Just a few days ago, Dan Pavillard, an important activist and businessman
in the music life of the West for the past half century, received a
diagnosis of severe heart disease and the doctor's warning that he may
have no more than a year to live.

On Saturday, Pavillard, 69, had a heart attack in his Eugene, OR, home
and died.  Between the warning and his death, he had a chance to put his
affairs in order, including completion of a will leaving considerable
funds for musicians and, especially, the Oregon Bach Festival, which he
had fervently supported for many years now.  Last year, he received the
(Oregon) Governor's Arts Award for his activity, which included the
donation of two Steinway pianos to the festival.

Starting as a journalist, photographer and music critic with the Tucson
Citizen, Pavillard occupied a series of music-related executive positions,
including marketing and publications director for the 1984 Olympic Arts
Festival in Los Angeles, general manager of the Tucson Symphony, executive
director of the Long Beach Symphony, vice president for the California
Institute for the Arts.  He has also served as a lecturer on marketing
and development at American Symphony Orchestra League conventions.

Janos Gereben/SF
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