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On Sunday, May 26, Baton Rouge Gallery is honored to host Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier for a very special Sundays@4. She will be reading from her 2021 book, “Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting,” an inspiring exploration of creativity and the redemptive power of song.As with all Sundays@4 events, this event will be free and open to all. This presentation is made possible through underwriting from Dr. Khanh Ho.
Mary Gauthier was twelve years old when she was given her Aunt Jenny’s old guitar and taught herself to play with a Mel Bay basic guitar workbook. Music offered her a window to a world where others felt the way she did. Songs became lifelines to her, and she longed to write her own, one day.
Then, for a decade, while struggling with addiction, Gauthier put her dream away and her call to songwriting faded. It wasn’t until she got sober and went to an open mic with a friend did she realize that she not only still wanted to write songs, she needed to. Today, Gauthier is a decorated musical artist, with numerous awards and recognition for her songwriting, including a Grammy nomination.
In Saved by a Song, Mary Gauthier pulls the curtain back on the artistry of songwriting. Part memoir, part philosophy of art, part nuts and bolts of songwriting, her book celebrates the redemptive power of song to inspire and bring seemingly different kinds of people together.
Copies of Saved by a Song will be available for purchase during this event from Red Stick Reads.
MUCH more info available on our website at www.batonrougegallery.org
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1515 Dalrymple Dr, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Louisiana 70808
