Title:
Oral History Interview with Russell Stanger, Part 1--Audio
Creator:
Stanger, Russell
Contributor:
Hogue, Elizabeth
Date:
2006-03-17
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 1 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 one of the interview, Russell Stanger, discusses his tenure as musical director of the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra including programing, performing artists, the integration of the orchestra, labor relations, the board of directors, and the Tidewater Choral Association. 0:39:00
Subject:
Stanger, Russell
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony--Concerts
Subject:
Orchestral musicians--Employment
Subject:
Conductors (Music)--Employment
Subject:
New York Philharmonic
Subject:
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Subject:
Minnesota Orchestra
Subject:
Diehn, Fr. L. (Friedrich Ludwig), 1910-1995
Subject:
Strikes and lockouts--United States--Orchestras
Subject:
Norfolk Musicians Union
Subject:
Orchestra--Mergers
Subject:
Integration in orchestras
Subject:
Orchestral musicians--Auditions
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony--Musical Directors
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony--Board of Directors
Subject:
Tidewater Choral Association
Subject:
Orchestral musicians--Salaries, etc
Subject:
Norfolk Symphony--Finances
Subject:
Chrysler Hall (Norfolk, Va.)
Subject:
Orchestras--Morale
Subject:
Virginia Philharmonic
Coverage:
Norfolk, Virginia
Media Format:
Sound recordings
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-audio1
