Fifteen years ago, a murder-suicide in room 712 rocked the grand old Bellweather Hotel and the young bridesmaid who witnessed it, Minnie Graves. Now hundreds of high school musicians, including quiet bassoonist Rabbit Hatmaker and his brassy diva twin, Alice, have gathered in its cavernous, crumbling halls for the annual Statewide Festival; Minnie has returned to face her demons; and a colossal snowstorm is threatening to trap them all in the hotel. Then Alice's roommate goes missing--from room 712. The search for her entwines an eccentric cast of characters: conductors and caretakers, failures and stars, teenagers on the verge and adults trapped in memories. For everyone has come to the Bellweather with a secret, and everyone is haunted.

Heaven help me for the way I am -- Rabbit makes an entrance -- Roommates and mothers -- Natalie takes the elevator -- The face of the Bellweather -- Bad Rabbit -- Who you are -- Alice sees the future -- Clear as crystal -- Return of the unremarkable cupcake -- Alice in the morning -- Declarations -- Dangerous girls -- Big dance number -- Surprises -- In the dark -- Alice, the next morning -- I want to believe -- Connections -- Accelerando -- Solo viola -- What Hastings saw -- Found -- Lost -- Only one afternoon -- Songs for two voices -- Hatmakers descending.