[NewMusic] Toyoji Tomita

[Polly Moller]

This is awful news.
My heart goes out to Marianne and everyone who was close to him.
P.

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Matthew Goodheart
<matthew at matthewgoodheart.com> wrote:
> 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
>  composer ~ improviser ~ pianist
>  matthew at matthewgoodheart.com
>  http://matthewgoodheart.com
>  http://myspace.com/matthewgoodheart
>
>
>
>
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