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Orchestra America (OA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes orchestral high school music education through events and workshops. As a division of Bands of America ? it merged in 2006 with the "Music for All Foundation," which also sought to provide performance opportunities and musical education opportunities for schools and communities.
Gerald Walcan Bright (10 August 1904 – 4 May 1974), [1] better known as Geraldo, was an English bandleader. [2] He adopted the name "Geraldo" in 1930, and became one of the most popular British dance band leaders of the 1930s with his "sweet music" and his "Gaucho Tango Orchestra".
This is a list of notable flute players, organized alphabetically by the musical genre in which they are best known. Western Classical. Richard Adeney; Egidius Aerts;
Vincent DeRosa, LA studio player; Richard Dunbar, was a player of the French horn, playing in the free jazz scene. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 29, 1944, and he died suddenly at the age of 61, apparently of a heart attack, on the way to a gig on February 8, 2006.
Gerald L. Duppler (May 18, 1903 – July 11, 1989), better known under his stage name Tommy Tucker, was an American bandleader.. The Tommy Tucker Orchestra entertained many listeners as a big band in the 1930s and 1940s.
Former baseball player who was in a quartet with 3 other baseball players around 1925. The three other singers were George Crable, Tom Dillon and Kid Gleason. [33] Peaches Browning: June 23, 1910 August 23, 1956 American Actress, known best for her marriage at the age of 16 to Edward Browning, a 51-year-old real estate mogul.
List of tuba players Image Name Lifetime Nationality Genre Notes Walter English: 1867–1916 American Circus: Played in various bands [2] William Bell: 1902–1971 American Classical The leading player and teacher of the early 20th century. Played in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sousa Band, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, NBC ...
Two musette players from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century. An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette.