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- Composer, conductor, noted percussionist and teacher, educated at Columbia University (Bachelor/Master of Arts, Seidl Fellowship), and a student of Otto Luening, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Jack Beeson and Henry Cowell, and also with Boris Orr at Cambridge University in England. He organized and directed the Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, and he was timpani soloist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and on the faculty of USC as well as a member of the International Society of Contemporary Music and, since 1962, a member of ASCAP.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Hup234!
- SpousesBarbara Kraft(1950 - 1980) (divorced, 2 children)Joan Huang(? - February 12, 2022) (his death)
- Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 1990.
- His works have been performed by many major American orchestras as well as those in Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Israel, and the USSR.
- His 'Encounter' solo series has been recorded multiple times on all appropriate instruments. On Encounters he worked with guitarist John Schneider. Encounters II showcases unique techniques for tuba such as multi-phonics double pedal range. In 2010, the Los Angeles Philharmonic released a recording on DG Concerts of the Timpani Concerto No. 1 featuring Joseph Pereira as soloist with John Adams conducting.
- Beginning in the 1955/1956 season, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He was a member of the orchestra for 25 years, the first eight as a percussionist and the last 17 as the chief timpanist.
- Although percussion works feature prominently in his catalog, in 1996-1998 he concentrated on composing his first opera, Red Azalea.
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