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Roller, A. Clyde

 Person

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.

Found in 304 Collections and/or Records:

34th season, NHSSO, 1961

 Item
Identifier: 43825000027358
Keywords

National Music Camp, 1961, Joseph E. Maddy, Tschaikowsky, Respighi, National High School Symphony Orchestra

Dates: 1961

34th season, Voice of America Series Music, Program 11, 1961-08-24

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Identifier: 43825000030014
Keywords

Voice of America Series Music, Program 11, 1961, Gillis, Don Jaeger, oboe, A. Clyde Roller, University Orchestra, Ravel, Orien Dalley, National High School Symphony Orchestra, National Music Camp

Dates: 1961-08-24

35th season, 168th program, NHSSO with Van Cliburn - Part 1 of 2, 1962-07-24

 Item
Identifier: 43825000017953
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Symphony Orchestra, Wagner, Rachmaninoff, 1962

Dates: 1962-07-24

35th season, 168th program, NHSSO with Van Cliburn - Part 1 of 4, 1962-07-24

 Item
Identifier: 43825000017995
Keywords

National Music Camp, High School Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn, 1962, Wagner, Rachmaninoff

Dates: 1962-07-24

35th season, 168th program, NHSSO with Van Cliburn - Part 2 of 2, 1962-07-24

 Item
Identifier: 43825000017946
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Symphony Orchestra, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, 1962

Dates: 1962-07-24

35th season, 168th program, NHSSO with Van Cliburn - Part 2 of 4, 1962-07-24

 Item
Identifier: 43825000017987
Keywords

National Music Camp, High School Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn, Rachmaninoff, 1962

Dates: 1962-07-24

35th season, 168th program, NHSSO with Van Cliburn - Part 3 of 4, 1962-07-24

 Item
Identifier: 43825000017979
Keywords

National Music Camp, High School Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn, Rachmaninoff, 1962, Schumann

Dates: 1962-07-24

35th season, 168th program, NHSSO with Van Cliburn - Part 4 of 4, 1962-07-24

 Item
Identifier: 43825000017961
Keywords

National Music Camp, High School Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn, Schumann, 1962

Dates: 1962-07-24

35th season, 174th program, NHSSO with Van Cliburn - Part 1 of 2, 1962-07-24

 Item
Identifier: 43825000017656
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn, Wagner, Rachmaninoff, 1962

Dates: 1962-07-24

35th season, 174th program, NHSSO with Van Cliburn - Part 2 of 2, 1962-07-24

 Item
Identifier: 43825000017664
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn, encores, theme, 1962

Dates: 1962-07-24

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