HARMONY OF RESILIENCE (Violin cover) by Sarah Gillis | Rey's Theme by John Williams | Polaris Dawn
'On Friday, September 13, 2024, Polaris Dawn Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis, an accomplished musician, and SpaceX engineer-turned-astronaut, performed “Rey’s Theme” by composer John Williams on her custom-made violin while in orbit aboard the Dragon spacecraft, launching her campaign to raise support for music education back on Earth. Her music selection, fittingly, was a piece from the film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.'
Accompanying Gillis, student orchestra members were connected via live satellite from locations in Venezuela, Boston, Brazil, Sweden, Uganda, and Haiti.
