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Minnesota Youth Symphony Orchestra premieres 9/11 reflection by St. Olaf student

Amy Gage
May 7, 2003

Feelings of heartbreak and helplessness were common in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. For Carl Schroeder, however, then a first-year student at St. Olaf College, the tragedy of 9/11 spawned a "searingly beautiful" orchestral elegy called "Christine's Lullaby," in honor of the youngest person killed in America that day. Star Tribune writer Gwendolyn Freed recently profiled Schroeder's remarkable response.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.