Awards & Credits

CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER
2X GRAMMY® WINNERS, CHILDREN'S MUSIC

Amongst their talents, Cathy & Marcy have successfully written music and lyrics, performed and produced many special theme projects for commission, educational organizations and causes they believe in.

2009: Cathy & Marcy contribute tracks on banjo, mandolin, dulcimer and guitar for National Geographic special on the Appalachian Trail.

2006: “Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn” CD (Handwriting Without Tears)
CD for popular Handwriting Curriculum

2005: “SCAT LIKE THAT” becomes Grand Prize Winner in the Children’s Music Category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. The title song of Cathy & Marcy’s GRAMMY® nominated CD also won the USA international Songwriting Contest in the Children’s field.

2004 GRAMMY WINNER® Children's Music for the CD
• “cELLAbration: A TRIBUTE TO ELLA JENKINS” (Smithsonian Folkways, 2004)
produced by Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Sweet Honey in the Rock, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Tom Chapin, John McCutcheon, Red Grammer, Riders in the Sky, Bill Harley, El Maricahi Camperos, Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and others.

2003: Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards given to both Cathy & Marcy in composition.

2003: GRAMMY® WINNER Children's Music “BON APPETIT! MUSICAL FOOD FUN”
The Micronutrient Intitiative funded a project on health and nutrition for children and families. Bon Appétit! Includes original songs by Cathy & Marcy. It won the 2004 GRAMMY® Award, Parents’ Choice Gold Award and Washington Area Music Association Award.

2003: “GET SET FOR SCHOOL” (Handwriting Without Tears, 2003)
CD for popular Handwriting Curriculum

1998: Meet The Composer Awarded Cathy & Marcy with a grant to compose songs with elementary school students. A residency at the University Park Elementary School in Maryland yielded 3 songs that were included on the GRAMMY® nominated recording, “PILLOW FULL OF WISHES”.

1996: Work Family Directions and AT&T commission Cathy & Marcy to write songs on media literacy & creative conflict resolution for the recording, “CHANGING CHANNELS”, which goes on toe win a GRAMMY® nomination and multiple other industry awards.

1996: Cathy & Marcy create and perform 2 shows (K-2, 3-5grades) for Gaithersburg, MD public schools on Drug Prevention.

1994: Work Family Directions commissions Cathy & Marcy to write songs for a pre-school safety tape, distributed privately.

1992: “A New View” reading curriculum for McGraw Hill School Publishers includes many songs composed by Cathy & Marcy and 80 songs produced by them.

1988: Cathy writes anthem for the Names Quilt, “NAMES”. Over 30 recordings by other artists are made. The song is translated to Japanese by Tomoya Takaishi. Cathy & Marcy toured Japan with Tomoya and the Japanese Names Quilt volunteers.