On Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m., I expect to look around Mills Hall and be unable to find an empty seat. They will be filled with hundreds of people whose lives were touched by the remarkable pianism, teaching, and humanity of Howard Karp. The revered Professor Emeritus passed away on June 30 at the age of 84; I can?t help feeling that everyone around me will have been blessed by a greater personal connection to him than I had. I enjoyed but one personal encounter of any significant length with Howard, but since this blog space gives me the opportunity, I feel led to share it in the hopes that, however well they knew him, others might be touched by Howard Karp yet again.
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