About Judy

GRAMMY NOMINEE JUDY PANCOAST

BIOGRAPHY

Effervescent, eccentric, energetic….all of these words describe Judy Pancoast, one of the most well-known and beloved children’s entertainers of our time.  For the past 16 years she has crafted clever songs with infectious melodies that delight the young and the young at heart, as evidenced by the 2011 Grammy Award nomination for her one-of-a-kind CD, Weird Things Are Everywhere! 

A child of the 70’s, Judy grew up listening to Top 40 tunes with memorable melodies and catchy hooks.  Today she makes exactly that kind of music for kids all over the world whose parents value the innocence and joy of childhood: totally terrific tunes with timeless lyrics about childhood experiences that resonate across the generations. Oh…and beats that make their feet dance!  She calls it “Bubblegum Pop for Sweet Kids!”

Judy is every kid’s “favorite Aunt” and they can’t wait to meet her after the show because they can tell she wants to meet them, too.  There’s a true interaction between performer and audience that goes on at every Judy Pancoast concert, something children remember for a lifetime.  In fact, she often receives emails such as this one….

            My friends and I are graduating from high school tomorrow, and we were talking about the things we loved as kids and we all thought of you.   We listened to your music all the time when we were little, and we just thought you ought to know how important you are to us.

And this one….

            I loved your concerts when I was little, and now that I’m a mom I want my child to have that experience, too!

Judy’s outrageously fun performances have created a ruckus throughout the USA at festivals, performing arts centers and wherever children and families gather.  She’s performed twice in concert at the request of President Clinton.  The organizers of the New York City fundraiser for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation and Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Family Street Fair know the effect she has on audiences and have asked Judy to return year after year to create a ruckus in their neighborhood.   The children at the Nyumbani Orphanage in Kenya experienced the joy of working with Judy when she traveled twice to Nairobi for week-long songwriting workshops.  The songs are available on a fundraising CD for the orphanage. 

Judy’s holiday hit, "The House on Christmas Street," is a favorite among “extreme” decorators and can be heard each Christmas season on radio stations across the country.  A search on www.youtube.com currently turns up nearly three thousand videos of houses all over the world that feature the song in their animated lighting shows, including the acclaimed Holdman video, which currently has nearly 200-thousand views.