Semester at Sea, a study-abroad program managed by the Institute for Shipboard Education in Charlottesville, Virginia, is making its 100th voyage this fall and University of Virginia librarian and composer Fred O’Bryant has written a concert march to commemorate the occasion. The Charlottesville Municipal Band premiered “MV Explorer,” named for the Semester at Sea ship, at a November 22 concert. O’Bryant is applied sciences librarian at the Charles L. Brown Science and Engineering Library and has never been on the ship.
Virginia Librarian Composes a March for Semester at Sea
November 23, 2009