Susan Odell Taylor School Students Celebrate Peace Through Music

TROY, NY (03/29/2011)(readMedia)-- The Parent Teacher Organization at the Susan Odell Taylor School presents Peace through Music with Mary Shapiro. An after-school arts instructor and full time ambassador for peace, Mary is known throughout the DC area for her performances, activism and recordings.

Inspired by artists from Joan Baez to Jack Johnson, Mary's music spans many genres: gospel, folk, rock & soul. This DC based singer songwriter has recorded with the a capella gospel choir Sweet Honey in the Rock, headlined in Japan, shared musical talents with orphans in Berlin, and sung for peace in Israel, Palestine, in front of the White House and across the U.S.

Ms. Shapiro will demonstrate her Peace through Music program with songs, discussion and activities with the students (grades 1-6). The program is designed for students in schools or religious ed. programs and are engaged by the activities & games of the "peace lady," which become reference points on which their teachers and parents build upon.