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• Person Farnsworth Hall, John

  John Farnsworth Hall was the Chief Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra from 1955 - 1965. ohn Farnsworth Hall (8 December 1899 – 15 June 1987[1]) was…

• Person Jordá, Enrique

  Enrique Jordá (March 24, 1911 – March 18, 1996) was a Spanish-American conductor. Born in San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa, Spain), later on he was a naturalized US citizen. After…

• Person Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans

  Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (5 May 1900 – 28 May 1973) was a German conductor and composer. After studying at several music academies, he worked in German opera houses between 1923…

• Person Post, Joseph

  Joseph Mozart Post (1906-1972), musician, was born on 10 April 1906 at Erskineville, Sydney, eldest child of native-born parents John Anthony Joseph Post, law clerk, and his wife…

• Person Pekarek, Rudolf

  Rudolf Pekarek was the Chief Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra from 1951 - 1954. Rudolf Pekarek (1900 - 1974) was a conductor born in Czechoslovakia in…

• Person Heinz, Sir Bernard

  Sir Bernard Thomas Heinze, musician and conductor, was born on 1 July 1894 at Shepparton, Victoria, fourth child of Victorian-born parents Benjamin Heinze, jeweller, and his wife Minnie…

• Person Fiedler, Arthur

  Arthur Fiedler (born December 17, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died July 10, 1979, Brookline, Massachusetts) was an American conductor who was maestro of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 50…

• Person Barbirolli, John

  [caption id="attachment_4471" align="aligncenter" width="1493"] John Barbirolli[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1940" align="aligncenter" width="771"] Barbirolli[/caption] Sir John Barbirolli (born Dec. 2, 1899, London, Eng.—died July 29, 1970, London) was an English conductor…

• Person Measham, David

  David Measham was principal conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra from 1974-81, and its principal guest conductor 1981-86. 1975 In 1975, he began an indoor season of…

• Person Reid, George

  George Reid was an early Australian music director and conductor. He played a fundamental role in the region's orchestral history before the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) introduced its…

• Person Spigelman, Ron

  Australian conductor Ron Spigelman is an honors graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London. [caption id="attachment_2548" align="aligncenter" width="860"] Ron Spigelman conducting a WASO "Zoo" concert[/caption] He began…

• Person Embleton, John

  [caption id="attachment_2300" align="aligncenter" width="860"] 1976 John Embleton[/caption]

• Person Sharp, Sammy

  1935 Success of Perth Orchestra in Ceylon and India Local musicians will be interested to know that Miss Leoni (Dot) Salter and her orchestra of Western Australian professional…

• Person Callaway, Professor Sir Frank

  The youngest of the four children of Archibald Charles Callaway, an electrical engineer, Frank Adams Callaway was born in Timaru, New Zealand, on 16 May 1919. When war…

• Person Dragon, Christopher

  Chris Dragon learnt the clarinet from Allan Meyer. Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is the Music Director of Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Philly Pops, former Music…