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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44th season, Concerto Winners #3, 1971
National Music Camp, 1971, Rachmaninoff, Torelli, Debussy, Marcello, Gliere
44th season, Concerto Winners with WYSO - Part 3, 1971
National Music Camp, Concerto Winners, World Youth Symphony Orchestra, 1971, Debussy, Marcello, Gliere, Rachmanioff, Torelli
44th season, WYSO, 1971
World Youth Symphony Orchestra, National Music Camp, 1971, Shostakovich
44th season, WYSO - Part 3 of 4, 1971
National Music Camp, World Youth Symphony Orchestra, 1971, Shostakovich
45th season, 253rd program, WYSO, 1972-08-06
National Music Camp, 1972, World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Bach, Stokowski, Brahms, Barber, Strauss
45th season, 298th program, Concerto Winners - Part 1 of 2 , 1972-08-12
National Music Camp, 1972, Concerto Winners, World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Ravel, MacDowell, Rachmaninoff, Jacob, Prokofiev, Paganini
Recording Content
very low levels
45th season, 298th program, Concerto Winners - Part 2 of 2, 1972-08-12
National Music Camp, 1972, World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Khachaturian
45th season, 310th program, WYSO & Concerto Winners - Edited , 1972-08-13
National Music Camp, 1972, World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Wagner, Whear
45th season, 310th program, WYSO with Concerto Winners - Edited, 1972-08-13
National Music Camp, 1972, World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Wagner
Recording Content
edited between 105 and 111
45th season, 310th program, WYSO with Concerto Winners - Part 1 of 2 , 1972-08-13
National Music Camp, 1972, World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Winners, Von Weber, Wagner, Whear, Quantz, Saint-Saens, Hovhaness
Recording Content
low levels
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