Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
I received this e-mail from Waltraud Mucher about an upcoming memorial concert for Carl Mansker, a close friend of Patrick’s. Several friends of Carl and Patrick and Stephanie will be performing this concert in the Deia church. The Google Translate button is available if you need it. Este Junio ha fallecido en Múnich un mallorquín […]
Patrick loved the poetry of W. S. Merwin, so when my friend Terry sent me a link to this poem, I knew that it needed to be shared here, on the anniversary of Patrick’s passing. The following link is an authorized reprint, found on the Poetry Foundation web site. For your convenience, I’ve also included […]
Here are a pair of rejection notices from The Carolina Quarterly, offering analysis while encouraging further submissions. These are undated. I have no clue as to which poems were being considered. Editorial Staff
From Patrick’s files, here’s an article about the 29th festival, with pictures of the Leonardo Trio of Munich and Misha Rachlevsky. Editorial Staff
levittown awakened by thunder a bearded madman in splatterpaint pajama top chasing kids down a cool morning kicking a garbage can belonging to no one ### like mother like son toking up holding holding holding remembering my mother sunning on the sands of miami beach you think its easy getting a tan ### […]
Here’s an article from El Pais in December 1989 about the chamber orchestra in Granada, which Patrick and Stephanie worked hard to establish. Editorial Staff
At least, that’s what I think this article is about. Spanish readers out there: comments? It looks like it’s from Ideal, Diaro Regional de Andalucia and is dated 28 March 1989. Editorial Staff
This is the announcement for the inaugural sunset concert series, performing as Tafelmusik at Son Marroig. Editorial Staff
Here’s an article about two concerts, but I don’t know the name of the magazine (could it be Diario de Ibiza?) or when it was published. My guess is early 1980s because of the reference to the Paramusical Workshop, so I’ll give it a time stamp of 25 Dec 1980. Editorial Staff
An article in the Majorca Daily Bulletin about another one of Pat and Stephanie’s early concerts. Editorial Staff
Found in a stack of letters I’ve been saving for decades, this photocopy of a newspaper clipping from Hoja del Lunes, 18 August 1980. Editorial Staff
Here’s another undated article from another unknown newspaper that I found in my files. Patrick, Stephanie, Vera Blum, and Barry Wiggings are all mentioned. I’ll assume a date of 11 Apr 1980 because of the reference to the Paramusical Workshop, but I could be off by a few months or years. Editorial Staff
An article from an unknown newspaper or magazine with the heading The Riki ‘Lash’ Lazaar Show dated 11 April 1980, praising Pat and Stephanie’s work and sensibilities. Editorial Staff
Here’s a photo of the Zambak, a newspaper clipping (incomplete) about the episode with a picture of Mari on the cover, and some e-mail exchanges explaining more of what happened. There is a fuller story he sent me on 25 Dec 2013 that you might enjoy. Patrick wrote the following back-story: Here is the boat […]