We hope that the concert will serve to unite the community. The music we've chosen is uplifting, and it will help people come together to do what we can in the face of this disaster.
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I remember when we did a concert after the 911 tragedy a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony everybody just rose up 10 notches above what they normally could do and it was a great performance.
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