to make it a series. The books can be purchased at the “Riviera Music” website to your left. The ten songs include the “Happy, Happy Birthday” song which is always a welcomed change to sing for children’s birthdays. The songs all convey at least o