The music of Andrew Chinn and friends

Welcome to the Butterfly Music Home Page.

Welcome to the home page of Butterfly Music. It's a real pleasure to have the chance to share my music with you in this way.

It's now been more than seven years since Butterfly Music began with the launch of the CD "These Hands" back on December 6th, 2000. During that year I worked with the students at St Joseph's Primary School, Moorebank, on recording a CD of new religious songs for children.

I remember saying to the children of the "These Hands" choir one day, in about June of that year, that I hoped that one day children in Catholic Schools all around Australia would be singing "These Hands". Well now many of them do, as well as lots of New Zealand children too and to think about that makes me feel very thankful for the oppurtunities given to me by God.

Since that time I've had the opportunity to visit more than 600 Catholic Schools around Australia, and New Zealand (and the Cook Islands!). I look forward to visiting many more in years to come, sharing my music in concerts and workshops with children, teachers and parents.

What is "Butterfly Music"? Well simply Butterfly Music is music of faith and fun for children. As Christians, the butterfly offers that powerful image of new life. As teachers we often use the caterpillar's transformation into a butterfly to teach that concept. Jesus was placed in a tomb that could not hold him and he emerged to the brightest of new lives, just as the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis.

The butterfly also became an important symbol to us as a family when our daughter Belinda was ill with cancer and in the months and years after her death. So when it came time to choose a name for our business, my wife, Bernadette suggested "Butterfly Music". So there's the story behind Butterfly Music!

I hope you enjoy our website and thank you for visiting. Many thanks to Chris Allen, my faithful friend, collaborator and keyboard player for his work on this site.

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Contact details:

PO Box 1481 BOWRAL NSW AUSTRALIA.
Phone in Australia: 04 1308 6990
Fax in Australia: 02 4861 5761
International phone: 61 4 1308 6990
International fax: 61 2 4861 5761
Email: andrew@butterflymusic.com.au