Alumna Laurie Berkner, the “Queen of Children’s Music

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Photography: 
courtesy Laurie Berkner

Alumna Laurie Berkner, the “Queen of Children’s Music” according to People, recently released Superhero, her first album of original music in eight years, adding to her canon of well-regarded folk-rock music for kids. Berkner RC’91 began writing children’s music in 1997, and her life has never been the same. Her 2006 release, We Are … the Laurie Berkner Band, is one of the most successful titles in children’s entertainment history. The Laurie Berkner Band will perform in Morristown, NJ, on November 19. For further information, visit mayoarts.org. View a video of Berkner here.