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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27th season, Intermediate Band & Honors Orchestra, 1954-08-14
National Music Camp, Intermediate Band, Honors Orchestra, 1954, Intermediate Chorus
Recording Content
Type: excerpts
27th season, Opera Workshop & University Orchestra - Part 1 of 2, 1954-08-13
National Music Camp, Opera Workshop, University Orchestra, 1954, opera
27th season, Opera Workshop & University Orchestra - Part 2 of 2, 1954-08-13
National Music Camp, Opera Workshop, University Orchestra, 1954, opera
28th season, 175th program, NHSO, 1955-07-31
National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, Special
28th season, HS Band & University Orchestra, 1955-08-14
National Music Camp, 1955, High School Band, University Orchestra
Recording Content
Gould, Ballad for Band; Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake; Mozart, Concerto in E Flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra; Type: excerpt
28th season, NHSO, 1955-08-21
National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, special
28th season, NHSO & All-Camp Recording, 1955
National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, All-Camp Recording, Wagner, Liszt, R. Strauss, Gould
28th season, NHSO - Part 2 of 2, 1955
National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, Sibelius, Sanders, Wagner
28th season, NHSO, Record #2, 1955
National High School Orchestra, National Music Camp, 1955, Sibelius, Sanders, Wagner
28th season, Sibelius, Symphony No. 5, 1955-07-31
National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, Special
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