SIDEBAR
    I was excited to receive this commission after meeting a few times with Hubie Jones, a
    significant force in Boston social and community life. He had recently created the Boston
    Children's Chorus specifically for this civic event; the chorus continues to today. After the
    piece was written and after rehearsals had just begun, the Zakim family decided they would
    prefer to have just Bruce Springsteen – a friend of Lenny Zakim's – perform, and my piece was
    gazumped. Splendid that Springsteen agreed to play I wish though iit could have been decided
    to also include this little celebration that so many people had put effort into. The Chorus
    graciously included it instead in a concert performance later that year, but it would have been
    such fun to have heard it outdoors, on the bridge, used for its original purpose.