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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. > > > > > -- Art Simon simart@null.net http://art.simon.tripod.com http://artsimon.iuma.com