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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:

36th season, 296th program, NHSSO - Part 2 of 3, 1963-08-11

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Identifier: 43825000018449
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Symphony, Wolfe, Saint-Saens, 1963

Dates: 1963-08-11

36th season, 296th program, NHSSO - Part 3 of 3, 1963-08-11

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Identifier: 43825000018431
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Symphony Orchestra, Saint-Saens, 1963

Dates: 1963-08-11

36th season, 354th program, NHSBO, 1963-08-18

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Identifier: 43825000018498
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Broadcast Orchestra, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Liszt, 1963

Dates: 1963-08-18

36th season, 354th program, NHSBO - Part 1 of 3, 1963-08-18

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Identifier: 43825000018027
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Broadcast Orchestra, 1963, Brahms

Dates: 1963-08-18

36th season, 354th program, NHSBO - Part 2 of 3, 1963-08-18

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Identifier: 43825000018019
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Broadcast ORchestra, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, 1963

Dates: 1963-08-18

36th season, NHSSO, 1963

 Item
Identifier: 43825000044353
Keywords

National High School Symphony Orchestra, National Music Camp, 1963, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bach, Tchaikovsky

Dates: 1963

36th season, U of M ASHSO, 1963

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Identifier: 43825000054170
Keywords

University of Michigan All-State High School Orchestra, National Music Camp, 1963, Schumann, Berlioz, Bach, Hanson

Dates: 1963

37th season, 248th program, NHSO Broadcast - Part 1 of 2, 1964-08-09

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Identifier: 43825000014448
Keywords

National High School Orchestra, National Music Camp, Bach, Bartok, 1964

Dates: 1964-08-09

37th season, 248th program, NHSO Broadcast - Part 2 of 2, 1964-08-09

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Identifier: 43825000014455
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1964, Bartok, Wagner, Campbell-Watson

Dates: 1964-08-09

37th season, U of M ASHSO, 1964

 Item
Identifier: 43825000053958
Keywords

The University of Michigan All-State High School Orchestra, National Music Camp, 1964, Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, Wagner, Hanson

Dates: 1964

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