Tennessee Players produced Symposium 2000 - World Peace through Reverence for Life, celebrating the anniversaries of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and J.S. Bach, a 16-day event sponsored by Vanderbilt University. Thurston Moore, President of Tennessee Players, Inc., was the Executive Director of Symposium 2000 and brought to America the Atomic Bomb Exhibit from Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Hiroshima Boys' Choir to perform in concert.

English author, James Brabazon, in his definitive biography of Albert Schweitzer (Syracuse University Press, 2000) wrote: "On August 6, 1945, mankind has discovered the opposite of Reverence for Life."

Hiroshima is now known as the "Peace City," and rightfully so, and its destruction is an example for us all - Hiroshima belongs to the world. Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Museum's personal head-set recording ends with ..."please listen carefully. In a deep and silent voice, these remains have a story to tell, they speak of the tragedy of war and a pledge for peace...it's the cry of human lives sacrificed for peace."

Symposium 2000 Website