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It's an open secret among many composers that they'll have a better chance of surviving if they write music for a chorus rather than for solo piano. Tonight on the Front Porch we'll talk with nationally known New Hampshire composer Kevin Siegfried about the ways economics can affect the artistic process. We'll also preview the upcoming National Symphony Association's Saturday night concert that features some of his work.

In advance of National Survivors of Suicide Day this coming Saturday, we are going to take a look at how those people left behind when somebody dies by suicide cope with their grief. We'll also see what the social perceptions of suicide are today and what is being done here in New Hampshire to better help educate people on this sensitive topic. Laura's guests are Catherine Greenleaf, Author of “Healing the Hurt Spirit”, longtime non-denominational spiritual director and member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Catherine has lost loved ones to suicide in the past. Also, Ken Norton, Director of the Frameworks Youth Suicide Prevention Project at NAMI NH - The National Alliance On Mental Illness and Dr. Mary Brunette, Psychiatrist and Medical Director for the NH Dept. of Health and Human Services Bureau of Behavioral Health. She also works for the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. We'll also hear from Michael Whitman. He lost his son to suicide in 1994 at the age of 23. Whitman is a member of the New Hampshire Youth Suicide Prevention Assembly and gives talks on the healing power of music.