Title:
Oral History Interview with Russell Stanger, Part 2--Transcript
Creator:
Stanger, Russell
Contributor:
Hogue, Elizabeth
Date:
2008-02-21
Description:
Russell Stanger served as musical director of the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra from 1966 to 1980. In 1982, he began serving as the music director of the New York State Summer School of the Arts at Saratoga. Maestro Stanger has been the artistic advisor of the Miyazaki (Japan) Symphony Orchestra and has conducted the Kyushu (Japan) Orchestra in the performance of two of his own works. He also served as a guest conductor with a number of renowned orchestras including: the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Bilbao (Spain) Symphony, and the London Philharmonic. Stanger was born in Arlington, Massachusetts on May 8, 1924 and died in Norfolk on January 6, 2015. Part 2 of a 2-part oral history interview conducted with Russell Stanger in the Diehn Composers Room at Old Dominion University for a project on the history of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. In part two of the interview, Russell Stanger, discusses the construction and opening of Chrysler Hall, career highlights, and the orchestra merger.
Subject:
Stanger, Russell
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony--Concerts
Subject:
Orchestral musicians--Employment
Subject:
Orchestra--Mergers
Subject:
Virginia Symphony
Subject:
Diehn, Fr. L. (Friedrich Ludwig), 1910-1995
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony--Musical Directors
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony--Board of Directors
Subject:
Chrysler Hall (Norfolk, Va.)
Subject:
Virginia Philharmonic
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony--Finances
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony--Youth Orchestra
Coverage:
Norfolk, Virginia
Media Format:
Transcripts
Source:
MG 81
Collection:
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Oral History Collection
Publisher:
Old Dominion University Libraries
Rights Statement:
IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rightsholder:
Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries
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Identifier:
vso-stangerr-transcript2
