For Dean Drummond

The composer, musician, and preservationist, keeper of the magnificent Harry Partch instrumentarium, died last Saturday, at the age of sixty-four. In 2005, I had the great experience of hearing Drummond's group Newband play Partch's Oedipus Rex at Montclair State, the current home of the Harry Partch Institute; the university's Peak Performances series will present a memorial concert on April 24.