"One of the less popular and apparently depressed participants, who had been placed in solitary confinement for self-harming a few days earlier, approached me about singing one of the verses of a song as a soloist. She asked me not to disclose to the group that this was her prayer for her mother who was dying of AIDS. I agreed, but asked her to sing it in a fashion
that was truly prayerful. Taking the risk, she sang passionately, buoyed by the soft harmonic support of the other voices. Upon completion of the solo, all the choristers joined her for the chorus section of the song. When the last bar had been sung, a brief silence followed. It was clear that for the soloist, it was as if the group had not only supported her in her prayer but ultimately answered ‘Amen’. At the close of the rehearsal, she commented that she felt better and enjoyed the session. Despite the fact that she was wary not to expose her feelings of pain and loneliness, she had found a means to communicate to and be consoled by those around her." (Silber, 2005, p. ? )
"We take for granted how it feels when someone does something nice for us or when another human reaches out to us, calling us human. These guys are seldom acknowledged as human. To everyone else, they are merely those prison inmates that I teach on Wednesday nights. I see them as my peers, my students, and my teachers....They truly bring out the best in me, and for that I am truly grateful." (Abrahams, Rowland & Kohler, 2012)
"It's a shock when you retire. But this project saved me. I was a little worn out with choral music. But you see the light in these guys' eyes and you remember what it's all about." Elvera Voth quoted in (Cohen, 2008, p. 8)
"We take for granted how it feels when someone does something nice for us or when another human reaches out to us, calling us human. These guys are seldom acknowledged as human. To everyone else, they are merely those prison inmates that I teach on Wednesday nights. I see them as my peers, my students, and my teachers....They truly bring out the best in me, and for that I am truly grateful." (Abrahams, Rowland & Kohler, 2012)
"It's a shock when you retire. But this project saved me. I was a little worn out with choral music. But you see the light in these guys' eyes and you remember what it's all about." Elvera Voth quoted in (Cohen, 2008, p. 8)