Bob McGrath is beginning his 33rd year as the music teacher on Sesame Street. He has bridged two generations of viewers as one of the original hosts.  Bob was inducted into the 2002 Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.  He is a recipient of the Fame Award from the National Association of Music Education.  Bob was recently named a Lowell Mason Fellow by MENC in recognition of a significant and lasting contribution to music education.  He has served as host for the World's Largest Concert for MENC.  The National Music council honored Bob with the American Eagle Award for his support of music education.

In addition to his role as music teacher on Sesame Street, Bob is a successful author, recording artist and concert performer.  His recent creative music curriculum, Music for Fun published by Warner Brothers Publication / Alfred Music and co-authored with Marilyn Davidson provides teachers with meaningful and light-hearted music classes.  All seven sequential lessons are correlated to the MENC National Standards for Early Childhood.

Bob was a music major at the University of Michigan and received a Master's degree from Manhattan School of Music.  He began his professional career as a lyric tenor singing and recording with the Robert Shaw Chorale and Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians.  He has worked with Leonard Bernstein, Pablo Casals and Igor Stravinsky.  He spent five years as the featured tenor soloist on Mitch Miller's popular NBC television series, Sing Along with Mitch.

The United States House of Representatives recently recognized Bob McGrath for his 15 years of service as the host and consultant to the International Children's Festival at Wolftrap in Virginia.  Bob has hosted The Variety Club Children's Charity in Vancouver for the last twenty-five years and its New York telethon for thirteen years.