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Re: Dr. Richard Zvonar, RIP
I remember him from Mills in 83. Very talented, erudite and a nice
guy. Godspeed!
On 8/4/05, loop.pool <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> My brother just brought me the very sad news that one of our best and
> brightest,
> Richard Zvonar, Phd. just passed on.
>
> For years, and amongst many, many other things too numerous to mention,
> Richard has held up the standards of researching at this website. He
> performed at looping festivals; gave detailed lectures on the history of
> looping
> and I always looked forward to his stimulating and always incredibly well
> informed and intelligent analysis
> at ever loopers luncheon or breakfast from NAMM to the live loop
>festivals.
> He has always been someone that I could run a probem
>by...........someone to
> double check my facts against.
> If anyone had a problem on the list, more likely than not, Richard would
> quickly write in with several URLS that
> he had generously researched. If there has ever been and authority
>about
> anything in this community, he was one.
>
> I did my first gig with Dr. Zvonar with my then electronic music teacher,
> Bob Beede (one of Richard's lifetime friends)
> in 1982. It was my very first exposure to the world of academic avante
> garde electronics and Richard and Bob were
> my mentors. It was a very heady and exciting time. I remember being
> initially really intimidated by his formidable intelligence and dry
> countenance but came to realize that he possessed a wonderful humanity
>and a
> gentle spirit.
>
> Over the years, I have really been blown away by Richard's generosity of
> spirit and have considered him one of my good
> friends. We talked recently of the Y2K5 Festival, and he told me
>he'd
> play if he felt well enough to do so.
>
> I hope someday to hear him do the solo guitar performance that I know he
> always wanted to play.
> I know it will be brilliant.
>
> I'm so infinitely sad tonight that he has passed on. We will all miss
>him
> greatly.
>
>
>
>
>
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