In memory of April 4, 2009….
This was probably the most emotional event for our musicians. We played here in April 2009, when the bodies of three police officers, Sciullo, Mayhle, and Kelly who were shot by Poplawski were laid out here for people to pay their respects. My husband who is a police officer himself, was on guard duty where the bodies were. This was not a regular paying job for us. Less then twenty four hours before the bodies were laid out my husband got an approval for us to play. Starting at about nine at night I began calling violinists, violists and cellists, asking everyone to donate their time to play for the officers. Some musicians would come in and stay for an hour, some for more. Since my husband was there as it is, I played all day. So did one of our violinists – Jami Bale. At first she agreed to play for a couple of hours, then a couple more, then she ended up staying the whole day… Thank you to all who came and played. At time we had a full string quartet, sometimes it was a trio. It was the only thing we can do. Also, thank you to my husband who kept an eye on all coming musicians, showing them where to go, letting them in and out of the building which was not an easy task, considering the amount of public coming through that day. Here is the link to the article in Pittsburgh Post mentioning the musicians.