{"id":8711,"date":"2021-11-05T12:54:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T19:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afm47.org\/press\/?p=8711"},"modified":"2021-11-05T12:54:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T19:54:41","slug":"final-note-frank-jerome-messina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afm47.org\/press\/final-note-frank-jerome-messina\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Note: Frank Jerome Messina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life Member. Composer<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3\/14\/1943 &#8211; 10\/20\/2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the Messina family<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frank Jerome Messina passed away in McMinnville, Oregon on October 20, 2021, of heart disease. He was 78.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frank had a lifelong passion for music, especially the trumpet. He started as a studio musician for MGM in the \u201960s. In college, he went on to tour with both the Beach Boys and Paul Revere and the Raiders, playing trumpet, flugelhorn and providing backup vocals.&nbsp;<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He attended Los Angeles High and obtained several degrees from Cal State, UCLA and USC. His band was the Westside Jazz Ensemble and he was the director for the Marina Del Rey Singers. He was well known in the McMinnville community for the Frank Messina Band, a 16-piece jazz band.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He and his wife Joyce were familiar faces around Gallery Theater, with Frank serving as musical director for over 20 shows. One of the charity causes particularly close to his heart was the annual fundraiser for Gallery Theater\u2019s Jerry Paine Memorial style shows. Joyce produced the shows and chose the directors. 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