Chapin

Three-time Grammy award winner and well-known children’s singer Tom Chapin is scheduled to perform 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., May 1, at Smithwick Theater, on the Foothill College campus. People of Note is sponsoring this concert, which benefits music education in local schools.

Chapin has consistently played to sold-out houses in the Bay Area. His upbeat music focuses on caring for our world and each other. Michael Mark, an award-winning Broadway actor, composer and musical director, accompanies Chapin. The concert is recommended for ages 4 and up.

People of Note Family Concerts 2005 benefit music education in elementary schools throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Music For Minors, a Los Altos-based non-profit that provides music education classes in elementary schools. Linden Tree Children’s Recordings and Books in Los Altos also sponsors the series.

All seats are reserved, and tickets may be purchased at www.peopleofnote.org or by calling (408) 255-8322. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door; group rates are available. Foothill College is located at 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Parking costs $2 in quarters.

For more information, call Diane Tokheim at 854-5379 or log on to www.peopleofnote.org.