Justin Campeau, a viola performance major at The Hartt School, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, in Boston, Mass., after a courageous battle against leukemia. Surviving are his parents, George and Diane Campeau, and his brother, Jonathan Campeau.

Campeau was dedicated to his studies and his music and devoted to everyone he cared about. Dave Jones ’00, ’03, ’04, one of his roommates, remembers, “He would concentrate on what he wanted to achieve, and he wouldn’t let anything get in the way.”

A 21-year-old senior, he studied viola with Nicholas Mann and Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet. Campeau was a member of many chamber music groups and the Hartt Symphony Orchestra. A friend, Michael-Paul Krubitzer ’03, noted, “He was an amazing musician. Even in the middle of an orchestra, you would notice him.” A good student dedicated to classical music, his music programs on both WSAM and WWUH radio brought classical music to the University campus and beyond.

His passion for and involvement with Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a music fraternity, were shown through his work in re-establishing the chapter at Hartt. As the immediate past president, his work inspired his fraternity brothers and other Hartt students.

Campeau was remembered at a memorial concert at The Hartt School on Nov. 22, and the final orchestra concert of the semester on Dec. 15 was dedicated to him.