To the editor:

After last weekend’s incredible performance by the Columbia Festival Orchestra at PS/21 in Chatham, I just have to thank everyone who played a role in bringing that amazing event to us:

Gwen Gould and all her musicians, including of course the extraordinary vocalists;

Judy Grunberg and all the volunteers who helped make the event come off;

Everyone who’s helped support the CFO and PS/21 in any way, shape, or form;

Leonard Bernstein (why not?) and whatever energies conspired to compel him to create that magical music; and

The authors, traditionally acknowledged and otherwise, who brought us the stories behind Candide and West Side Story.

What a gift that evening was. I was humbled by it. Thanks, many times over, to all of you. Encore!

Virginia Martin, Claverack