Garcia, Russell b. April 12, 1916 d. November 19, 2011 Composer, Arranger, Conductor. Captivated by music during his early youth, he began writing prior to the age of ten and at eleven submitted an arrangement of "Stardust" to be performed by the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. A self-taught instrumentalist, he mastered the trumpet during his junior high school years and gained experience playing nightly at a hotel in San Francisco. After briefly attending San Francisco State University, he would be mentored by Mario Castelnuoyo-Tedesco and launch his...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.) Kerikeri Cemetery, Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand
TuWhare, Hone b. October, 1922 d. January 16, 2008 Poet. Published "No Ordinary Sun" in 1964. One of New Zealand's most read poetry offerings. It was also the first book of poetry by a Maori writer in English. No Ordinary Sun was a passionate cry against nuclear weapons, written in response to the atomic bomb destruction of Hiroshima in 1945. Other works included Mihi (1987), Short Back and Sideways (1992), Deep River Talk (1993), Shape-Shifter (1997), and Piggy-Back Moon (2002). He was a Burns Fellow at Otago University in 1969, and held...[Read More] (Bio by: Jeff J) Wharepaepae Urupa, Kaikohe, Northland, New Zealand
b. April 12, 1916 d. November 19, 2011