MAURICE EDWARDS

21 September 2023, In proximity to the anniversary of your passing, Maurice, your mentoring and inspiration will always belong to me, lingering forever. I have to make you proud. Thank you my dear friend. Howard Thomas Ray

Maurice and I worked together for years at the Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Academy of Music in the early 90s. I want to remember his fabulous, unbounded energy, his sonorous voice (that I can hear in my head), his passion and brilliance for music and theater and artists and writers and historical memory, the way he would take my arm and draw me in for conversation with a dramatic, lifted eyebrow followed by that fabulous laugh and smile. He loved my husband, Arthur Strimling, and they...

This photo was taken in April 2016 on the occassion of my mother, Harriet Zinnes's 97th birthday. Maurice and Harriet had been the closest of friends since the early 1970's. Maurice was like a favorite uncle to me, and I suspect I was like a niece to him. He certainly treated me as if I were. I adored him. I loved his passion, knowledge, warmth, incredible experience – everything. I was in high school when he and my mom met, which means he had been a major force throughout all my adult...

Maurice, my greatest mentor, and very close friend. I am proud to be a part of your legacy.
Deep River, my home is over Jordan, Deep River Lord,
I want to cross over into campground.

My sincerest condolences to your family for the loss of your loved one, Please except my deepest sympathies.