Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
Thoughts, reflections, memories, and testimonials about Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard.
From Catrin Edwards, who met Patrick around seven or eight years ago: I was sorry to hear your sad news. We rented a place from your father & stayed in Deya over Easter around seven or eight years ago – it was sometime after he’d retired from being director of the festival. We found him […]
A lovely and succinct note from Lluís Rullan, the manager of the Aparthotel Soller Beach. Thanks for the information. Your father was a great man and did many good things for Mallorca. RIP. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Please accept my sincerest condolences on the loss of your dear father, Patrick Meadows. I will always appreciate his efforts to establish and run the Deia Festival, in which my “Wind Quintet” has been premiered thanks to him. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Sam Jones wrote from the UK about visiting Mallorca over the years, beginning 25 years ago, saying “Mallorca to me has always meant that very special house inhabited by those two extraordinary people” and “All of my friends who met him fell in love with him a little.” Here’s the full letter. Thank you so […]
As in life, death’s tasks appear unending, a long scroll seeming to loop back on itself yet eventually winding down to nothing. As I tackle the many items on the checklist, ticking off each action, trivial or major, a glimmer of finality peeks through, like pinholes of light in a player piano’s roll. Yes, the […]
A nice long letter from Nigel Soper, an artist who lives in London, in which he mentions wind chimes and a jazz pianist. I replied that I thought it grand that the chimes would play some Thelonious Monk in the whimsical way the winds work. Now there will be additional meaning when I next hear […]
Martina Hilarides-Witteveen was a friend who played music with Pat and Stephanie for years and wrote the following letter from the Netherlands. How fortunate I am for you to have found my address and mailed me with this sad news. My condolesences with the passing away from your father. JPI’m the son of Patrick of […]
Heidi Leiser met Patrick shortly after Stephanie died. I thought this was a nice little story and I can relate to her comments about one of his topics of opinion. I’m sorry for your loss. I knew your father because we were neighbors when I rented Alice’s house behind him in Deia circa 2006(ish)…. He […]
Patrick and Stephanie influenced, without intention, many people over the years. Here’s a pair of letters from Robin Malyon in India explaining how he was so positively affected by them, and some of his memories.
Tanya Ury in Köln, Germany, wrote how “time spent with Patrick was always significant and potent. He was a most special person, not only in the things he achieved in life with music, but also in the way he lived so totally in the moment, so spiritual.”
Paul Myers in Berkeley, California wrote: I had learned of your father’s death. I had dinner with him a few times last summer with Isabel T. I first met your father about 20 years ago, as we are both Americans with an attachment to Deia and classical music. He was fine company, never boring, and […]
Kathy McIntosh wrote the following beautiful observations about Patrick and Stephanie. Shared with her permission. Thank you so much for your note, it is so much appreciated. I am greatly saddened to learn that Patrick has died, although I know that the past months have been very difficult for him. I came to know Patrick […]
Constanze and Peter sent the following letter from Germany, saying “we all remember those good, best years of our life with thankfulness to Pat and Stephanie.” This is a long but beautiful letter from people who performed in the festival from the very beginning. I would like to tell you a little about our connection […]
Thanks for letting me know about your father’s death, as part of what must be a huge job. I had just a short connexion with him, about 10 years ago. He had republished a nonet by Samuel Coleridge Taylor, involving a virtuoso piano part which I unwisely attempted to play! JPI’m the son of Patrick […]
Professor David (Dai) Griffiths wrote the following regarding my announcement of Patrick’s passing, in which I encouraged people to seek out live performances. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.