Will Stroet (Vancouver), of Will’s Jams , is a JUNO-nominated musician, a nationally recognized educator, former CBC Kids TV star, and the father of two awesome girls. His high-energy rock-pop music in English and French is full of witty wordplay and sing-along choruses, inspiring kids to be active, creative, caring and community-minded. Prior to launching a full-time career in music in 2009, Will worked as a beloved French immersion music teacher in Vancouver, Canada. Over the past 15-plus years, he’s performed more than 2,000 shows for young audiences across Canada and China at festivals, theaters and schools. He has released 11 albums in French and English, which have garnered national acclaim including a 2017 JUNO nomination, 8 nominations by the Western Canadian Music Awards, and 3 from the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Will holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia (UBC). In 2015, he was named one of UBC’s Faculty of Education’s Top 100 Alumni.

Check out Will’s Jams’ other bilingual virtual programs on Arts IQ here.

​​Jessica “Seeka” Holtby (Edmonton) of Seeka Sings is a 2021 Western Canadian Music Awards nominee, a French instructor at the University of Alberta (U of A), and a mother to two sweet toddlers. She holds a Master of Arts from the University of Alberta, and has a strong interest in early literacy and in French as a Second Language. Through songs, videos, music classes, and sing-alongs in English and French, Seeka covers a wide range of early learning targets, including language development, motor skills, social-emotional learning, diversity, and anti-racism. Seeka hosts virtual and in-person interactive sing-alongs at festivals, schools, daycares, and private events. Her debut children’s EP, “Seriously Singable Children’s Songs,” earned her a nomination for 2021 Children’s Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards.

Virtual Programs

Will et Seeka’s new French virtual program, “Will et Seeka: Amis avec tout le monde,” is the ultimate musical resource for supporting French language learning. It includes two programs with:

1. Lyric music videos
2. Lyric sheets
3. Downloadable MP3s of the songs 
4. Downloadable MP3s of the instrumental tracks (for assemblies, performances)
5. Printable worksheets

Song topics include: colours, days of the week, weather, food, animals, parts of the body, daily routines, family, friendship, community, clothing, the alphabet, movement, conversational French and mindfulness.

Will et Seeka Program 1

8 songs with music files, music videos, lyrics and activity sheets. Topics include: friendship, days of the week, daily routines, parts of the body, colours, community, the alphabet and conversational French

Song list:

• • Amis avec tout le monde
  • Les jours de la semaine
  • Quand je me lève
  • Bouger le corps
  • L’arc-en-ciel (Les couleurs)
  • Salut, ça va
  • Dans ma communauté
  • C’est l’alphabet

Will et Seeka Program 2

7 songs with music files, music videos, lyrics and activity sheets. Topics include: animals, food, movement, family, the weather, clothing and meditation.

Song list:

• • Comme c’est bizarre
  • On fait un pique-nique
  • Danser comme moi
  • Voilà ma famille
  • La météo
  • Mon t-shirt
  • Inspirer, expirer

Virtual Visit Add-On

For an additional fee, you can add on a 30-minute virtual visit to chat with Will and Seeka to ask them questions about their music and songs. They will also share a couple of songs live too.