Memorial Services for Bill Hughes
Category Archives: In Memoriam/Final Notes
In Memoriam: February 2018
Dominic Frontiere
Life Member. Accordion
6/17/1931 – 12/21/2017
Survived by spouse & son
Anthony (Tony) Lovullo
Life Member. Accordion
12/17/1932 – 9/3/2017
Survived by spouse
David R. Margetts
Life Member. Violin
12/3/1925 – 6/2/2017
Survived by spouse
In Memoriam: January 2018
John C. Byrer
Life Member. Trumpet
6/6/1933 – 11/20/2017
Survived by spouse & children
Mitchell Margo
Member. Keyboard
5/25/1947 – 11/15/2017
Survived by sons and family
Final Note: Mitchell Thomas Peters
Former Life Member. Drum Set
8/17/1935 – 10/28/2017
Mitchell Peters, a prodigious composer, recording artist, music professor, and former principal timpanist and percussionist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, died in Encinitas Oct. 28, 2017 at the age of 82.
Peters joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as its co-principal percussionist in 1969 and retired as its principal timpanist in 2006. He performed under such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Carlo-Maria Giulini, André Previn, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Sir Simon Rattle, John Williams, Michael Tilson Thomas and countless others. Continue reading
In Memoriam: December 2017
Paul Buckmaster
Member. Composer
6/13/1946 – 11/7/2017
Survived by child
Isabelle Daskoff
Life Member. Violin
6/4/1922 – 7/20/2017
Survived by niece & nephew
Jerry Lewis
Life Member. Drum Set
3/16/1926 – 8/20/2017
Survived by spouse & children
Alan W. Reinecke
Member. Timpani
2/6/1961 – 11/4/2017
Survived by spouse & parents
Final Note: Alan Reinecke
2/6/1961 – 11/4/2017
Member. Timpani
Alan Wesley Reinecke, professional percussionist and computer technologist, died Nov. 4 at home in Arcadia with his wife, parents and sister at his side. He was 56, and had been diagnosed in April with pancreatic cancer. Continue reading
In Memoriam: November 2017
Caesar Giovannini
Life Member. Piano
2/26/1925 – 9/23/2017
Survived by child
Tom Petty
Member. Guitar
10/20/1950 – 10/3/2017
Survived by spouse & children
Memories of Fats Domino
Photo by Heinrich Klaffs, Creative Commons
Fats Domino in 1973 performing in the Musikhalle Hamburg, Germany.
One of the founding fathers of rock ’n’ roll, Fats Domino (AFM Local 174-496) injected a Creole-infused shot of rhythm and blues, jazz and boogie woogie to the genre.
He was born Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. on Feb. 26, 1928 in New Orleans, where he began playing local nightclubs at age 14. Throughout his astounding career, Domino sold over 65 million records whose hits hits include “Blueberry Hill,” “Ain’t That a Shame,” “I’m Walkin’ ” and his version of “My Blue Heaven.”
His remarkable abilities on the piano proved that the instrument had as vital a place in rock ’n’ roll as the guitar.
Domino died Oct. 24, 2017, at 89. Continue reading
Final Note: Michael Consoldane
Life Member. Guitar
4/24/1945 – 8/30/2017
Michael passed away suddenly after a brief illness on Aug. 30, 2017. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio on April 24, 1945 to Anthony V. Consoldane and Ruth Oberlin. Raised in Warren, Ohio, Michael learned to play the trumpet at an early age and was a member of many high school bands including the Warren Jr. Military Band sponsored by the VFW Post 1090. Continue reading
Final Note: Maurice Grants
Member. Cello/Bassoon/Contractor
12/7/1960 – 8/21/2017
by Lynn Grants
Born in New York City, Maurice remained a quintessential New Yorker, even after his family relocated to Los Angeles when Maurice was in his early teens. On discovering that his new school didn’t have an orchestra, he organized one, recruiting like-minded friends, and setting up a rehearsal schedule. This expanded to his forming a community orchestra, the Symphony of the Chaparral, in the Sunland-Tujunga foothill communities. He took on conducting duties with the orchestra, as well as setting programming, securing rehearsal and performance space, and acting as personnel manager. Continue reading