Matthew Glover was a musician from Placentia, NL. He died on May 16 trying to reach Everest Base Camp. (Submitted by Matthew Glover)
Friends and loved ones are mourning the loss of Matthew Glover, a musician from Placentia, NL
Glover died on May 16 in Nepal while traveling to Everest Base Camp, where he succumbed to altitude sickness. He was 50 years old.
“It was just a lovely soul,” said longtime friend and also Glover musician Larry Foley.
“Matthew was a special guy. I’m sorry for the things he had left to do, musically and in other ways. Someone as creative and brilliant as he still had a lot of things he could have given to the world.”
“On another level musically”
After graduating from high school, Glover moved from Newfoundland to Boston, where he attended Berklee College of Music. He graduated in music performance in 1993 and has performed extensively in Boston, New York, Florida, and other parts of North America.
Glover returned to Newfoundland in 2016, where he earned his master’s degree in acting and pedagogy from Memorial University.
Foley said his friend was always ready for a concert and performed frequently in the St. Foley area. John. He said his musical career was just beginning.
“He was a musician at a level that most people probably couldn’t understand,” Foley said.
“The word genius is thrown in, but I think Matthew was on another level musically.”
Glover released his album, Lute Music of JS Bach and John Dowland, in 2021. In an interview with CBC Radio after the album’s release, the late musician said that Berklee’s International Nights, where international students they perform music from their home countries, leading to their rediscovery of traditional Newfoundland music.
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“I took it for granted, growing up around the bay,” Glover said at the time.
“It’s interesting how when you leave home, you have a different perspective.”
A dreamer with a relentless sense of adventure
As a child, Foley said he remembers his friend as kind and articulate, and that his creativity knew no bounds.
Glover was soft and calm, Foley said, and his mind was always somewhere else. He was a dreamer, who never stopped learning and looking for new experiences.
Matthew Glover, left, and childhood friend Larry Foley, right. Foley says Glover will be remembered as a talented musician and a charming soul. (Submitted by Larry Foley)
“Matthew was a very adventurous guy … He was always on a quest,” Foley said.
“He once rode his bike from Boston to Newfoundland. So to think that he does exceptional things that require a lot of strength and strength doesn’t surprise me.”
Glover enjoyed traveling the world, visiting places such as Japan, France, India, and Singapore. With the reduction of COVID-19 travel restrictions, Glover’s travel mistake took him to the Himalayas, which would be the last stop on his journey.
Glover has been cremated and received a blessing at Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal. His family is in the process of repatriating his ashes to Newfoundland, Foley said.
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