July 25, 2013

A tribute

Student's voice, passion for music will forever be alive

Published 6:49 pm, Monday, July 22, 2013
Local musician Pat Tiernan died a year ago this week on July 24. Faces tumble through my thoughts in an avalanche of memories as I sort through the images of people I encountered at the funeral services of my former student last July. So many young people searching for some spiritual morphine to deal with the death of a close friend; a friend who died much too young at 29, and at a time when the pieces of his life's puzzle were finding their way to their proper place.
Pat grew up in Rensselaer County, graduated from Columbia High...

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