“It’s breathtaking, breathtaking. What I love about it is the way the joy and the hope build up, and how the music is used to give everybody ... It's love, it's uplifting. It's magnificent,” piano teacher and pianist Ellen Kaplowitz said.
“It's inspiring. It's what we need to be today,” Elizabeth Barra, a dentist, said. “It crosses generations. It's something that, I think, [we] as a culture worldwide need to embrace and we need to honor what is a universal law.”
“The music, it's quiet but it's elevating. It just makes you feel full inside and joyful. It's not loud, it's not chaotic, it's just peaceful and it's supportive. I just love it. It's just great,” Ms. Kaplowitz added. “[The] singers were breathtaking. Each one of them was so unique, and each one of them lifted you up and connected you with something higher. This music was to bring people together in a beautiful way. So that's why I can't stop crying. So yeah, it was so, so touching.”
“It's about goodness. And each one of us worldwide, that's what this is teaching us, that worldwide, each of us needs to embrace our ancestry, our culture, our heritage, because when we look at the good in all people, that's where we stem from in each culture,” Ms. Barra said.
“It definitely lifts you up to a higher power. It just inspires you and gives you hope. It's just beautiful. Really, you've accomplished so much,” Ms. Kaplowitz said.
