Want to get to know your neighbors? Try writing songs together...

Composer in Residence. It’s not a common job. But that was the title Kashimana Ahua held for a year in the central Minnesota town of Willmar. The goal was to help the town's increasingly diverse community of residents get to know each other--by writing songs together.

Composer in Residence. It’s not a common job. But that was the title Kashimana Ahua held for a year in the central Minnesota town of Willmar. The goal was to help the town's increasingly diverse community of residents get to know each other--by writing songs together. Emily Bright reports. [Photo credit: James Maranda]