Sunday, August 9, 2020
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Mr. Buckley was an amazing trumpet player who preferred teaching over performing. Lucky for me.
He gave me A LOT OF free teaching time (I didn’t realize it then; I play tuba) and stood up for me, to practice in the band room during free periods. He saw something. Because of him, I attended B.U. & New England Conservatory of Music (where trumpet students had heard of him), each on scholarship, spent 3 summers at Tanglewood, subbed with both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops, won an international tuba solo competition and served a solo tuba in 3 major symphony orchestras over 42 years. I’m now comfortably retired in Vancouver, Canada.
THIS WAS/IS 100% BECAUSE OF MR. BUCKLEY. THANK YOU!!!
You can see, in these condolences, he touched many lives profoundly. I'm honored and grateful to be one of them. Happily, we exchanged letters a couple of years ago. Mr. Frank Buckley was a gentleman, a role model and a talent who chose sharing his talent with young students. Lucky for me!! Rest In Peace.
