2012 Event After Simon Bolivar's U.K. concert, featuring Venezuela's premier youth orchestra sells out eight months in advance, it is announced that the concert will be live-streamed on June 23rd and 26th, 2012 2009 Death Kelly Groucutt, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres, dies in Worcester, England, at age 63 2000 Death "Gordon ""Tex"" Beneke", band leader/saxophonist, led the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death, dies at 86 1995 Death Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and conducter, BBC Empire Orchestra, dies at 92 1994 Death Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69 1993 Death Ken E. Jones, musician ,New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, dies of AIDS at 34 1993 Death Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79 1992 Death Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer, Stan Kenton Orchestra, dies of cancer at 72 1991 Death Buck Clayton, U.S. jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies 1991 Death Jo Budie, Dutch orchestra leader (KRO), dies 1991 Death H J of Royen, manager Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra, dies at 52 1988 Death Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, U.S. jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 1987 Death Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77 1986 Death John Antill, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, dies at 82 1986 Death Horace Heidt, orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85 1986 Death Leroy Holmes, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72 1985 Death George Rhodes, orchestra leader (Sammy Davis, Jr. Show), dies at 66 1985 Death Wayne King, orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84 1985 Death Jack Miller, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 1984 Death Fred Waring, orchestra leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84 1984 Birthday Emil Coleman, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Party 1984 Death Gordon Jenkins, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73 1984 Death Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 1984 Death Ina Ray Hutton, orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66 1983 Death Freddy Martin, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 1982 Event 1st live orchestra on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony) 1981 Death Bobby Sherwood, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66 1980 Death Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75 1980 Death Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 1980 Death ... Mantovani, orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 74 1979 Death Stan Kenton, orchestra leader (Music 55), dies at 67 1979 Death Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 1979 Event Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show 1979 Death Charles Mingus, U.S. jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 1978 Death Enoch Light, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70 1977 Death Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75 1977 Death Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41 1977 Death Charles Sanford, orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71 1976 Event Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata" 1975 Death Vincent Lopez, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76 1975 Death John Scott Trotter, orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67 1975 Death Sammy Spear, orchestra leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65 1974 Death Roy Bargy, orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79 1973 Death Hal Hastings, orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66 1972 Death Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68 1972 Birthday Denny Vaughn, orchestra leader, Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 1972 Death Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81 1970 Death George Szell, Hungarian/U.S. conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, dies at 73 1970 Death John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 70 1969 Death Mitchell Ayres, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58 1969 Death Russ Morgan, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65 1968 Death Charles Munch, French/U.S. conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at 77 1968 Death Merle Kendrick, orchestra leader (Window on the World), dies at 72 1967 Death Paul Whiteman, U.S. orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77 1965 Death Carl Hoff, orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 1965 Death Harry Reser, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69 1965 Death Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63 1964 Death Don Redman, orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64 1964 Death Russ Case, orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52 1964 Death Pierre Monteux, French/U.S. conductor, Concert Building Orchestra, dies at 89 1963 Death Fritz Reiner, Hungarian/U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, dies at 74 1963 Death Axel Stordahl, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50 1961 Event "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19 1961 Death Jack Kane, orchestra leader (Steve and Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37 1959 Death Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1957 Event "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra peaks at #2 1957 Death James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, U.S. orchestra leader, dies at 53 1956 Death Victor Young, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56 1956 Death Frank Dailey, orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 1955 Birthday Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1954 Birthday Judith Weir, born in Cambridge, England, composer, professor of music at Cardiff University, Artistic Director, Spitafields Festival, Composer in Association for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1954 Event Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Haifa 1953 Birthday Riccardo Chailly, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symphony Orchestra 1952 Death Albert van Raalte, conductor, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 62 1952 Birthday Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker, Yellow Magic Orchestra 1952 Birthday Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese, rocker, Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra 1952 Birthday Melvyn Gale, born in London, England, musician, classical musician, cellist, member, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, runs CD factory 1951 Birthday Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack 1949 Birthday Ira Newborn, born in New York City, New York, orchestra leader, Manhattan Transfer 1949 Birthday Paul Shaffer, Thunder Bay Ont, orchestra leader, SNL, David Letterman 1949 Event Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra records "You're Breaking My Heart" 1947 Birthday Greg Lake, born in Dorset, England, singer, songwriter, guitarist, performed "Karn Evil 9" with the Trans Siberian Orchestra, played "Lucky Man" with Jethro Tull 1947 Birthday Gerard Schwarz, born in Weehawken, New Jersey, trumpeter/conductor, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 1947 Birthday Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education 1946 Event Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague 1946 Event Bela Bartoks 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Philadelphia 1945 Event Arnold Schonberg's Prelude for orchestra and mixed choir, premieres 1945 Birthday Kelly Groucutt, born in Coseley, England, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres 1945 Birthday Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20 1944 Event Bela Bartok's Concerto for orchestra, premoeres 1944 Birthday Bev Bevan, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, born Beverley Bevan, rocker musician, played drums, percussion, original member of ELO, founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II, toured as a drummer for band Black Sabbath 1944 Birthday Leonard Slatkin, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, Concert Orchestra, Netherlands 1944 Birthday Rick Price, born in Birmingham, England, bassist, rock music, bass player, played with Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, The Move 1944 Birthday Leif Segerstam, born in Vaasa, Finland, composer, chief conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1995 - 2007, professor Sibelius Academy 1944 Birthday Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor, New Philharmonic Orchestra London 1942 Event Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" 1941 Birthday Riccardo Muti, born in Napoli, Italy, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1941 Birthday Alf Clausen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, orchestra leader, Mary, Simpsons 1941 Event Jimmy Dorsey and Orchestra record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena" 1941 Event Xavier Cugat and Orchestra record "Babalu" 1941 Event Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me" 1940 Event Larry Clinton and his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues" 1940 Event Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction" 1940 Event Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 1939 Birthday Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orchestra 1939 Event "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 1938 Birthday H J de Royen, director, Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra 1938 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres 1937 Birthday Don Sebesky, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Jimmy Dean Show 1937 Event NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio 1937 Birthday Peter Duchin, born in New York City, pianist/bandleader, Peter Duchin Orchestra 1937 Birthday Raynoma Gordy, Mayberry, U.S. orchestra leader, Rayber Voices 1936 Event Israel Philarmonic Orchestra forms 1936 Birthday Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor 1936 Event Benny Goodman and orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records 1935 Birthday Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1935 Birthday Seiji Ozawa, Fentian Shenyan, Manchuria, orchestra conductor 1935 Birthday Jorge Mester, born in Mexico City, Mexico, conductor, Louisville Orchestra 1967 - 1979 1935 Birthday Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1934 Birthday Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer 1934 Birthday Robert E Hughes, New York City, orchestra leader, Rich Little Show 1934 Birthday Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra 1934 Birthday Aldo Ceccato, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973 - 1977 1933 Birthday Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orchestra leader, Tony Orlando, Marie 1933 Birthday Perry Botkin, Jr., born in New York City, orchestra leader, Bert Convy Show 1932 Birthday Ethel L Ennis, U.S. orchestra leader/jazz singer, Once Again 1932 Birthday Henri Lazarof, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, composer, studied with Paul Ben-Haim, teacher, UCLA, known for Tableaux, written for piano and orchestra 1932 Birthday Joseph Silverstein, born in Detroit, Michigan, violinist, Denver Symphony Orchestra 1931 Birthday Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czechoslovakia, conductor, East Berlin Orchestra 1931 Birthday Ivo Petric, composer, classical music, toured with Slavko Osterc ensemble, Artistic Director, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1979 - 1995 1931 Event Hal Kemp and his Orchestra record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis 1931 Birthday Barry Tuckwell, born in Melbourne, Australia, hornist, London Symphony Orchestra 1955 - 1968 1930 Event 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult 1930 Birthday Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Australia Orchestra Sydney 1976 1930 Birthday Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orchestra leader, Eddie Fisher Show 1930 Birthday Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orchestra 1968 1930 Event 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston) 1930 Birthday Richard Hayman, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, Vaughn Monroe Show 1930 Birthday Lorin Maazel, born in Neuilly, France, conductor, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941 1929 Birthday Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist, New York City Ballet Orchestra 1929 Birthday Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleveland Orchestra 1929 Birthday James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger 1929 Birthday Bernard Haitink, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969 - 1978 1928 Birthday Peter Matz, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Hullabaloo, Carol Burnette Show 1928 Birthday Byron "Yankees" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1928 Event Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records 1927 Birthday John Buller, born in England, composer, known for Proenca, written for electric guitar, mezzo-soprano and orchestra, one of his sons is Ed Buller, a record producer 1927 Birthday Raymond Leppard, born in London, England, conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 1927 Birthday Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist and orchestra leader, Jazz on a Summer Day 1927 Birthday Donn Trenner, born in New Haven, Connecticut, orchestra leader, ABC's Nightlife 1926 Birthday Alan Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, orchestra leader/singer, Your Hit Parade 1925 Birthday Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra 1925 Birthday James Moody, U.S., jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader 1925 Birthday Elliot Lawrence, Philadelphia, orchestra leader, Guide Right, Howard Cosell 1925 Birthday Marty Paich, born in Oakland California, orchestra leader, Sonny and Cher, Glenn Campbell 1924 Birthday Klaus Huber, born in Bern, Switzerland, composer, wrote music for chamber ensembles orchestra, choirs, soloists, politically conscious composer, received Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 2009 1924 Birthday Allyn Ferguson, born in San Jose, California, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show 1924 Birthday Colin Romoff, New York City, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show 1924 Birthday Terry Gibbs, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Steve Allen Comedy Hour 1924 Birthday Louis Bellson, Rock Falls, Illinois, orchestra leader, Pearl Bailey Show 1924 Birthday Syd Lawrence, bandleader, Syd Lawrence Orchestra 1924 Birthday Neville Marriner, born in Lincoln, England, conductor, Minnesota Orchestra 1978 1924 Birthday Nick Perito, born in Denver, Colorado, orchestra leader, Don Knotts Show, Big Show 1924 Birthday Julian B Coco, Curacao guitarist/bassist, Utrecht Symphony Orchestra 1923 Birthday Louis Lane, born in Eagle Pass, Texas, conductor, Oere Orchestra 1968 - 1973 1923 Birthday Milt Okun, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Starland Vocal Band Show 1923 Birthday Bert Kaempfert, born in Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 1923 Birthday Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra 1923 Birthday Jack Parnell, born in London, England, orchestra leader, Englebert Humperdick Show 1923 Birthday Victor Hochhauser, British impresario, Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra 1923 Birthday Mort Lindsey, born in Newark, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Merv Griffin Show 1922 Birthday Neal Hefti, Hastings, Nebraska, orchestra leader, Kate Smith Show 1922 Birthday Frank Comstock, SD California, orchestra leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show 1922 Birthday Larry Elgart, born in New Haven, Connecticut, bandleader/alto sax, Elgart Orchestra 1922 Birthday Les Baxter, U.S., singer, orchestra leader and composer, Born Again 1922 Birthday Ray Anthony, Penn, orchestra leader, Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme 1921 Birthday Harper MacKay, born in Boston, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, NBC Follies 1921 Birthday Roger Nixon, born in California, musician, composer, professor of music, composed for orchestra, band, choir, opera, Professor Emeritus of Music, San Francisco State University 1921 Birthday Billy Taylor, born in Greenville, North Carolina, orchestra leader, David Frost Show 1921 Birthday Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and orchestra leader, Ripley's Game 1921 Birthday Bernie Leighton, West Haven, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Chance of a Lifetime 1921 Birthday Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1920 Birthday Nan Merriman, U.S./Netherlands singer, Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra 1920 Birthday Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orchestra leader, Jack Paar Program 1919 Birthday Akeo Watanabe, born in Tokyo, Japan, conductor, Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1956 - 1968 1919 Birthday Ralph Flanagan, born in Loraine, Ohio, orchestra leader, Let's Dance 1919 Birthday Luther Henderson, Jr., born in Kansas City, Missouri, orchestra leader, Polly Bergen Show 1919 Birthday Buddy Morrow, orchestra leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show 1919 Birthday Bob Boucher, born in Kent, Ohio, orchestra leader, Music on Ice 1919 Birthday Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader, Devil's Wheel 1918 Birthday Eddie Safranski, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Jonathan Winters Show 1918 Birthday Milton Delugg, born in Los Angeles, California, orchestra leader, Tonight Show 1918 Birthday Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orchestra leader, Club Seven 1918 Birthday Gerald Wilson, Shelby Mississippi, orchestra leader, Redd Foxx 1918 Birthday Louis W. "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1918 Birthday Skitch Henderson, born in Birmingham, England, orchestra leader, Tonight Show 1917 Birthday Ted Steele, born in Hartford, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Cavalcade of Stars 1917 Birthday Ina Ray Hutton, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Ina Ray Hutton Show 1917 Birthday Thomas K Scherman, New York City, conductor, Little Orchestra Society 1947 - 1975 1916 Birthday Hal Hastings, New York City, orchestra leader, Chevrolet on Broadway 1916 Birthday Billy May, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show 1916 Birthday Vic Schoen, Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader, Patti Page Olds Show 1916 Birthday George Wyle, born in New York City, New York, orchestra leader, Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show 1916 Event Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert 1916 Birthday Joel Herron, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Jaye P Morgan Show 1916 Birthday Vic Mizzy, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Don Rickles Show 1915 Birthday Van Alexander, New York City, orchestra leader, Gordon MacRae Show 1915 Birthday Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist, VARA Orchestra, Orkestgebouw Orch 1915 Birthday Alvy West, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show 1914 Birthday Glenn Osser, Munising, Michigan, orchestra leader, Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue 1914 Birthday Jack Delano, born in Kiev, Ukraine, attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, photographer for the Farm Security Administration, composer for Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra 1914 Birthday Richard Maltby, orchestra leader, Vaughn Monroe Show 1914 Birthday Bobby Sherwood, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show 1914 Birthday Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist, Glenn Miller Orchestra 1914 Birthday Ralph Herman, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orchestra leader, Circus Time 1913 Birthday Leroy Holmes, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Tonight Show, 1956-57 1913 Birthday Bob Crosby, Spokane, Washington, Bing's brother, orchestra leader, Bob Crosby Show 1913 Birthday Axel Stordahl, born in Staten Island, New York, orchestra leader, Frank Sinatra Show 1913 Birthday Bert Farber, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone 1913 Birthday Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Vic Damone Show 1913 Birthday Oskar Danon, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, composer, conductor, earned Ph.D. musicology in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, director for Belgrade Opera, chief conductor Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1912 Birthday Constant Stotijn, Dutch oboist, Residence Orchestra 1912 Birthday Lou Brown, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Jerry Lewis Show 1912 Birthday Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1912 Birthday Russ Case, born in Hamburg, Iowa, orchestra leader, Julius La Rosa Show 1912 Birthday Paul Weston, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, Jim Nabors Hour 1911 Birthday George Cates, New York City, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show 1911 Birthday Irwin Kostal, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Garry Moore Show 1911 Birthday Frank Devol, Moundsville, West Virginia, orchestra leader, I'm Dickens He's Fenster 1911 Birthday Lester Lanin, orchestra leader, 40 Beatle Hits 1911 Birthday Alvino Rey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orchestra leader, King Family 1911 Birthday Enrique Jorda, born in San Sebastian, Spain, conductor, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1970 1910 Birthday Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orchestra leader, Hollywood Palace 1910 Birthday Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader 1910 Birthday Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University 1910 Birthday Ray McKinley, born in Ft. Worth, Texas, orchestra leader/drummer, Glenn Miller Time 1910 Birthday David Rose, born in London, England, orchestra leader, Red Skelton Show, Stripper 1910 Birthday Rudolf Kempe, born in Niederpoyritz, Germany, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra 1965 - 1972 1910 Birthday Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour 1910 Birthday Sammy Kaye, born in Rocky River Ohio, orchestra leader, Sammy Kaye Show 1909 Birthday Archie Bleyer, born in Corona, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey 1909 Birthday Alfred Uhl, born in Austria, composer, professor, studied at Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt, vibrant style combined neo-classicism, atonality, serialism, works include concerto for clarinet and orchestra 1909 Birthday Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1909 Birthday Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser, Depths Below 1909 Birthday Eddie Duchin, born in Massachusetts, society pianist and bandleader, Eddie Duchin Orchestra 1908 Birthday Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1908 Birthday Bernie Green, born in New York City, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show 1908 Birthday Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Your Hit Parade 1908 Birthday John Scott Trotter, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, orchestra leader, George Gobel Show 1908 Birthday Malando, Arie Maasland, composer/orchestra leader, Ole Guapa 1908 Birthday Hank Sylvern, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Jane Froman's USA Canteen 1908 Birthday Lawrence Welk, born in Strasburg, North Dakota, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show 1907 Birthday Roy Douglas, born in Tunbridge Wells, England, Richard Roy Douglas, composer, pianist, member London Symphony Orchestra, pianist, organist, celesta player, fourth percussionist, created orchestration for 'Les Sylphides' 1907 Birthday Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith 1907 Birthday Lawrence Brown, U.S. trombonist, Duke Ellington Orchestra 1907 Birthday Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader 1907 Birthday Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orchestra leader, Don McNeill TV Club 1906 Birthday Freddy Martin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orchestra leader, started Merv Griffin 1906 Birthday Harry Sosnik, born in Chicago, orchestra leader, Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade 1906 Birthday Kay Kyser, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, orchestra leader, Kay Kyser's Kollege 1905 Birthday Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show, Mahogany 1905 Birthday Boyd Neel, born in London, England, conductor, Story of an Orchestra 1905 Birthday John Gart, Russia, orchestra leader, Paul Winchell Show 1905 Birthday Jef Maes, born in Antwerp, Belgium, composer, lecturer, worked for the Knokke orchestra, studied with Albert van de Vijver, Karel Candaeil, and Napoleon Distelmans 1905 Birthday Annunzio Mantovani, born in Venice, Italy, orchestra leader, Mantovani 1904 Birthday Nathan Milstein, born in Odessa, Russia, concert violinist, Philadelphia Orchestra 1942 1904 Birthday Russ Morgan, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Welcome Aboard 1904 Birthday John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree 1904 Birthday Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orchestra leader, Break the Bank 1904 Birthday Glenn Miller, bandleader, Glenn Miller Orchestra - In the Mood 1904 Birthday Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show 1903 Birthday Frankie Carle, born in Providence, Rhode Island, orchestra leader, Golden Touch 1903 Birthday Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1902 Birthday Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and orchestra leader, RAF Symph Orch 1902 Birthday Emanuel Feuermann, born in Kolomea, Galicia, cellist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1902 Birthday Eugen Jochum, Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor, Hamburg Orchestra 1902 Birthday Ray Block, born in France, orchestra leader, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason 1902 Birthday Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader, Auld Lang Syne 1902 Birthday Max Rudolf, born in Frankfurt, Germany, conductor, Goteberg Symphony Orchestra 1902 Birthday Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1901 Birthday Jimmy Dale, born in Bronx, New York City, orchestra leader, Sonny and Cher 1901 Birthday Horace Heidt, Alameda California, orchestra leader, Swift Show Wagon 1901 Birthday Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader 1900 Birthday Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California 1900 Birthday Don Redman, Piedmont, West Virginia, orchestra leader, Sugar Hill Times 1899 Birthday John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1899 Birthday Eugene Ormandy, Blau, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1898 Birthday Vincent Lopez, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Welcome Aboard 1896 Birthday Rex Maupin, St. Joseph, Missouri, orchestra leader, Tin Pan Alley TV 1896 Birthday Harry Reser, born Piqua, Ohio, orchestra leader, Sammy Kaye Show 1895 Birthday Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich 1895 Birthday Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor, Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936 - 1941 1894 Birthday Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1894 Birthday Roy Bargy, Michigan, orchestra leader, Jimmy Durante Show 1894 Birthday Bill Wirges, born in Buffalo, New York, orchestra leader, Growing Paynes 1894 Death Klara Fey, German orchestra leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 1893 Birthday Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1893 Birthday Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orchestra 1937 1892 Birthday Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario, Crazy Passage Show 1891 Birthday Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1890 Birthday Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour 1890 Birthday Paul Whiteman, born in Denver, Colorado, orchestra leader, Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club 1889 Birthday Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Symphony Orchestra 1888 Birthday Fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1887 Birthday Marcel Tabuteau, born in Compiegne, France, oboist, Philadelphia Orchestra 1915 - 1954 1885 Event Boston Pops Orchestra forms 1881 Event Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert 1881 Birthday Bela Bartok, born in Hungary, composer/pianist, Concerto for Orchestra 1879 Birthday Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer, Tonhalle Orchestra 1875 Birthday Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 1872 Birthday Frederick A Stock, Julich, Germany, conductor, Theodore Thomas Orchestra 1859 Event 1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra 1858 Event 1st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra 1858 Event Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester 1819 Birthday Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orchestra 1815 Birthday Klara Fey, German orchestra leader, Deutscher Arbeiterverein 1808 Event 1st college orchestra in U.S. founded, at Harvard
