MUSIC BY THE SEA is a timeless tale of empowerment, of emancipation, of never giving up the ship.

Widowed, she has come alone to the sea from the flatlands of Illinois. She has come with hope and expectation.

But soon, like the story of her life, hope and expectation dissolve into quiet bitterness. She decides it might be best to simply wade into the waves and let the vast ocean carry her, and her precious cello, away.