More pics of adorable Alex and his Cello
Alex played the two songs April wrote for him on the recording today. The DAD song and the Bach Rain song. Alex even did a bouncy bow on one song.
Nancy Schwartz at Children’s Book World
Alex at the Franklin Institute
Alex at the Franklin Institute on a field trip with his school to see Disney 100 exhibit
Nancy Schwartz & April Beard: “Up Bow, Down Bow” Live at Phoenixville Library
Susie Garber reviews Up Bow, Down Bow: A Child with Down Syndrome and His Journey to Master the Cello
Everyone has challenges. The question is not what our challenges are but how we view them and what we do in response to them. Nancy Schwartz along with her co-author April E. Beard, shares her response to challenge in a book that captures the idea of hope and perseverance and…
Midwest Book Review on Up, Not Down Bow
Review by Susan Garber Everyone has challenges. The question is not what our challenges are but how we view them and what we do in response to them. Nancy Schwartz along with her co-author April E. Beard of Up Bow, Down Bow shares her response to challenge in a book…
Home is where the people you love are.
Home is our memories. Home is a place inside us, and a place we share. Home! I loved meeting some of the people that lived in our home before we did and before the wonderful Labess family did. Gabriella Wagner Monaghan, and her husband, Ryan, two girls, and her mom,…
Nancy Schwartz on NBC-TV Channel 10 Philadelphia
Author, Mom Finds Power of Music Through Cello-Playing Child With Down Syndrome Author Nancy M. Schwartz talks to NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante about her book “Up Bow, Down Bow” and it tells the story of her son Alex, who has Down syndrome, finding joy in playing the cello. Click on the…
Scenes From India (As seen through the eyes of my oldest son, Josh)
By Nancy Schwartz I remember when Sam my middle son, jumped from the couch exclaiming that Cinderella was, as said in his three-year-old voice, “She’s SO shiny.” I remember Sam putting my Dansko red clog on his foot and tripping cause it was too big. I painted his toenails purple…
A conversation with violinist Sarah Chang
John Ana Clare Wells
John Ana Clare Wells, advocate for adults and children with disabilities (Canada) Featured here with a copy of Nancy M. Schwartz newest book Up Bow, Down Bow: A Child with Down Syndrome and His Journey to Master the Cello
Video from the book launch at Main Point Books Bookstore
Up Bow Down Bow book launch event
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Up Bow Down Bow — Official Book Trailer
Kevin Olusola loves Up Bow, Down Bow: A Child with Down Syndrome and His Journey to Master the Cello
Announcing “Up Bow, Down Bow” – the next Alex installment!
When 4th grader Alex Schwartz first met his cello, his eyes lit up with wonder and a smile appeared on his face as bright as the potential his new cello teacher saw within him. The cello positively impacted all aspects of his development including focus, fine motor and gross motor…
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Nancy Schwartz at the Get Cafe!
Wellington Square Bookshop report
Thank you to Wellington Square Bookshop for having me read from my book, Up Not Down Syndrome!!! If you have not been to the bookshop go and check it out. It’s a beautiful bookshop with incredibly kind people!!! We had lunch at #goodlifeorganickitchen after It’s delicious there and healthy!!! #healthiswealth😊❤️📚#reading…
Nancy at Wellington Square Bookstore event
Nancy live with Pebbles Junell
Nancy M. Schwartz in Chicago
Up Bow, Down Bow – Official Book Trailer!
A brief book trailer for the new book coming soon from Nancy M. Schwartz and April Beard describes Alex’s progress in learning the cello. Alex was born with Trisomy 21 a.k.a. Down Syndrome but his love of music is no less than anybody else. Learn more about this book as…
