The international observance of Music for Peace was the occasion for this concert on March 27, 2009 with pianist Sarah Cahill, who commissioned a group of composers to write new works on the theme of peace. The California-based pianist is a specialist in new American music. The title of the program, which she performed throughout the United States, comes from a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize lecture, where he said, “We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discords of war.” A diversity of expression was represented in works by composers who ranged in age from their teens to their seventies, including Meredith Monk, Terry Riley, Yoko Ono, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Jerome Kitzke, and Mamoru Fujieda. This event was a collaboration with Rothko Chapel.