Posted on 11/05/2015 2:37:16 PM PST by EveningStar
David Stock, a prolific musician who served as a composer-in-residence for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and was the founder of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Monday, Nov. 2. He was 76.
Stock, who had been under the care of hospice, died following a brief illness due to a rare blood disorder, according to his son-in-law, Jonathan Mayo.
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His Concerto for Untuned Piano and Bowling Ball is classic. RIP
RIP.
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