2008 Woodie Awards
Both Branwyn and Brekher said she seemed most comfortable when she was performing.
"It really was her home, and in those songs is where she really was alive and most comfortable," he said.
Schario said the University Counseling Center has been working with students and faculty in the music department.
Roy Gunther, chair of the music department, said Bricker was popular and cared deeply about her students.
"She was very popular for people to listen to and she was popular with students," Gunther said. "She was a fine singer ... and showed how much she cared about students and their development."
Gunther explained that as a jazz voice instructor, Bricker didn't teach voice in the "technical" sense; she taught students how to use their existing skills in the jazz realm and showed them how personality should come through in their music.
In a statement, University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg said the community would remember Bricker fondly.
"Pam will be remembered for her talents, generosity and ability to communicate through song," Trachtenberg wrote.
ESL Music, Thievery Corporation's record label, released a statement late Wednesday afternoon that highlighted her talents and personality.
"Her class, easy-going nature, professionalism, and her distinct, beautiful voice will be eternally missed," the statement read. "Music fans from D.C. to Istanbul and everywhere in between mourn her loss, and we mourn with you."
Bricker's skills were unmatched in the D.C. jazz community, and she subscribed to the idea that "a vocalist should be an instrument and act like one," Branwyn said. He said many of the city's leading female jazz vocalists were her students and said she took pride in teaching. Though Bricker was battling depression, she was still able to do her job and teach students, even through her worst times, Branwyn said.
"She's been struggling with depression; even in the midst of the worst of that, she would say, 'Well I gotta go, I got a student.' She never stopped seeing students even in middle of recent struggles," Branwyn said.
Details about a funeral or memorial service have not been formulated, Khalil Ghannam, a music department executive aid, wrote in a music department listserv e-mail sent out Wednesday. On Friday, there will be further faculty and student sessions with Counseling Center representatives in Phillips Hall Room B120 at noon.
"It really was her home, and in those songs is where she really was alive and most comfortable," he said.
Schario said the University Counseling Center has been working with students and faculty in the music department.
Roy Gunther, chair of the music department, said Bricker was popular and cared deeply about her students.
"She was very popular for people to listen to and she was popular with students," Gunther said. "She was a fine singer ... and showed how much she cared about students and their development."
Gunther explained that as a jazz voice instructor, Bricker didn't teach voice in the "technical" sense; she taught students how to use their existing skills in the jazz realm and showed them how personality should come through in their music.
In a statement, University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg said the community would remember Bricker fondly.
"Pam will be remembered for her talents, generosity and ability to communicate through song," Trachtenberg wrote.
ESL Music, Thievery Corporation's record label, released a statement late Wednesday afternoon that highlighted her talents and personality.
"Her class, easy-going nature, professionalism, and her distinct, beautiful voice will be eternally missed," the statement read. "Music fans from D.C. to Istanbul and everywhere in between mourn her loss, and we mourn with you."
Bricker's skills were unmatched in the D.C. jazz community, and she subscribed to the idea that "a vocalist should be an instrument and act like one," Branwyn said. He said many of the city's leading female jazz vocalists were her students and said she took pride in teaching. Though Bricker was battling depression, she was still able to do her job and teach students, even through her worst times, Branwyn said.
"She's been struggling with depression; even in the midst of the worst of that, she would say, 'Well I gotta go, I got a student.' She never stopped seeing students even in middle of recent struggles," Branwyn said.
Details about a funeral or memorial service have not been formulated, Khalil Ghannam, a music department executive aid, wrote in a music department listserv e-mail sent out Wednesday. On Friday, there will be further faculty and student sessions with Counseling Center representatives in Phillips Hall Room B120 at noon.
