Ernie Bucio, 53, a popular longtime Modesto, California bandleader, died Saturday evening, August 27, 2011. Bucio's family and friends were with him at the hospital when he died about 7 p.m.
Bucio suffered a massive stroke on Monday, August 15th and was hospitalized at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.
The 53-year-old musician was a mentor to many performers who got their start because Bucio gave them that chance.
Ernie Bucio played in MoBand — the Modesto Band of Stanislaus County — as well as several other groups, including Ernie Bucio's Latin Jazz Orchestra and the Gottschalk Concert Band. These groups have played at weddings, downtown restaurant gigs, X-Fest and everything in between, including working with the YES! Company and Modesto Performing Arts. They've also performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and in New Orleans' French Quarter.
The Modesto musician, bandleader and music teacher was known for many things. One of his favorites was helping to form the New Horizons Band, where retired people learned to play an instrument for the first time.
His performances with Ernie Bucio's Little Big Band and any of the other groups he led or worked with over the years were well known in Modesto. His energy and determination to play everywhere and anywhere drew praise from peers, performers and students.
Ernie Bucio knew how to get a crowd excited. Especially a crowd of grade-schoolers.
He would hold up a trumpet. Then he'd hold up a toilet plunger. He'd insert one into the other and come up with — well — a beautiful sound. It's an old jazz musician's trick, and Ernie — a fan of all things jazz — used it to show kids that music could be fun. Record numbers of fifth-graders signed up for bands after seeing the trick with the trumpet and the plunger.
Ernie visited schools on behalf of Gottschalk Music Center, where he worked as a salesman and gave private lessons. Ernie reached out to students when he visited schools. It was more than just representing the store. For Ernie, it was about encouraging students' potential. Ernie figured if he could inspire people to love music, they would find the passion that he had.
Ernie was raised in Ceres, California and graduated from Ceres High School. He attended California State University Stanislaus in Turlock, California.
He played piano until the sixth grade when a friend brought home a shiny, new trumpet. Ernie asked his father for one like it, and he never stopped playing after that.
Like most horn players, he gravitated toward jazz. In high school, he'd drive to Modesto to see a Downey High School jazz band perform. Ernie was one of the few people who checked out jazz records from the Modesto city library.
Ernie, his wife Karen, and two others recently bought the Gottschalk Music Center in Modesto. The partners' intent was not just to run a business that has become synonymous with music education in the Northern San Joaquin Valley. They wanted to continue to reach out to young people in an era in which music often is cut from schools.
What's the one thing he would want to be remembered for? Helping young people get started in music. He would give everybody he could an opportunity to play.
A memorial service for Ernie Bucio will be on Saturday, September 10th at the Modesto Junior College Auditorium.
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Obituary:
Ernesto "Ernie" Bucio (1957 - 2011)
NOV 6, 1957 - AUG 27, 2011
Ernie was born in Modesto and was happy and content to live his entire life locally. He attended Ceres High School, Modesto Junior College, and CSU Stanislaus.
He has resided in Ceres since 1988 with his wife Karen. He was very proud of his Mexican heritage, and especially of his parents, who worked so hard to give their children a good life. They supported him in his quest for a life in music.
Ernie recently became a co-owner of Gottschalk Music Center, whose previous owner, C.K. Gottschalk, was also very supportive of Ernie's many various projects.
Ernie is survived by his wife Karen, parents Salvador and Connie, brother Salvador, and sister Ruthie. Also stepchildren Teresa Armstrong, Erica Kutnick, Nkeche Ikpo and John Ikpo and grand children Ari Anstead, Ella Armstrong, Caitlin Kutnick, and Morgan Kutnick.
The Celebration of Ernie's Life is Sept. 10, 3pm at MJC Auditorium. The family would like any remembrances sent to the Ernie Bucio Music Scholarship Fund, which has been established by the Modesto Junior College Foundation. Please send any donation to: Ernie Bucio Music Scholarship Fund, Foundation Office Modesto Junior College 435 College Ave, Modesto, CA 95350
Published in the Modesto Bee, September 8 & September 9, 2011
Bucio suffered a massive stroke on Monday, August 15th and was hospitalized at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.
The 53-year-old musician was a mentor to many performers who got their start because Bucio gave them that chance.
Ernie Bucio played in MoBand — the Modesto Band of Stanislaus County — as well as several other groups, including Ernie Bucio's Latin Jazz Orchestra and the Gottschalk Concert Band. These groups have played at weddings, downtown restaurant gigs, X-Fest and everything in between, including working with the YES! Company and Modesto Performing Arts. They've also performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and in New Orleans' French Quarter.
The Modesto musician, bandleader and music teacher was known for many things. One of his favorites was helping to form the New Horizons Band, where retired people learned to play an instrument for the first time.
His performances with Ernie Bucio's Little Big Band and any of the other groups he led or worked with over the years were well known in Modesto. His energy and determination to play everywhere and anywhere drew praise from peers, performers and students.
Ernie Bucio knew how to get a crowd excited. Especially a crowd of grade-schoolers.
He would hold up a trumpet. Then he'd hold up a toilet plunger. He'd insert one into the other and come up with — well — a beautiful sound. It's an old jazz musician's trick, and Ernie — a fan of all things jazz — used it to show kids that music could be fun. Record numbers of fifth-graders signed up for bands after seeing the trick with the trumpet and the plunger.
Ernie visited schools on behalf of Gottschalk Music Center, where he worked as a salesman and gave private lessons. Ernie reached out to students when he visited schools. It was more than just representing the store. For Ernie, it was about encouraging students' potential. Ernie figured if he could inspire people to love music, they would find the passion that he had.
Ernie was raised in Ceres, California and graduated from Ceres High School. He attended California State University Stanislaus in Turlock, California.
He played piano until the sixth grade when a friend brought home a shiny, new trumpet. Ernie asked his father for one like it, and he never stopped playing after that.
Like most horn players, he gravitated toward jazz. In high school, he'd drive to Modesto to see a Downey High School jazz band perform. Ernie was one of the few people who checked out jazz records from the Modesto city library.
Ernie, his wife Karen, and two others recently bought the Gottschalk Music Center in Modesto. The partners' intent was not just to run a business that has become synonymous with music education in the Northern San Joaquin Valley. They wanted to continue to reach out to young people in an era in which music often is cut from schools.
What's the one thing he would want to be remembered for? Helping young people get started in music. He would give everybody he could an opportunity to play.
A memorial service for Ernie Bucio will be on Saturday, September 10th at the Modesto Junior College Auditorium.
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Obituary:
Ernesto "Ernie" Bucio (1957 - 2011)
NOV 6, 1957 - AUG 27, 2011
Ernie was born in Modesto and was happy and content to live his entire life locally. He attended Ceres High School, Modesto Junior College, and CSU Stanislaus.
He has resided in Ceres since 1988 with his wife Karen. He was very proud of his Mexican heritage, and especially of his parents, who worked so hard to give their children a good life. They supported him in his quest for a life in music.
Ernie recently became a co-owner of Gottschalk Music Center, whose previous owner, C.K. Gottschalk, was also very supportive of Ernie's many various projects.
Ernie is survived by his wife Karen, parents Salvador and Connie, brother Salvador, and sister Ruthie. Also stepchildren Teresa Armstrong, Erica Kutnick, Nkeche Ikpo and John Ikpo and grand children Ari Anstead, Ella Armstrong, Caitlin Kutnick, and Morgan Kutnick.
The Celebration of Ernie's Life is Sept. 10, 3pm at MJC Auditorium. The family would like any remembrances sent to the Ernie Bucio Music Scholarship Fund, which has been established by the Modesto Junior College Foundation. Please send any donation to: Ernie Bucio Music Scholarship Fund, Foundation Office Modesto Junior College 435 College Ave, Modesto, CA 95350
Published in the Modesto Bee, September 8 & September 9, 2011
Ernie Bucio, 53, a popular longtime Modesto, California bandleader, died Saturday evening, August 27, 2011. Bucio's family and friends were with him at the hospital when he died about 7 p.m.
Bucio suffered a massive stroke on Monday, August 15th and was hospitalized at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.
The 53-year-old musician was a mentor to many performers who got their start because Bucio gave them that chance.
Ernie Bucio played in MoBand — the Modesto Band of Stanislaus County — as well as several other groups, including Ernie Bucio's Latin Jazz Orchestra and the Gottschalk Concert Band. These groups have played at weddings, downtown restaurant gigs, X-Fest and everything in between, including working with the YES! Company and Modesto Performing Arts. They've also performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and in New Orleans' French Quarter.
The Modesto musician, bandleader and music teacher was known for many things. One of his favorites was helping to form the New Horizons Band, where retired people learned to play an instrument for the first time.
His performances with Ernie Bucio's Little Big Band and any of the other groups he led or worked with over the years were well known in Modesto. His energy and determination to play everywhere and anywhere drew praise from peers, performers and students.
Ernie Bucio knew how to get a crowd excited. Especially a crowd of grade-schoolers.
He would hold up a trumpet. Then he'd hold up a toilet plunger. He'd insert one into the other and come up with — well — a beautiful sound. It's an old jazz musician's trick, and Ernie — a fan of all things jazz — used it to show kids that music could be fun. Record numbers of fifth-graders signed up for bands after seeing the trick with the trumpet and the plunger.
Ernie visited schools on behalf of Gottschalk Music Center, where he worked as a salesman and gave private lessons. Ernie reached out to students when he visited schools. It was more than just representing the store. For Ernie, it was about encouraging students' potential. Ernie figured if he could inspire people to love music, they would find the passion that he had.
Ernie was raised in Ceres, California and graduated from Ceres High School. He attended California State University Stanislaus in Turlock, California.
He played piano until the sixth grade when a friend brought home a shiny, new trumpet. Ernie asked his father for one like it, and he never stopped playing after that.
Like most horn players, he gravitated toward jazz. In high school, he'd drive to Modesto to see a Downey High School jazz band perform. Ernie was one of the few people who checked out jazz records from the Modesto city library.
Ernie, his wife Karen, and two others recently bought the Gottschalk Music Center in Modesto. The partners' intent was not just to run a business that has become synonymous with music education in the Northern San Joaquin Valley. They wanted to continue to reach out to young people in an era in which music often is cut from schools.
What's the one thing he would want to be remembered for? Helping young people get started in music. He would give everybody he could an opportunity to play.
A memorial service for Ernie Bucio will be on Saturday, September 10th at the Modesto Junior College Auditorium.
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Obituary:
Ernesto "Ernie" Bucio (1957 - 2011)
NOV 6, 1957 - AUG 27, 2011
Ernie was born in Modesto and was happy and content to live his entire life locally. He attended Ceres High School, Modesto Junior College, and CSU Stanislaus.
He has resided in Ceres since 1988 with his wife Karen. He was very proud of his Mexican heritage, and especially of his parents, who worked so hard to give their children a good life. They supported him in his quest for a life in music.
Ernie recently became a co-owner of Gottschalk Music Center, whose previous owner, C.K. Gottschalk, was also very supportive of Ernie's many various projects.
Ernie is survived by his wife Karen, parents Salvador and Connie, brother Salvador, and sister Ruthie. Also stepchildren Teresa Armstrong, Erica Kutnick, Nkeche Ikpo and John Ikpo and grand children Ari Anstead, Ella Armstrong, Caitlin Kutnick, and Morgan Kutnick.
The Celebration of Ernie's Life is Sept. 10, 3pm at MJC Auditorium. The family would like any remembrances sent to the Ernie Bucio Music Scholarship Fund, which has been established by the Modesto Junior College Foundation. Please send any donation to: Ernie Bucio Music Scholarship Fund, Foundation Office Modesto Junior College 435 College Ave, Modesto, CA 95350
Published in the Modesto Bee, September 8 & September 9, 2011
Bucio suffered a massive stroke on Monday, August 15th and was hospitalized at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.
The 53-year-old musician was a mentor to many performers who got their start because Bucio gave them that chance.
Ernie Bucio played in MoBand — the Modesto Band of Stanislaus County — as well as several other groups, including Ernie Bucio's Latin Jazz Orchestra and the Gottschalk Concert Band. These groups have played at weddings, downtown restaurant gigs, X-Fest and everything in between, including working with the YES! Company and Modesto Performing Arts. They've also performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and in New Orleans' French Quarter.
The Modesto musician, bandleader and music teacher was known for many things. One of his favorites was helping to form the New Horizons Band, where retired people learned to play an instrument for the first time.
His performances with Ernie Bucio's Little Big Band and any of the other groups he led or worked with over the years were well known in Modesto. His energy and determination to play everywhere and anywhere drew praise from peers, performers and students.
Ernie Bucio knew how to get a crowd excited. Especially a crowd of grade-schoolers.
He would hold up a trumpet. Then he'd hold up a toilet plunger. He'd insert one into the other and come up with — well — a beautiful sound. It's an old jazz musician's trick, and Ernie — a fan of all things jazz — used it to show kids that music could be fun. Record numbers of fifth-graders signed up for bands after seeing the trick with the trumpet and the plunger.
Ernie visited schools on behalf of Gottschalk Music Center, where he worked as a salesman and gave private lessons. Ernie reached out to students when he visited schools. It was more than just representing the store. For Ernie, it was about encouraging students' potential. Ernie figured if he could inspire people to love music, they would find the passion that he had.
Ernie was raised in Ceres, California and graduated from Ceres High School. He attended California State University Stanislaus in Turlock, California.
He played piano until the sixth grade when a friend brought home a shiny, new trumpet. Ernie asked his father for one like it, and he never stopped playing after that.
Like most horn players, he gravitated toward jazz. In high school, he'd drive to Modesto to see a Downey High School jazz band perform. Ernie was one of the few people who checked out jazz records from the Modesto city library.
Ernie, his wife Karen, and two others recently bought the Gottschalk Music Center in Modesto. The partners' intent was not just to run a business that has become synonymous with music education in the Northern San Joaquin Valley. They wanted to continue to reach out to young people in an era in which music often is cut from schools.
What's the one thing he would want to be remembered for? Helping young people get started in music. He would give everybody he could an opportunity to play.
A memorial service for Ernie Bucio will be on Saturday, September 10th at the Modesto Junior College Auditorium.
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Obituary:
Ernesto "Ernie" Bucio (1957 - 2011)
NOV 6, 1957 - AUG 27, 2011
Ernie was born in Modesto and was happy and content to live his entire life locally. He attended Ceres High School, Modesto Junior College, and CSU Stanislaus.
He has resided in Ceres since 1988 with his wife Karen. He was very proud of his Mexican heritage, and especially of his parents, who worked so hard to give their children a good life. They supported him in his quest for a life in music.
Ernie recently became a co-owner of Gottschalk Music Center, whose previous owner, C.K. Gottschalk, was also very supportive of Ernie's many various projects.
Ernie is survived by his wife Karen, parents Salvador and Connie, brother Salvador, and sister Ruthie. Also stepchildren Teresa Armstrong, Erica Kutnick, Nkeche Ikpo and John Ikpo and grand children Ari Anstead, Ella Armstrong, Caitlin Kutnick, and Morgan Kutnick.
The Celebration of Ernie's Life is Sept. 10, 3pm at MJC Auditorium. The family would like any remembrances sent to the Ernie Bucio Music Scholarship Fund, which has been established by the Modesto Junior College Foundation. Please send any donation to: Ernie Bucio Music Scholarship Fund, Foundation Office Modesto Junior College 435 College Ave, Modesto, CA 95350
Published in the Modesto Bee, September 8 & September 9, 2011
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