“It was necessary for the kids to get together. You have no idea what it was like at the first rehearsal in the fall, we met outside in an open field, and at the end of rehearsals, every student (all) 48 of them walked up to me and said ‘thank you for doing this’, they needed to get back out, see other people and make music.” - Midwest Young Artists Conservatory founder & president Allan Dennis talking abut the school’s decision to erect a giant tent on its campus.