Last night was Kol Nidre, the holiest evening of the Jewish Year..a time of reflection on the year past and of the year ahead. One of the lasting gifts that Stefan left to this community was a Kol Nidre service of beautiful music arranged for amateur choir. Joan Caldwell and members of the Beit Am choir (many who are not Jewish) have kept this tradition alive for the six years since Stefan's death. I was so glad that I felt good enough to attend the service and listen to melodies again.
Stefan loved music and our lives together was filled with music of all kinds. I know that his retirement years would have been filled with music arranging and composition and his new-found avocation of choral directing. Because of this I have established an endowed scholarship in music and choral directing at OSU in Stefan's name.
Stefan...Red...I miss you both terribly but wouldn't have traded our wonderful times together for anything....
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