Music reaches out

I saw a news story about a boy who was so impressed about a classical music concert that he was attending, he shouted “wow!” at the end of the concert. What made this special is that the boy was autistic and considered largely nonverbal. So for him to shout “wow” was a really big deal. The director of the society that put on the concert was so impressed by the boy’s reaction to the music that he arranged to have a private concert for the boy and his family in their home. It was lovely seeing in the clip below how happy the boy was listening to the music. It shows how music can reach out and touch people that were previously thought to be unreachable.