SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 30, 2002 File #262
Contact: Jean Wasp, Media Relations, (707) 664-2057
"Rolling Requiem," Candlelight Vigil Set for 9-11 Commemoration on Campus
The Sonoma County Bach Choir will be part of a "rolling requiem" on an international scale on September 11 when Mozart's Requiem will be performed at 8:46 a.m. in Ives Hall 119 on the Sonoma State University campus.Bob Worth, choral director at Sonoma State University, will conduct the 40-member choral group of students and community residents as part of several campus-wide ceremonies that day. Marilyn Thompson will accompany the choir. Soloists include Jenni Samuelson, Susan Witt, Lynne Morrow, Scott Whitaker and Bill Neeley.
The Rolling Requiem is a worldwide choral commemoration of all those lost and those who helped on September 11, 2001. Performances of Mozart's Requiem will ring the globe as choirs in over 125 countries begin performing at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City.
The melody begins west of the International Dateline in New Zealand and the Philippines and travels through all the time zones on the planet until it completes the circle.
In events later in the day on the SSU campus:
Noon: The campus community will observe a moment of silence in the Stevenson-Darwin Quad.
2 p.m.: Nursing professor Sandra DeBella Bodley will discuss her involvement in Peaceful Tomorrows, an advocacy organization founded by family members of September Eleventh victims. Her 20-year old niece died in the crash of Flight 93. The discussion will take place in Darwin 143.
3-4:30 p.m.: Discussion groups will be held in the Jean and Charles
Schulz Information Center to provide acknowledgement, support and hope for the future.
7-7:30 p.m.: A candlelight vigil will begin between 7 and 7:30 p.m. in the Main Quad in an event sponsored by the SSU Alumni Association, Associated Students and Hate Stops Here. Jim Mobley and Ernie Alvarez of the Sonoma County Human Rights Commission will be guest speakers.
The public is invited to all events and is urged to arrive at the Requiem performance by 8:30 a.m.
For further information, contact Sharon Dzik, Student Affairs, (707) 664-3123.
NOTE: A list of the countries where Requiem events are being planned is available at www.rollingrequiem.org.