Dedicated to the memory of my great friend "Rob" from "Ryan" - Ryan J Tan. "Rest in Peace, you will be missed, but your life will be celebrated and remembered! Everytime your friends look at the sky at the stars, we know you'll be looking down on us.
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Story behind the song
about the composer:
Ronald Lo Presti was born in 1933 in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and a former Ford Foundation composer-in-residence. He has taught at Texas Technical University, Indiana State College, and is presently a member of the music faculty of Arizona State University. Lo Presti has been the recipient of several Ford Foundation grants to young American composers.
Written in memory of President John F Kennedy, assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Written as a tribute to the slain President in 1964.
Performed during my junior year in the Cal Poly Symphonic Band, San Luis Obispo, California.