personality. he was such a larger than life character and had la rger than life character and had this larger than life character and had this wonderful way of getting people to go with him. he would make these grand statements about what we were going to do, because if you can imagine, not so many decades ago, the idea of putting hundreds of musicians with learning disabilities on the west end stage or indeed the iconic albert hole, it would have been completely impossible. the iconic albert hall. so he loved this idea of having the grand statements and huge ambitions. and we were working on our next plan, to take our performance to broadway, and then on to other big concerts in london. and, you know, that s why it s so cruel, because he helped so many people and he did it with such a smile on his face, with such passion, because he knew the impact music could have on my students and