Secret Door

Kitty Gill | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B00004TFBG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,467,557 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Kitty Gill loves children and has always wanted to bring children closer to their hearts. She believes this is possible through music, which is why she has created Pixie Sage, a magical character that enters into children’s dreams and helps them solve their problems. Secret Door, a collection of songs sung by Kitty, Pixie Sage, and her daughter, Adina, are for children ages 9 months-8 years. Kitty has been writing songs professionally for 20 years.

Her songs have appeared on The Olsen Twins’ CD, Brother for Sale which hit the Billboard’s Heatseekers Album Chart in 1992, and again on their second CD, I Am the Cute One. Her compositions are also featured on Early Ears, a CD compilation for children ages 0-6 from BMGKidz. And Kitty has written songs for Mondo Book Publishing, a children’s educational publishing company. From a young age, Kitty has received awards for her songwriting.

In 1987, her song, He’s So Right, received The Abe Oleman Scholarship Award for excellence in songwriting from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, as well as publication in Sheet Music Magazine. She also received Certificates of Merit from the American Song Festival in 1982 and 1983.

In addition to being a songwriter, Kitty is a couples and family counselor, and was a teacher at the Fleming School in New York, where she taught French and music. From there, she branched out into storytelling, and then started writing children’s songs. What is Secret Door? Secret Door is a collection of songs for children ages 9 months to 8 years, written and performed by Kitty Gill. Some other performers include her daughter, Adina, and Pixie Sage, a character created by Kitty who embodies "the mind, heart, and soul of a child."

The CD is a magical musical arrangement for children and adults alike, featuring songs that address experiences that children often don’t have words for, such as anger, fear, sleeplessness and love. In between the songs, there are short skits and conversations between Kitty and Pixie Sage. Jane Margolies of Offspring Magazine called it, "a rousing collection of songs by Kitty Gill that kids will want to listen to over and over (and their parents won't mind)."

Secret Door is now being played on WPKN.FM 89.5 in Bridgeport Conn. on the first, third and fifth Saturday of each month, from 6 to 8:45AM. She is appearing live on Dave Zinovenko’s show "The Carousel." on April 29th , and May 6th, with future air dates to come. In the works is a book about the adventures of Pixie Sage, as well as a Pixie Sage doll.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing and fun, February 2, 2010

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TJ Richards "Author, A Golden Tapestry" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Door (Audio CD)

I just bought this CD for my grandchildren. Its so nice to hear music geared for children with a positive message. Pixie Sage should be a tradmark for children's entertainment. Although I enjoy listening to it, too!

5.0 out of 5 stars The child in you -- or your child-- will love this!, March 10, 2006

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Eugene Paul (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Door (Audio CD)

Kitty Gill presents an array of songs that -- lyrically and melodically -- are beyond the unimaginative monotony that characteristically scars what is called children's music, a genre that ignores a child's innate ability to understand his or her world. Her imaginary character, Pixie Sage, comes crashing through the ceiling, literally, and into our hearts. Listen and be taken by the subtle compositions that even your baby will enjoy along with you as he or she falls asleep on your lap or in your arms. Kitty is touched by a lyrical muse who shows us that imagination and intellect do not have to oppose one another, and, like two wings of the same bird, they can lift us to places that we only visit in our dreams -- if we dare remember them! For children ages zero to nine...

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" for kids who love music, November 15, 2004

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T. Sullivan (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secret Door (Audio CD)

This CD is great! We love to sing along with Pixie Sage. We first played it at my little guys birthday party, all the kids and parents loved it. Now, everyone in my family with kids owns it, this is by far the children's favorite music. If you love watching your little ones dance and sing get this CD. It's a sure thing in the kid's music department, it's really great.