Author: Brynn Boyer

The world premiere performance of “Donated By Cantor Fitzgerald,” a new composition and CD release for live improvising musicians and electronic elements, will take place on Saturday, September 10 from 7:30 – 9 p.m. The concert will be held in Pollard Hall, Room 304. The concert is free and open to the public, but space is limited.

Musicians:

Amy Rempel, live piano soloist

Mark Snyder, live electronics

Jorge Sosa, live electronics

Dave Lisik, live electronics, composer

Recorded electroacoustic elements include performances by Tim Hopkins, tenor saxophone and Colin Hemmingsen, bass clarinet.

Sarah Ferguson was in New York’s Times Square the morning of September 11, 2001, appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America, when terrorists flew hijacked planes into the World Trade Center. Her charity, Chances for Children, was located on the 101st floor of One World Trade Center, where she was late for a meeting. None of the charity’s employees were trapped in the building but nearly 700 employees of Cantor Fitzgerald, the financial firm providing free office space to the duchess’ charity, were killed in the aftermath of the attack.

The recording of this work and this performance have been made possible through the financial support of Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), the New Zealand School of Music and the University of Mary Washington.

The world broadcast premiere of the full hour of “Donated By Cantor Fitzgerald” will take place on September 11, 2011 as part of a 24-hour marathon for contemporary art music written as memorials to the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, heard on WPRB in Princeton, N.J., and hosted by Marvin Rosen.

Jason Davidson, associate professor of political science, was a featured guest on Voice of Russia radio on September 7. In the interview, Davidson discusses the legacy of 9/11 and the changes in security since the attack.

Listen to the full interview.

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University of Mary Washington

cordially invites you to the ceremony for the

 Rededication of Monroe Hall

September 16, 2011

4 p.m.

RSVP by Monday, September 12^th, to:

EventsRSVP@umw.edu or call 540-654-1087

Fredericksburg, Va. – University of Mary Washington senior Morgan Lamon is one of only five undergraduate students selected to the 2011 U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Scholarship Program.

Lamon, who received a $5,000 USGIF scholarship, joins 19 other winners from high schools, undergraduate programs and graduate programs across the country. USGIF is a nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence field.
Scholarship recipients were chosen based on their academic and professional excellence in a field related to geospatial intelligence. Qualified candidates were selected by USGIF’s scholarship subcommittee.

Lamon, a geography major with a certificate in GIS, is a member of the varsity softball team. This spring, she was named to the 2011 All-Capital Athletic Conference Softball Team. Lamon, daughter of Bob Lamon and Hannah Cafferty, is a 2008 graduate of Oakton High School.

The University of Mary Washington is a premier, selective public liberal arts and sciences university in Virginia, highly respected for its commitment to academic excellence, strong undergraduate liberal arts and sciences program, and dedication to life-long learning. The university, with a total enrollment of nearly 5,000, features colleges of business, education and arts and sciences, and three campuses, including a residential campus in Fredericksburg, Va., a second one in nearby Stafford and a third under construction in Dahlgren, Va., which will be a center of development of educational and research partnerships between the Navy, higher education institutions and the region’s employers.