Margaret Bernstein is an Internationally award- winning songwriter, flutist and

educator known for her Socially Awakened Songs and Uplifting Instrumental

compositions. Margaret’s virtuosity on the flute earned her degrees in music

performance from the Oberlin Conservatory and Arizona State University. She has

performed with the Albany Symphony and with Park Playhouse in Albany. In addition,

Margaret’s flute playing has appeared on over two dozen albums including an album

produced by Pete Townsend (The Who) and six albums on her own Growing Azalea

Music label. She is currently on the faculty of Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music.

Her many awards and recognitions for her original music compositions include finalist

in the Children’s Music category in the International John Lennon competition for her

song “I Can Be Anything” from her “Songs from SAFE through the arts” CD. Margaret

has written numerous songs for school choruses in addition to two original children’s

musicals, “The Little Seed” and “The Trees’ Song for Peace” for which she wrote the

book, lyrics and music.

The passion, which Margaret puts into her music, is also evident in her work as an

educator and advocate for youth. As a dually certified educator in music and general

education, Margaret has taught thousands of children across New York State. Her years

of teaching young children in Schenectady City Schools, an urban school district known

for its diverse and underserved population, lead her to create SAFE through the arts, an

arts based bullying prevention program, which she brought into prek, kindergarten and

special education classrooms across Schenectady School District through her non profit

organization, Azalea Blossom, until COVID ended in person classroom programs.

Margaret’s vision and work for SAFE through the arts continues. She is currently

pursuing her Doctoral Studies at Boston University (on line) in the prevention or

bullying and social violence through Music Education in order to be as knowledgeable

and equipped as possible to move the SAFE through the arts program forward. Her

goal is to reach the largest number of children possible worldwide. As part of her

vision, she plans on forming SAFE through the arts as its own non profit organization

and focusing on educational programs through television and other media. The sixteen

diverse puppet characters who help to teach the curriculum will be still be a part of the

program moving forward.

Margaret’s solo performance, which will consist of original compositions for flute and

piano as well as selections from the flute repertoire, will take place at 7 PM at Conkling

Hall in Rensselaerville. It is a benefit concert for her important doctoral work in the

prevention of bullying through Music Education. Free will donations are appreciated.