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For Ed Pearsall

by Jon Fielder

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"For Ed Pearsall" is a memorial piece for my former mentor and friend. I studied with Ed while I was a student at The University of Texas at Austin. Over the course of a semester of independent studies, taking two classes with him, and having him on my dissertation committee we became very close in a short period of time.

Ed passed away on November 24, 2017, only 6 months after I graduated from UT-Austin. The day he died I was in the hospital for an emergency monitoring for a mental health crisis; when I got out the next day I got the news about Ed, and even though he passed from cancer I couldn't help but feel like I had let him down.

This piece is a musical representation of my grieving process, one that did not follow the typically accepted 5 stages, but one that was filled with bouts of anger and depression with short periods of sadness and sometimes even a glimmer of acceptance. When I finished this piece in fall of 2021 it was as if a weight had been lifted from my chest. I no longer get upset and cry when I think of Ed, and instead smile, laugh and think about the illuminating conversations we had and his boisterous sense of humor and manner of speaking.

Thank you for everything, Ed.

Score: drive.google.com/file/d/1nZxl-UYVuQIyYrlEWMiU5eeGXW6wVnA1/view?usp=sharing

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released November 23, 2021
Composer: Jon Fielder
Cello: Cecilia Caughman
Recording: Cecilia Caughman
Audio Editing, Mixing, Mastering: Jon Fielder, Kerplunkity Studios, Cleveland, OH 2021

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Jon Fielder is a composer of electroacoustic, acousmatic, and concert music.

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