Sherman FRIEDLAND

I was two yearsa behind Sherman at Brookline High School. We played clarinet together. I also studied with Nadia Boulangier and Marcel Jean in Paris. We were good friends. I looked up to him: he was one of my heroes.

I'd like to express my belated condolences on the passing of Mr. Friedland. He was one of my music professors at Concordia University and he taught me a great deal beyond matters academic. I am glad to have had the honour of knowing him and performing with him.

I am truly sorry for your loss. A loss for all of us.
I first and only ever met Mr Friedland through his clarinet blog, through which he tried to help players at all levels to achieve greater proficiency and joy in their playing. Even the simplest question was approached with an appreciation of, as George Eliot had one of her characters in Middlemarch say, "the merits of the question", and answered with care, caring and reflection.
Sherman will be missed by many.

I wish to pass on my deepest condolences to the Friedland family for their lose. Sherman loved his wife( Linda) dearly and he was always extremely proud of his four sons ( Noah, Abram, Nathan and Joseph ).

Sherman was a renaissance man- a true gentleman.He was larger than life. If you ever met Sherman you would remember him.

During Shermans lifetime he touched many people with his superior whit, intelligence, irreverent sarcasm, sense of humor, profound perception, love of life and unmerciful self-awareness. Sherman was one of the funniest people I have ever met. He also knew a lot about music, film and human nature.

Hearing the news of his passing saddens me. The world is a lesser place with Sherman gone.

I will never forget Sherman telling me that the only thing in life that matters is not money or social status, but what really matters in life is the interpersonal connections that we make throughout our lives.

Sherman, may you rest in peace. I hope you died knowing that your exsistance on this planet and in this universe did matter. Sherman made a difference.

Be at peace Sherman. See you on the other side.

I remember Sherman from my early days (1975 and on) in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University. I offer my condolences to his family at this difficult time.

A friend and a colleague. It was always a pleasure to work with Sherman. Condolences to the family.

Dear Linda,
I knew Sherman personally only after his retirement in Cornwall and my wife Elena known him by phone. Many conversations with him, meant to be brief, always lasted much much longer, since it was impossible not to talk to him and not only about music, forgetting passage of time. Elena and I were honoured to receive, from both of you, some of his remarkable CDs which we enjoyed greatly even though we were not able to appreciate it properly at his level of music making. We hope, he is exploring now the cosmic symphonies at the grandest level possible at the place of their origin. We pray for him and for you, so that you have a strength to carry on your own remarkable life destiny.