Less than one week after the series of shootings in metro Atlanta, we experienced a mass shooting right here at home. Just as we stand together with our Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander students, faculty and staff, we stand together in our shared grief over 10 lives lost at a local King Soopers on March 22. One of our own—18-year-old freshman Louis Saxton, who's studying cello with Assistant Professor of Cello David Requiro—proved yet again the healing power of music: after fleeing for his life as the first shots were fired in Monday's horrific event, Saxton returned to the scene with his cello the next day. "[Music] is a way for everybody to connect and to feel together, because this isn't the sort of event that you're able to just brush off," said Saxton, a native of Bemidji, Minnesota. "I needed to comfort those who had lost a lot more than I had." Hear Saxton share and listen to a few passages of . (Photo credit: CPR News)
