Paul Freeman (1936-2025), Conductor of First Symphony and Celebration!
 

Chicago Sinfonietta

https://chicagosinfonietta.org/about/paul-freeman/
BlackPast

https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/freeman-paul-1936/
Cedille

https://www.cedillerecords.org/artists/paul-freeman/

 

Gerhardt Zimmermann (1945-2023), Conductor of Symphonic Overture

 Music Director of the North Carolina Symphony and
Conductor of the Canton Ohio Symphony Orchestra

Legacy Obituary
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/gerhardt-zimmermann-
obituary?id=52200331
Violin Channel

https://theviolinchannel.com/conductor-gerhardt-zimmermann-
has-died-aged-77/
Symphony, from the League of American Orchestras
https://symphony.org/obituary-canton-symphony-music-director-gerhardt-
zimmermann-77
ArtsinStark

https://artsinstark.com/the-anniversary-of-gerhardt-zimmermanns-
passing/
 

Gerard Schwarz, conductor of Song for my Son, recorded by the Seatle
Symphony

https://www.gerardschwarz.com/about


Robert Ward (1917-2013), Mentor
 

https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2013/04/03/176141445/remembe
ring-pulitzer-prize-winning-composer-robert-ward

 

National Endowment of the Arts

https://www.arts.gov/honors/opera/robert-ward
ECS Publishing Group, https://www.morningstarmusic.com/composers/w/robert-
ward.html
 

The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/w/wa-wn/robert-
ward/

 

Cleveland.com,
https://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/2013/04/the_eclectic_robert_ward_was_a.
html

 

WUNC Obituary

https://www.wunc.org/show/the-state-of-
things/2013-04-03/acclaimed-nc-composer-robert-ward-dies

 

Donna Coleman (pianist)

Pari Center

https://paricenter.com/contributor/donna-coleman/
Pasatiempo
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/music/classical_music/ode-to-
new-england-pianist-donna-coleman/article_3d749151-4cdd-571c-9a10-
f659a8f0b555.html
Mount Desert Islander

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/music/classical_music/ode-to-new-england-pianist-donna-coleman/article_3d749151-4cdd-571c-9a10-f659a8f0b555.html
Pasatiempo, regarding Ives “Concord Sonata”
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/music/flight-of-the-concord-
donna-coleman-plays-a-great-white-whale-of-a-sonata/article_d1a9e4aa-7394-
5f9a-942c-78bc9f1b577c.html
 

James Houlik

https://www.jameshoulik.net/about

 

Robert Stankovsky

https://hc.sk/en/o-slovenskej-hudbe/osobnost-detail/1731-robert-stankovsky

 

Lorenzo Muti (Conductor of CONCERTINO FOR TENOR SAXOPHONE AND
ORCHESTRA)

https://www.chamberorchestraofthetriangle.org/conductors
 

Kay Lowe, Soprano, Poems of MPW

John Ruggero, Pianist 
Vicki Oehling, Pianist
Jiri Starek, Solo Alto Sax, Celebration!
Joan Yarbrough, Solo Piano, Celebration!