Tulsa Philharmonic

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The Tulsa Philharmonic , (founded in 1948, dissolved in 2002) was an American orchestra based in Tulsa , Oklahoma .

history

The orchestra was founded in 1948 by H. Arthur Brown , whose chief conductor he was until 1958. The original Tulsa Philharmonic was created on the initiative of German-born Kurt Berger from a small group of musicians from Tulsa and the surrounding area who came together under the name Tulsa Civic Symphony from 1927 to 1928. Many of the then members of the Civic Symphony Tulsa Philharmonic also accompanied corresponding music performances in the orchestra pit of the Tulsa Little Theater . The small orchestra gave its first concert in 1927 at the Akdar Theater in Tulsa with Berger as chief conductor. When he had to resign for health reasons in 1933, his daughter Tosca Berger Kramer and George Baum followed him in this position until the 1940s.

With the support and instigation of the Tourist Office and citizens of Tulsa, the Tulsa Philharmonic began its 53-year history in 1948 with H. Arthur Brown as chief conductor at Skelly Stadium at the University of Tulsa . Brown was followed as music director by Vladimir Golschmann (1958–1961), Franco Autori 1961–1971, Skitch Henderson (1971–1974), Thomas Lewis (1974–1977), Murry Sidlin (1978–80), Joel Lazar (1980–83) , Peter Nero (as Pop Music Director, 1983–1994), Bernard Rubenstein (1984–96) and Kenneth Jean (1997–2001).

Due to financial problems in the 1980s and 1990s, the orchestra was reorganized with no long-term success. On September 12, 2002 the board of directors of the orchestra had to announce its dissolution. The end of the orchestra was also a result of the bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom in 2001, which not only resulted in the loss of tax revenues for the city, but also lost a lot of jobs in Tulsa. After the dissolution of the Tulsa Philharmonic, former members of the orchestra successfully tried to establish a new music ensemble in Tulsa under a new name as the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ H. Arthur Brown (1906-1992). The Remington Site, accessed March 18, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The Akdar Theater / Cimarron Ballroom. Tulsa Gal, September 16, 2009, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra. Oklahoma History Center, 2009, accessed March 18, 2017 .
  4. ^ Thomas "Tom" Lewis. The News & Observer Obituaris, accessed March 18, 2017 .
  5. ^ Joel Lazar Music Director. Symphony of the Potomac, accessed March 18, 2017 .
  6. ^ Bernard Rubenstein orchestra conductor. Prabook, accessed March 18, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Announcement of the dissolution. Tulsa Philharmonic Archives, accessed March 18, 2017 .
  8. ^ Noam Faingold: Tulsa Symphony Orchestra rises from Philharmonic's ashes. Retrieved March 18, 2017 (English).
  9. ^ Tulsa orchestra rises from the ashes. Tahlequah Daily Press, accessed March 18, 2017 .

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