At some point we will regroup and figure out what to do about the music program – the program has been a tremendous source of encouragement in Haiti and will be again. We mourn for the teachers and students who may not have survived the calamity. But even though 50 years of investment in buildings, equipment, instruments, Haitian music manuscripts, and art work is gone, it all lives on in the lives of two generations of Haitian students and teachers and the scores of volunteers who have helped over the years. Music has always been vitally important in the lives of Haitians, no matter how rich or poor, and will continue to be so in the future.

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