World Music children’s performer DARIA (Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou) has spent the last two decades performing in the USA and around the world, creating music to inspire all the world’s children. Along with national awards for her culturally diverse music, Daria’s website (www.dariamusic.com) was given a 2009 Parent’s Choice Award and offers many great resources for teachers, parents and kids of all abilities.

Along with her popular versions of favorite world music songs, Daria’s “I Have A Dream” Song is used widely in the USA to celebrate MLK Day. Her Earth Day anthem “We’ve Got The Whole World In Our Hands” is used in the US as well as in Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. Her “Beautiful Rainbow World” song is used in Australia as part of a “Respecting Others” curriculum for preschoolers as well as in South African schools as part of a “Teach Tolerance” initiative.

Daria’s live show is fully interactive as she brings a variety of exciting world traditions to life, allowing children to become a part of the celebration and the fun. She brings authentic instruments from diverse cultures and focuses on music that builds community and brings people together. Instruments in her live concert include singing bowls, tingsha, dumbek, buffalo drums, Pueblo drums, guiros, cajon box drums, steel drums, talking drums, shekeres and much more.