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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:

27th season, Intermediate Band & Honors Orchestra, 1954-08-14

 Item
Identifier: 43825000000033
Keywords

National Music Camp, Intermediate Band, Honors Orchestra, 1954, Intermediate Chorus



Recording Content

Type: excerpts

Dates: 1954-08-14

27th season, Opera Workshop & University Orchestra - Part 1 of 2, 1954-08-13

 Item
Identifier: 43825000000009
Keywords

National Music Camp, Opera Workshop, University Orchestra, 1954, opera

Dates: 1954-08-13

27th season, Opera Workshop & University Orchestra - Part 2 of 2, 1954-08-13

 Item
Identifier: 43825000000025
Keywords

National Music Camp, Opera Workshop, University Orchestra, 1954, opera

Dates: 1954-08-13

28th season, 175th program, NHSO, 1955-07-31

 Item
Identifier: 43825000000017
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, Special

Dates: 1955-07-31

28th season, HS Band & University Orchestra, 1955-08-14

 Item
Identifier: 43825000000090
Keywords

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

Dates: 1955-08-14

28th season, NHSO, 1955-08-21

 Item
Identifier: 43825000000058
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, special

Dates: 1955-08-21

28th season, NHSO & All-Camp Recording, 1955

 Item
Identifier: 43825000046895
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, All-Camp Recording, Wagner, Liszt, R. Strauss, Gould

Dates: 1955

28th season, NHSO - Part 2 of 2, 1955

 Item
Identifier: 43825000086846
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, Sibelius, Sanders, Wagner

Dates: 1955

28th season, NHSO, Record #2, 1955

 Item
Identifier: 43825000044064
Keywords

National High School Orchestra, National Music Camp, 1955, Sibelius, Sanders, Wagner

Dates: 1955

28th season, Sibelius, Symphony No. 5, 1955-07-31

 Item
Identifier: 4382500000017S
Keywords

National Music Camp, National High School Orchestra, 1955, Special

Dates: 1955-07-31

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