Updated July 4, 2012
This post honors my Irish flute teacher and mentor, Mike Rafferty, who died on September 13, 2011. At the time of his passing, so many people posted touching tributes on Mike's Facebook page (which was and still is maintained by his family). The most moving of those remembrances, for me anyway, was the piece written by another one of his students, Brian Holleran. Although my association with Mike was not as long or as intimate as Brian's, the essence of my relationship with Mike --- indeed, of Mike's relationship to all his students -- has much in common with what Brian describes below. Thanks, Brian, for giving words to what many have experienced and for allowing me to share it on my blog.
This post honors my Irish flute teacher and mentor, Mike Rafferty, who died on September 13, 2011. At the time of his passing, so many people posted touching tributes on Mike's Facebook page (which was and still is maintained by his family). The most moving of those remembrances, for me anyway, was the piece written by another one of his students, Brian Holleran. Although my association with Mike was not as long or as intimate as Brian's, the essence of my relationship with Mike --- indeed, of Mike's relationship to all his students -- has much in common with what Brian describes below. Thanks, Brian, for giving words to what many have experienced and for allowing me to share it on my blog.
Rafferty
by Brian Holleran
by Brian Holleran
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| Photo by Tom Madden, used with permission. |
