| 1936 | Born January 14 | Mount Kisco, New York, U.S.A. |
| 1999 |
Deceased May 27 | Perugia, Italy |
| 1953-1955 | Diploma | Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y. |
| Major Field: | Piano Performance / Composition |
1947-1962 |
Dr. Jean Dansereau |
Piano |
1954 |
Bernard Rogers |
Composition |
1956-1957 |
Samuel Barber |
Composition |
1958 |
Peter Mennin / Alan Hovhaness |
Composition |
1963 / 1964 |
Dr. Richard Lert |
Orch.Direction |
1969-1971 |
Dr. George Szell |
Orch.Direction |
1962-1969 |
Music Director |
St. Petersburg Symphony Orch. (Florida Gulf Coast Symphony) |
1964-1968 |
Music Director |
Florida Sun Coast Opera Co. |
1969-1975 |
Associate Cond. |
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra |
1969-1978 |
Music Director |
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra / Indiana Chamber Orchestra |
1972-1975 |
Music Director |
Cleveland University Circle Orchestra / University Circle Opera |
1975-1984 |
Music Director |
Omaha Symphony Orchestra / Nebraska Sinfonia |
1978-1979 |
Artistic Director |
Festival of 1000 Oaks |
1984-1986 |
Permanent Guest |
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra |
Conductor |
Stavanger Radio Orchestra |
|
1985 |
Music Director |
North Carolina School of the Arts / International Music Project |
1988 - |
Principal Director |
Orchestra Sinfonica di Umbria, Perugia, Italy |
Principal Director |
Symfonia Perusina - Perugia, Italy |
|
1988 -1992 |
Artistic Director / Music Director |
Orchestra Stabile di Bergamo |
1992- |
Principal Guest / German Tour |
I Virtuosi di Santa Cecilia |
1994-1996 |
Principal Conductor |
RIAS Berlin Jugendorchester |
Cleveland Orchestra |
Oslo Philharmonic Orch. |
Danish State Radio Orchestra |
Detroit Symphony Orchestra |
Bergen 'Harmoniens' Orchestra |
Leningrad Chamber Orchestra |
New York Philharmonic |
Winnipeg Symphony |
I Virtuosi di Santa Cecilia, Roma |
Baltimore Symphony Orch. |
Orch. de la Suisse Romande |
Cappella Bydgostiensis, Poland |
Rochester Philharmonic |
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra |
Pomeranian Philharmonic, Poland |
Chicago Grant Park Orch. |
Orch. de Radio Luxembourg |
Orch. Sinfonica di Sevilla |
Illinois Chamber Orchestra |
Prague Philharmonic |
National Orch. of Venezuela |
Texas Chamber Orchestra |
N.R.K. Orch. (Oslo, Norway) |
Corinthesches Sommer Festival |
Grand Rapids Symphony |
Aalborg Symphony (Denmark) |
National Orchestra of Costa Rica |
Wichita Symphony |
Orch. Sinfonica di San Remo |
Prague Chamber Orchestra |
Florida Chamber Orchestra |
Brno (Czech) Philharmonic |
Lexington Philharmonic |
North Carolina Symphony |
Long Beach Symphony (Cal.) |
Slavonic Philhamonie Bratislava |
Louisville Orchestra |
Tulsa Philharmonic |
Orchestra del Gonfalone, Rome. |
San Antonio Symphony |
Springfield Symphony Orch. |
Donizetti Festival, Italy. |
Richmond Symphony |
Flint Symphony Orchestra |
Mannes College of Music Orch. |
RIAS Berlin-Chamber Orchestra Italian Tour-1995-1996 - Philharmonie, Berlin (Großer Saal) |
"La Notte" |
(1988) |
DYNAMIC (Genova) |
"Musica Per Pasqua" (1991) |
(1989) |
BMG Classics (Int.l) |
"La Rosa Bianca" G.S. Mayr (Opera) |
(1989 double) |
FONIT-CETRA RICORDI (Milano) |
Various Symphonic Works |
(1991) |
FON`E (Livorno) |
Tomasso Albinoni - String Sonatas |
(1992) |
QUADRIVIUM (Perugia) |
'Mostly French' Ravel, Debussy, Griffes; Prague Ch. Orch. |
(1994) |
DISCOVER (Vienna) |
ASCAP Special Awards Grants |
1960-1998 |
Ford Foundation Composers Fellowships |
1961-1963 |
Yaddo Foundation Grant Residence |
1963 |
The Fountain of Youth - Overture for Orchestra(Boosey and Hawkes) |
|
National Endowment for the Arts Commissions: |
Three Songs for High Voice and Chamber Orchestra (Theodore Presser) |
Violin Concerto - (Gaetano Music) |
|
Pulitzer Prize Nomination for 'Illusions' - 1986 |
The Fountain of Youth -- Overture for Orchestra |
(Boosey & Hawkes) |
1964 |
Three Songs - Op. 2 for High Voice / Chamber Orchestra Version |
(Theodore Presser) |
1967 |
Violin Concerto |
(Gaetano Music) |
1969 |