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Peter Alsop

About Me

- - - PETER ALSOP is a nationally known singer-songwriter, educator and humorist with a Ph.D. in educational psychology. He graduated from Trinity College in Connecticut and did his doctoral work at Columbia University's Teachers' College and Columbia Pacific University. He worked as the Director of The Harbor Schools Residential Treatment Center for emotionally disturbed adolescents in Maine and as a New York City elementary school teacher in the South Bronx ghetto.Peter has produced nineteen audio recordings and seven videos and dvd's for which he consistently wins "BEST CHILDREN'S" awards from Parents' Choice and the Association For Independent Music. His songs are used daily by thousands of parents, educators and human service professionals to help families discuss sensitive issues. His "Wake Up" video with John Ritter helps families prevent child abuse and abduction. He's acted on stage and on television, directed a feature film, and performs extensively at conferences, festivals and concerts through the United States, Canada as well as hosting an annual training workshops at his Otter Space conference center in Northern California. He lives in Topanga, California with his wife, actress /director Ellen Geer, and their two daughters Willow and Megan.------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------*********WHEN JESUS WAS A KID********* --------------- ____________________________________________________________ _____

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/12/2007
Band Website: http://www.peteralsop.com
Band Members:PETER & THE CHIN HEADS! "NO EXCUSE T'USE BOOZE!"
Influences: Spider John Koerner, Holly Near, Monty Python, Sharon Wegscheider Cruse, John Lennon, Arundati Roy, Jim Kweskin, Ellen Geer, U. Utah Phillips, Annette Goodheart, Tom Lehrer, Noam Chomsky, Woody Guthrie, Mal Jones, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Paul Simon,
Record Label: Moose School
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

When Jesus Was A Kid - www.peteralsop.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hXL1cPBzYI This award-winning short film has been used in churches, temples & Sunday school classes. It's a five minute music video plum, written and dire...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:05:00 GMT

Costume Party - www.peteralsop.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMBV9_iPu00 Happy Halloween! We're all in this diverse world together - and we know it's what's inside that counts. Sing along! Check out my other ...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:56:00 GMT

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

                          One of the benefits of doing kids music  for those of us who...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:09:00 GMT