Hugo Rinaldi

I wanted to find out what happened to my former classmates and I found this posting that the music Director at San Rafael High School, Mr. Rinaldi, passed away. I grew up in San Rafael and went to San Rafael High School from 1966 to 1970. I took Beginning Drama from Mrs. Gausted in 1967. Then I took Advanced Drama in my Junior year so I was in our Broadway musical "Oklahma". During rehearsals I remember the way Mr. Rinaldi explained when certain musical instruments would start playing in...

Such a wonderful teacher and person.

Thank you Hugo for teaching me the fundamentals of music, the bass and treble clef it help me become a famous rock singer. I know that wasn´t your idea but that´s the way it turned out. Thank you for helping me.

As a high school student at Terra Linda High School, and a young inexperienced composer, Mr Rinaldi graciously gave my music - my first symphony - a reading with the school orchestra in 1975. I was overwhelmed at hearing my own music for the first time. I lost track of Mr. Rinaldi after that, with life being so busy, but always regretted not taking advantage of my new association with this wonderful man. May he rest in peace and bring joy to the afterworld, as he did here in ours. Great...

I played baritone horn in high school orchestra Hugo mentored me as I had switched from the trumpet he really wanted a good baritone player so everything was fine for a while but then being a teenager I cut his class for a month he was friends with my father also an educator and they ran into each other Hugo thought I was sick but I just cut the class for a month I expected a failing grade instead Hugo made me come into a practice room with my mother and made me play 3 Sousa marches on my...

He was one of the best conductors I ever worked with and a nice human being. He could be very tough as a conductor but the results were a fine concert.