If there was ever a point in time where the world needs to change, it is now. We have two major wars raging, one in Europe and one in the Middle East.

Millions of people in scores of countries do not have enough to eat. Climate change is foreshadowing catastrophic weather events, from rising seas to ferocious storms to incinerating droughts.

Joining us to discuss how we might move forward through the darkness to the light, is world renowned, virtuoso cellist Michael Fitzpatrick.

Michael travels the world using music as a vehicle for increasing peace and compassion for humankind. He’s performed the Musical Keynote for Pope Francis at The Vatican. He performed twenty Musical Keynotes for the Dalai Lama's public talks. Fitzpatrick served as Co-Music Director of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards.

Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “music is the universal language of mankind.” Ludwig van Beethoven said, “Music can change the world." Fitzpatrick has intriguing thoughts about a musical transformation for our planet.

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