“I was very moved by the performance. It was a lot of fun, very colorful, and particularly the piece, the [Falun Gong participants] ..., where they are not allowed to worship was very moving. And, the ’message' of the operatic [soloist] was very, very beautiful and moving.”

“To me the lyrics, it speaks about focusing oneself spiritually and I think that is important. It’s an important message.”

“[The music] made me happy; I really liked the different instruments. It definitely was a nice taste of traditional Chinese culture. I’m actually familiar with the erhu and that particular sound is very beautiful. And the pipa, those two instruments to me stick out bringing it to a very traditional Chinese sound. It was very wonderful.”