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the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. The
hymn was performed in Italy four times as part of the Jubilee
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An Italian basilica was packed.
Thousands upon thousands of pil-
grims flocked to Rome.to celebrate
the 2000th birthday of Jesus
Christ.
Days before the New Year choirs
and ensembles performed hymns
celebrating the birth of Christ in
one of Homes basilicas. Many of
the hymns were written by Italian
men commissioned by the Vatican.
But one particular hymn Jesus
Redeemer Messiah was composed
by two women on the other side of
the world: Dr. Sally Reid and Dr.
Cheryl Bacon.
Reid music professor and com-
poser was recommended by Patri-
cia Adkins a colleague in Italy who
served in the International Music
Committee of UNESCO (United
Nations Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organization) and had
commissioned Reids work before.
Adkins had commissioned Reid
before to create a fanfare for a festi-
val that takes place in Fiuggi Italy
each fall. Then Adkins was
approached by the Vatican's Artistic-Cultural
Commission for the
Jubilee Year 200Q which was con-
ducting celebrations in Rome and
other locations throughout the
world.
"They wanted to have a millenni-
al hymn and they were having a
contest by invitation" Reid jsald.
Adkins told the commission to
include a more diverse group than
the all-male and mostly Italian
composers and suggested Reid to
be added the list ofcomposcrs.
Reid was notified of her invitation
in the late summer of 1997. She sent
an e-mail message to several people
whom she thought could help with
the lyrics. Reid said Dr. Darrcll Tip-
pens professor of English suggested
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help was one of Rcids faculty col-
leaguest Dr. Cheryl Bacon chair of
the Department of Journalism and
Mass Communication.
Reid and Bacon arc in the same
Sunday school class at University
Church of Christ. One Sunday they
were covering passages in the New
Testament that were actually first
century hymns. Bacon said the
hymns covered the three phases of
Christ: before on earth and after.
"After that lesson we met in the
kitchen behind our Bible class-
room and I thought 'This is it. This
is how we want to do this'" Bacon
said. She and Reid collaborated on
the hymn using references from
Scripture directly whenever they
could.
Bacon said the hymn took 90
days to finish in November 1997.
A performance was taped and then
sent to the Vatican for review.
"They didn't pick it as the millen-
nium hymn" Reid said. "But it
received four performances during
the week leading up to the year
2000." The a cappella version of
the hymn opened the' concert at
Rome Dec. 28 and closed with the
entire ensemble performing the
hymn. Alongside the choir and
instruments were members of the
National Dance Academy choreo-
graphed to the melody of the
hymn. The next evening Jesus
Redeemer Messiah opened a millen-
nial concert at Anangi where the
jubilee year was celebrated 1000
years ago.
Neither Reid nor Bacon were able
to see the live performance of their
work but both said they look for-
ward to seeing the performance on
tape. People can listen to Jesus
Redeemer Messiah on the Internet
by visiting Reid's Web site at
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