Libby Felts

Growing up in the rural Kithoka community in central Kenya, Bishop Lawi Imathiu didn’t have the opportunity to go to high school. There were no secondary day schools in this rural area outside the town of Meru, just prohibitively costly boarding schools. He sought his own education and went on to attain several degrees, but back in Kithoka, educational opportunities were still thin on the ground.…

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The sheer scope of the Suzuki Association of Utah’s Celebration concerts is difficult to imagine—two thousand Suzuki students playing together in one venue. But then, one sees it: the LDS Conference Center stage overflows with student musicians. They more than fill the designated stage, and a third of the students spill into the auditorium seats. Violins are by far dominant in numbers; the harpists and pianists are so numerous, they’ve formed their own concerts.

And then, the sound. Celebration organizers often refer to it as a “wall,” and the description couldn’t be more accurate. Students are surrounded, enveloped by it.…

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