Violinist Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, will perform at a NYC polling station on November 5 as part of the nonprofit Play for the Vote organization.
In Friday’s (11/1) Reuters, an unsigned video report states, “For Metropolitan Opera Orchestra violinist Sarah Vonsattel, a volunteer with the nonprofit ‘Play for the Vote’ that engages local musicians at polling stations, Nov. 5 will be a special day as she will be playing at a polling station in New York City. Vonsattel is one of the thousands of volunteers who are part of Play for the Vote … ‘We all listen to music, many children sing before they speak. It’s an important part of the human experience,’ Vonsattel told Reuters. ‘So it’s something that we share. I think right now it’s really easy to focus on our differences this time of year. And this is something that we can be united by. And we’re also united by the fact that we all live in these communities together and we all go vote together…. To volunteer my time in this way is a privilege, just as voting is a privilege.’… Play for the Vote was started in 2020 by Boston-based cellist Mike Block to improve people’s voting experience … According to Block, Play for the Vote aims to have performers near polling stations across all 50 states.”
