joane stubbe, the coordinator, describes how it all started.[joane stubbe/coordinator " it started out as a 13 hour performance series for the semester and the chairmanin liked it so well, and it was so well received by all the students and the surrounding community, that he doubled it". rachel chen is a music major who plays the violin ... she looks forward to perfomances every week. rachel says " its fun to listen to different types of music because every time they have a performance, its different". performers who participate in the program range from students, faculty and visiting artists who play music from a variety of genres and cultures. music is a passion, that started early for sheri ross -- a violinist. sheri says "my parents had me do a lot of listening when i was young, and it developed my ears to a point where it just became a part of me, so that as an adult it's a basic function". being a musician requires a lot of hard work and patience, but for sheri ross, it's all worth it. the listening hour is held in the music hall twice a