Ross-Powell-Obituary

Ross Powell

Dallas, Texas

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Powell, Ross Wayne Ross Powell, clarinetist, was Co-Founder of Voices of Change, died on May 4, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 9:30 A.M., Saturday, May 18, 2013 at First Unitarian church of Dallas. He is survived by two sons, two daughters-in-law, three grandsons and a host of friends...

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Around 1980, Ross Powell helped to arrange a clarinet piece for classical guitar (the clarinet solo from Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time"). Coincidentally, at the same time, Voices of Change was preparing the entire Quartet for a series of performances. He was very generous with his time in helping me, and had some very innovative and valuable ideas about the transcription. (Most notably, he taught me how to do a sforzando on the guitar, which I hadn't thought possible.) He...

Love you, Ross. You were a wonderful Godfather to me. I will miss you dearly.