The Score | In Memoriam: Those We Have Lost

We mourn the loss of musicians and others in the classical music field who have died of complications from COVID-19. Among them are Alan Abel, a former longtime Philadelphia Orchestra percussionist and instrument builder; Symphony of Southeast Texas trumpeter Mike Westbrook; Joseph Feingold, a Holocaust survivor and New York City resident whose donation of a violin to twelve-year-old Brianna Perez from the Bronx was chronicled in the 2017 documentary Joe’s Violin; cellist Lynn Harrell, whose passing was marked by an online Carnegie Hall tribute in May that featured cellists from around the world; jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis, father of musicians Wynton, Brandon, Delfeayo, and Jason Marsalis; Joel Revzen, an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera and artistic director and principal conductor of Nevada’s Classical Tahoe music festival; and clarinetist Paul Shelden, a music-education advocate and longtime teacher and administrator at Brooklyn College. In late May, Yo-Yo Ma performed Bach’s six suites for solo cello live from Boston as a memorial for those lost due to the pandemic; the performance was televised in Boston and broadcast nationally on public radio stations.