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Obit: Beloved composer Phil Klein started OCC music program, wrote alma mater
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
Phil Klein holds up a picture of his former music teacher, Helen M. Hosmer, in 2016. Klein started the music program at Onondaga Community College and wrote the OCC alma mater. Katrina Tulloch
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Musician Phil Klein, a beloved Central New York performer, bandleader, composer, music educator and peace activist, died on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. He was 92.
As a singer and pianist, Klein recorded several albums and composed hundreds of songs, many with Syracuse jazz singer Maria DeAngelis. He also taught music to hundreds of young people at Onondaga Community College, Skaneateles Central Schools and Lake George Schools. ....

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