My name is Francesca Zetar and I was part of the class of 2012. I took Arlene’s introductory music theory course in the summer of 2010. I remember her complimenting me on my curly hair and us sharing our love for cooking during the summer. I was just beginning to teach myself how to cook and bake and Arlene kindly shared an amazing cream cheese brownie recipe with me, which has two outer layers of brownie and a middle layer of cream cheese frosting. They are amazing! I baked them several times throughout my time at Brown and shared them with friends and colleagues where I worked at the SciLi. I recently asked her for the recipe again about 10 months ago and she kindly sent it to me again and shared with me about her battle with cancer. I was really sad to hear the news and didn’t think she would leave us so soon. She said she was continuing to make the brownies then and I thought that was really cool.
I enjoyed her music theory class so much, I pondered continuing my music theory study; however, never did pursue the subject. I felt it would be really challenging, but still think on taking it in the future and learning how to play an instrument for the first time. I recently bought a guitar and will think of her as I learn.
Francesca Zetar ’12