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One morning before a symphony rehearsal my colleague and friend of many years, Raymond Kobler, Concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony, called me to his dressing room and asked me to listen to a tape. The music started playing on a small tinny cassette player. As we listened to Jiminy Cricket singing "When You Wish Upon A Star", tears came to our eyes. We both started to sing along, then broke into laughter. I could feel the joy of the memories from my childhood this song was bringing forth. For when I was a child, I was Gepetto in a grade school production of "Pinocchio", and played the violin as part of the show. This album of children's lullabies was inspired by that fabulous melody. It is a dream come true for me, a new album for "all our children".- Daniel Kobialka
