This piece drew me in immediately. The background sound makes the audience feel closer to the piece because it creates the feeling of speakers talking directly to you. This piece dives into what school?s music programs do for participants. It is not the most interesting topic but still makes the audience care by speaking directly to the students and hearing exactly what they have to say. The piece bites into the issue of budget cuts in New York City high schools which is very real and does impact things such as the music programs in schools. The piece is engaging from the jump but perhaps a bit too fast pace in the beginning making the listener have to put effort into just following the story.