Curtis Institute of Music Administration
by Sylviastel | created - 23 Mar 2015 | updated - 23 Mar 2015 | PublicRoberto Diaz; President and Director.
Mary Louise Curtis Bok; founder.
Cyrus Curtis; namesake and American publisher.
John De Lancie Sr; Principal Oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra, faculty at Curtis and Director from 1977 to 1985.
musician friend and consultant. Director 1926-1938; pianist.
2. Leopold Stokowski
Soundtrack | Fantasia
Flamboyant, latterly white-maned, U.S. conductor known best for his popularization of classical music. (He is also known for teaching 'Mickey Mouse' a few things about music in Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940), in which Stokowski was featured with the Philadelphia Orchestra). He was a pioneer in the ...
musician friend and consultant.
3. Randall Thompson
Soundtrack | New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
Randall Thompson was born on April 21, 1899 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958) and Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You (2016). He was married to Margaret Quayle Whitney. He died on July 9, 1984 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Director 1938-1940; composer.
4. Efrem Zimbalist Sr.
Actor | Walls Tell Tales
Composer, violinist and educator, educated at first by his father and then the Imperial School at St. Petersburg with Auer. He made his violin debut at Berlin in 1907, followed by a tour of Europe. His American debut was with the Boston Symphony in 1911. Thereafter, he joined the faculty at the ...
Director 1941-1968; violinist.
5. Rudolf Serkin
Soundtrack | Slaughterhouse-Five
Rudolf Serkin was born on March 28, 1903 in Eger, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Cheb, Czech Republic]. He was married to Irene Busch. He died on May 8, 1991 in Guilford, Vermont, USA.
Director 1968-1976; pianist.
7. Roberto Diaz
Self | Great Performances
President and Director 2006 to 2012; He is also an alumni and faculty member. He was a principal violinist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1996 to 2006 and is a member of the Diaz trio.
8. Paul Bryan
Music_department | Where the Heart Is
Paul Bryan is known for Where the Heart Is (2000), Limbo (1999) and The Opposite of Sex (1998).
Interim Director January 2013-present.
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