Roller, A. Clyde
Biography
Archibald Clyde Roller (October 13, 1914 – October 16, 2005) was an American music professor, conductor, and oboist. Roller, a native of Rogersville, Missouri, received his musical education at the Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1941. Roller was the principal oboist with several orchestras: the Oklahoma City Symphony from 1937 to 1939, the Birmingham (Alabama) Symphony from 1940 to 1942, and the Tulsa Philharmonic. He conducted Dallas's Southern Methodist University Orchestra from 1947 to 1948, and from 1948 to 1962 was music director of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra. He also guest conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra: Roller and Arthur Fiedler swapped conducting roles on occasion as well, with Fiedler leading the Amarillo Symphony and Roller conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. He was the resident conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and the musical director and conductor of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra (Michigan) 1967–1978. Roller was a favorite of New Zealand, having appeared there six times to take the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra on tour, recording with them for television and radio, and also performing with the Royal Christchurch Society in an All-Beethoven concert.
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30th season, Dedication of the Cloninger Memorial Lodge, File No. 117, Program No. 266, 1957-08-11
Dedication of the Cloninger Memorial Lodge, File No. 117, Program No. 266, 1957, A.C. Roller, Dr. Maddy, National Music Camp
30th season, Faculty Concert, Concerto in One Movement, 1957-07-24
Faculty Concert, Oboe, Orchestra, Goossens, Faculty-Staff Orchestra
Recording Content
This tape contains oboe concerto only.
31st season, 97th program, NHSO Broadcast - Part 1 of 2 , 1958-07-13
National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1958, Bach, Stokowski, Dukas, Moussorgsky, Ravel
31st season, 97th program, NHSO Broadcast - Part 2 of 2 , 1958-07-13
National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1958, Moussorgsky, Ravel
Recording Content
defective recording
31st season, 260th program, Concerto Winners - Part 1 of 3 , 1958-08-08
National Music Camp, Concerto Winners, University Symphony Orchestra, 1958, Hayden, Mendelssohn
31st season, 260th program, Concerto Winners - Part 2 of 3 , 1958-08-08
National Music Camp, University Orchestra, 1958, Mozart, Bruch, Strauss
Recording Content
defective recording
31st season, 260th program, Concerto Winners - Part 3 of 3 , 1958-08-08
National Music Camp, University Symphony Orchestra, 1958, Puccini, Jacob, Milhaud
31st season, Concerto Winners, 1958
Concerto Winners, National Music Camp, 1959, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Bloch, Jacob, 1958
31st season, Concerto Winners - Part 2 of 3 , 1958-08-09
National Music Camp, Honors Orchestra, 1958, Bloch, Hayden
31st season, Concerto Winners with Honors Orchestra & University Orchestra, 1958
National Music Camp, Concerto Winners, Honors Orchestra, University Orchestra, 1958, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Bloch, Jacob
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