Elizabeth Schrader Polczer

In her peer-reviewed article The Meaning of ‘Magdalene’: A Review of Literary Evidence (co-written with Joan Taylor), Schrader and Taylor argue that the word “Magdalene” could be an honorific title, not necessarily referencing Mary’s hometown (which, Schrader argues, could be Bethany).

[4] Schrader was the first winner of the Pantene Pro-Voice competition in 2001, after a performance opening for Jewel at SummerStage in New York's Central Park.

[2] In 2002, Schrader's group, known then as Think of England[5] was chosen to be a part of Jewel's Soul City Café program, and opened three shows on her This Way tour.

[1] After Schrader went solo, she was a featured artist on MySpace in early 2006 and appeared in the Gilmore Girls episode Partings later that year.

[7] A 2017 article in The Oregonian noted that despite her recent involvement biblical scholarship, Schrader's songs still "...focus on secular themes of love and loss, desire and real-life events, both serious and light-hearted.