Education
Pierre Monteux, Master's Class protégé 1958-1962 Domaine School, Hancock, ME
William Steinberg, Pittsburgh Symphony
Thor Johnson, Cincinnati Symphony
Dr. Richard Lert
Boris Goldovsky
Margaret Hillis, Chigago Symphony
Jerome Stowell, Chicago Symphony
Lillian Poenisch, American Conservatory of Music, Chicago
BA Beloit College
MMEd VanderCook College of Music/American Conservatory of Music (IL)
Academic Positions
Associate Professor of Music: Belhaven College (MS); Beloit College (WI); Milton College (WI)
Chair, Music Department, Beloit College
Artist in Residence, Beloit College
Professor of Music, Punahou School (HI)
Career Highlights
1986-Present St. Andrews Summer School for the Performing Arts (NB, Canada) Founder, Director
2004 – Present Founder, Conductor, East Tennessee Regional Symphony
1990 – 2002 Conductor, Johnson City Symphony (TN)
1991 Founder, Harris Suzuki School of Music, Johnson City, TN
1984/1988 Conductor, International Ballet Competition
1978 Conductor, Peter Martins/Mikhail Baryshnikov Southern US/ two tours
1977 Valerie and Gregory Panov/American Tour
1978-1983 Conductor, Mississippi Ballet Company/ Misssissippi Opera Company
1966-1989 Conductor, Mississippi Symphony
1964/65 Conductor, Pierre Monteux Memorial Concerts, Domaine School, Hancock, ME
1963-4 Assistant Conductor, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Touring Conductor, Honolulu Little Symphony
1962 Carnegie Hall Debut, Symphony of the Air
1958-1962 Pierre Monteux Master's Class protégé, Domaine School, Hancock, ME
1955-63 Conductor, Rockford Ballet Company (IL)
1953-1963 Founder, Conductor, Beloit/Janesville Symphony Orchestra (WI)
Guest Conducting
Orquesta Sinfonica, (Guadalajara, Mexico); National Symphony (Guatemala); Stuttgart Philharmonic (Germany), Thessalonica Symphony (Greece); Ulster Philharmonic (Northern Ireland); Monteux Festival Orchestra Memorial Concerts (Maine), Calgary Philharmonic (Canada); Regina Symphony Orchestra (Canada); Atlanta Symphony; Pittsburgh Symphony, Symphony of the Air, Carnegie Hall; Fort Lauderdale Symphony (FL); Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra (NC); Jacksonville Symphony (FL); Fort Worth Symphony; Wolf Trap Farm Park (Washington, D.C.); Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, 50th Anniversary (NY),Atlanta Ballet, Dallas Ballet, Jose Limon Company, Eglevsky Ballet, Dayton Ballet, Memphis Ballet; First Chamber Dance Company; American Ballet Theater Repertory Company
Artists Conducted (Partial list)
Dancers
Mikhail Baryshnikov/ Peter Martins (southern US tour)
Rudolf Nureyev
Gelsey Kirkland
Leslie Brown
Natalia Makarova
Valery & Galina Panov (US tour)
Fernando Bujones
Yoko Morishita
Edward Villella
Jose Ferrer
Patricia McBride
Suzanne Farrell
Fernando Bujones
Heather Watts
Yoko Morishita
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Pop Artists
Jack Benny
Arthur Fiedler
Henry Mancini
John Raitt
Vincent Price
Dinah Shore
P.D.Q. Bach
Sesame Street Cast
Chet Atkins
Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood Cast
Doc Serverinson
Peter Nero
Shirley Jones
Robert Goulet
Pianists
Lili Kraus
Grant Johannesen
John Browning
Van Clibern
Gary Graffman
James Tocco
Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey
Julien Le Blanc
Earl Wild
Ferrante and Teicher
Eleanor Ulix
James Dick
Ivan Davis
Claudette Sorel
Gyorgy Sandor
Ralph Votapek
Ferrante and Teicher
Loren Hollender
Sandro Ivo Bartoli
Vocalists
Rosalind Elias
James McCracken
Pearl Bailey
Roberta Peters
Anna Moffo
Joan Simon
Maureen Forester
Leontyne Price
Phyllis Curtin
Ella Fitzgerald
Miriam Burton
Jean Madiera
Mary Costa
Measha Brueggergosman
Mai Washio
Robert Merrill
James McCracken
Jan Peerce
Robert Mosley
Instrumentalists
Gary Karr
Carlos Montoya
Eugene Fodor
Sidney Edwards
Robert Moog
Carter Brey
Joseph Silverstein
Eugenia Zuckerman
Awards and Honors
Honorary Doctorate in Music from Belhaven University
Legacy of Learning Award, Belhaven University (MS)
Prix d-Excellence Award (twice) for outstanding contribution to the arts in Canada
Alfred Needler Award for contribution to the arts in New Brunswick, Canada
Director Laureate, Mississippi Symphony
Award for Mississippi Symphony youth string program/NEA and US Congress
Proclamation of Excellence and Appreciation, City of Jackson, MS
Twice elected Chairman of Orchestras for the National Federation of Music Clubs (US)
Board Member, Avery Fisher Award Program at Lincoln Center
First recipient of the Orpheus Achievement Award from Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
American Music Award, National Federation of Music Clubs
Beloit College, Alumni Award for Musical Excellence
Appeared in PBS award winning documentary, “To Dance for Gold.”