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Alan Fox Obituary

FOX, ALAN, 57, of Ozone Park, New York, died July 23 at his home. Born in Boston, to the late Louise (England) and Joseph Fox, he is survived by his wife, Beverly Peterson, son Nathan Fox, brother Donald Fox, aunt Florence Rodman, cousins Helen Harris and Hillary Rodman, nieces and nephews, Curtis, Craig and Carissa Stern, Lauren Greer and Gregory Fox. Alan founded The Music School in 1987 and was its CEO for 10 years. In 1998 he became the Executive Director of the Music and Arts Center for Humanity in Bridgeport, CT. In 2005 he accepted the position of Executive Director of the Brooklyn/Queens Conservatory of Music.

Alan was a pianist, singer, composer, and chef. He was a charismatic visionary; passionate about bringing music and arts education to all. To that end, he participated in the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership and served on the Board of the National Guild of the Community Schools of the Arts.

An open memorial celebration will be held on Sunday, September 21, at 3:00 pm at Roger Williams Park Casino and bandstand. Donations in his memory and honor may be made to the Alan Fox Scholarship fund at The Music School, 667 Waterman St. East Prov. 02914.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Providence Journal on Sep. 14, 2008.

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Michael Feldhuhn

September 14, 2008

I had the opportunity to serve on the board of directors of The Music School when Alan was Executive Director. I was always impressed by his dogged determination to enrich the lives of as many kids (and adults) as possible with the gift of music. Most of the thousands of people who benefitted from his efforts probably didn't even know who he was. I'm sure that would have been fine with Alan because it was never about him.

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