Two weeks ago I received a sad email, telling me that the composer Donald Martin Jenni had died, from a long and painful cancer. My first thought was that I was sorry I had not kept in closer contact, my second was that I was surprised to read in his obituary that he had ended up in New Orleans, with a new life and an adopted family. His life had changed so much since I had known him. I had been a masters student of Martin's from 1978 to 1980 at the University of Iowa, and although we had stayed in touch after I left Iowa—we would send each other music and he would come visit whenever he was in New York—the second that he retired he vanished…
continue readingSunday, February 5, 2023 – 3:00pm
‘are you experienced?’ performed by Bienen School of Music, Ben Poirot – tuba
Pick-Steiger Concert Hall
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL