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Personal note from Jamie Perkins

If you are interested in honoring Bill through a donation, the San Francisco Community Music Program - Young Musicians Program, melds his professional interests. The program is a partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District and offers full music scholarships for middle and high school students from low-income San Francisco households for the academic year. If eligible, students are provided weekly free private instrumental lessons, and classes in theory, musicianship, and composition. Group ensemble classes may play Latin, classical, jazz and other music forms in orchestra, chamber groups, combos and bands. Instruments, etc. can be donated as well. For more information, please see https://sfcmc.org/youth/young…. Thank you Myron Mu.

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Obituary

William “Bill” Farris Perkins, 86 (born Nardin, Oklahoma, Nov. 7, 1932), passed away peacefully on October 12, 2019, in Walnut Creek, California, after 15 years living with Parkinson’s Disease.

Bill, with his twin brothers, Paul and James, grew up in Denver, Colorado, after the family left the Oklahoma Dust Bowl behind. In 1946, when in 7th grade, Bill decided he wanted to become a tenor saxophone player after watching a big band performance in Denver. …

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Born

November 7th, 1932
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Passed away

October 12th, 2019
Berkeley, CA

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