Peace Industry Music Group: The Boyds & Friends
Modern Von Trapp Family singing for peace[edit]
The Peace Industry Music Group, started as a modern Von Trapp family, as John Boyd (accomplished singer, composer and music director) and seven of his nine children have been singing and warming the hearts of passerby in Central Park. The group has now expanded and several singers and classical musicians from all different nationalities joined the music group. The Goal of the group is to promote the idea of peace 'through their uplifting music and tranquil sound'. The music performed is a mix of pop, opera, gospel, jazz and spirituals. The group uses their music in order to promote the idea of peace and consists of musicians from all different nationalities, in order to say that we are all the same.