Nina Music

Why do I talk to my cat Scrappy as if she’s a person?  

Honestly, the answer is because I think she has way more in her furry, little noggin than others would have us believe.  In fact, right now she is climbing all over my exercise bike trying to get my attention (Feed Me NOW!)  She has something she wants and she is trying all of this negative attention to try to get it.  (Sound familiar?) 
 
Oh, and it’s not just nonverbal communication either, sometimes she does talk to me.  Earlier today she was lying in…Read more

I have a confession to make…before I “became” Nina Music and started performing my “Sing, Sign, Dance” show in libraries, I never really gave libraries much thought.  I didn’t use them as a place of resource or guide for new materials; I just drove by my local library and thought it looked pretty. 

Well, my world view of libraries started to change with my very first performance at the Roxbury Public Library in Succasunna, NJ.  I was in a little room with all of my gear set up – my cool, new wireless…Read more

I am so excited about my new Blog! I’m really looking forward to discussing some of the things that I love about being a musician and some of the things that I find challenging.

I’m also going to take opportunity to talk about the creative process, and I look forward sharing the stories behind the songs and the production of the CD.  I’ll have a lot to say, I’m sure. I’ll probably have to reign myself in because I really enjoy writing.

So, come on back to the blog every Tuesday for a new post. Please go ahead…Read more

As you may have noticed, we have a new website!! (Yay!!)  …and we have a NEW CD (Yay, Yay, Yay!!!)  The new CD “M-U-S-I-C” and the new website share a lot of the same colors. And in our new design, Scrappy has even grown up – well, she’s a tweener now! Have you noticed that Scrappy is saying “I LOVE YOU” in sign language?

Thanks to all of you who voted in our summer CD cover contest. Your thoughts and opinions definitely decided the new look and direction, so we appreciate your votes. You’ll notice as you…Read more

Nina Music is pleased to announce that our new album "M-U-S-I-C" has is a winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award from Parents' Choice Children's Media & Toy Reviews. 

The review
Drawing on her teaching background, and her expert musicianship, Nina Peterson has developed a preschool program called "Cognitive and Physical Development through Music." M-U-S-I-C, her second children's music album, is based on the program.

Here, in addition to her strong and pleasant voice, the multi-talented Peterson plays…Read more