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November 7, 2006
Supporting Young Musicians and Preserving a Musical Legacy
For those of you who have asked about sending flowers or making a donation to a charity, we'd like to ask you to consider making a donation in Dave's name to Young Musicians Opportunity of Colorado. The mission of YMOC is to create an environment in which all young individuals and their families have the opportunity and support to obtain music education, develop and polish their musical talents, and contribute acquired skills to the community.
As many of you know, Dave was passionate about music. As a young man in Denver, Dave was a professional trombone player who performed with the Central City Opera. After a long career as a software engineer, Dave retired five years ago and dedicated all his free time to re-embracing his love of music. He audited graduate courses at the Denver University Lamont School of Music, and began what would be an extraordinary period of music composition. He wrote dozens of classical pieces, from short fugues to complex concertos for orchestra. The string quartet he wrote for our wedding was later performed by the Lamont Orchestra. His last work, completed less than two months ago, was a lullaby for Kayleigh.
Following the funeral, I plan to work with his former professors an colleagues at the university to catalogue, record and publish as much of his work as possible. So far I've identified more than 70 different works that he recorded either electronically or with local musicians, along with countless scores. I hope to catalogue any notes he wrote about his work and publish them as part of a podcast that I will create in his honor. It's a legacy, I hope, that I will be able to pass on to my own grandkids some day.
In the meantime, I urge you to support YMOC by making a donation in Dave's name. You can help a new generation of young Colorado musicians develop the same passion for music education that Dave cherished his entire life. -andy
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Posted by acarvin at November 7, 2006 8:33 PM
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