Music for Pope Benedict's visit

My Dear Reader,

I must confess that I was not all that pleased with the music that was shared for the Holy Father during his visit to the U.S. Some of it was pretty, I am thinking in particular of the Panis Angelicus and a few other selections performed in Washington, last week. However, the vast majority of the music performed sounded tired. There is so much talent here that I feel that we could have wowed the Pope with much more impressive music than what was presented.

I must share, that I do think that our music would have been a wonderful addition. The music of Shanti Shanti is both multicultural and yet universal and Catholic in nature. It would have been a pleasing presentation.

I was impressed with his kindness and outreach toward the concerned people of the US. He made us proud to be Catholic during this time of personal and economic strife.

Peace and Blessings,

Andrea
Shanti Shanti