About Peri Smilow 

 Peri Smilow is a nationally recognized singer/songwriter, educator and community organizer. Her music has been heard throughout the US, Canada, England, Singapore and Israel.  In addition to her work as a contemporary Jewish composer and entertainer, Peri is an educational consultant specializing in non-profit management, curriculum design, community service learning and intergenerational programming. She holds a Masters Degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Peri has released three recordings of original contemporary Jewish music including Songs of Peace and Ashrey.  Her most recent recording Peri Smilow and The Freedom Music Project: The music of Passover and the Civil Rights Movement features an electrifying 18-voice choir of young Black and Jewish singers celebrating the freedom music of their traditions.  The Freedom Music Project is the subject of several feature stories broadcast nationally on NBC and ABC TV,  National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered and internationally on Voice of America radio.  Peri Smilow and The Freedom Music Project was nominated Best Gospel Album of the Year (2002) by the Just Plain Folks Music Awards and is now available for replication nationally as The Freedom Music Project:  Concert-in-a-Box.™

 These days Peri is at work combining all of her passions to create the Tikkun Olam Community Arts Project, a  model for congregations to use the arts as a tool for social change. 

She recently completed a year as Artist-in-Residence at Temple Ner Tamid of Bloomfield, NJ.  Peri is married to a terrific TV sports reporter who sings.  They share their love with daughter Allie and C.C. the cat.  

For more information go to:  www.FreedomMusicProject.com

Peri's audio music and sheet music are now available for download at www.oysongs.com