In honor of her 30-year career as a choral director in the Olathe School district, Sandy Jaggard chose to direct a piece written by Marion resident Amanda Ayers and Sherri Porterfield as her final song.

The lyrics of the piece, “Music,” are a poem written by Ayers at the age of 15 as a tribute to her then-choir director, Porterfield, and their shared love of music. Porterfield, also a composer, put the poem to music.

The choral piece was originally published in 1997, and was performed Monday by Olathe North Junior Eagles and Northwinds at Olathe North High School. Jaggard’s choirs have performed both “Music” and a second piece written by Ayers and Porterfield, “Where Do the Stars Go?” several times over the course of her career.