Inspired by Leonard Bernstein's statement "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." with legendary conductor and educator Doreen Rao as the driving force to respond to the tragic gun violence in Newtown and gun violence everywhere and countless young singers bringing it to life from the Chicago music community, this 4 movement Missa Brevis is already an important musical statement for young people across the country and around the world. Duration: ca. 10 minutes