The students, like most of us who recoiled in horror at seeing footage of the worst mass shooting in our country’s history, were subdued and stunned — if not surprised, given the increasing frequency with which these terrible things keep happening. For these students, however, there is an added layer of grief beyond the obvious toll of witnessing such inhuman suffering. Our class is studying jazz composition at California State University, Northridge, and the students are all aspiring musicians hoping to have careers in music. They, like me, are particularly saddened by the fact that this murderous act of terror happened at a music festival, and that it’s only the latest in a recent string of attacks at places where people were listening and dancing to music.
LA Weekly