[NewMusic] Toyoji Tomita

[Matthew Goodheart]

I got this email a few hours ago.

Words fail.


> It is with great sadness that I convey the news that Toyoji Tomita  
> died
> of a heart attack this morning. Toyoji was a wonderful trombonist who
> studied at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. He
> received an M.F.A. in electronic music from Mills College in 1986; and
> studied the didjeridu and modern trombone technique with Stuart
> Dempster.
>
> Toyoji taught trombone at Mills and participated in  many concerts  
> here
> over the years. In 1976, he won the First Prize in the Gaudeaumus
> International competition for Interpreters of Modern Music in
> Rotterdam, Holland. While living in Paris, France he toured Europe
> extensively, both as a soloist and as a member of the Ensemble Musique
> Vivante.
>
> Everyone who knew him will surely remember his wonderful sense of  
> humor
> and generous spirit.




Matthew Goodheart
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