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Louis Magor Conductor and Piano Soloist |
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Magor began playing the piano at age six, and
quickly became the toast of his native Auburn, Nebraska, entertaining for
local clubs and church groups. He holds bachelor of music education and
master of music degrees from Northwestern University, where he met Stephen
Osmond, with whom he formed a lifelong friendship. He taught junior high
and high school music in the Chicago area before moving to San Francisco
in 1974 at the request of Seiji Ozawa to become the first director of the
San Francisco Symphony Chorus.
During the seventeen years he lived in California, Mr. Magor also conducted the Schola Cantorurn and the San Francisco Boys Chorus. For thirteen years he conducted a singing audience of 3,000 and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra in performances of Handel's Messiah at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. The performances have been televised on PBS channels throughout the world.In 1984 Mr. Magor became music director and accompanist for the late Broadway legend Mary Martin. In that position he conducted the Milwaukee, Atlanta, and Tony Awards orchestras. He also performed in the East Room of the White House in March, 1988, on public television's In Performance at the White House. In 1990 Mr. Magor was invited to Seattle to become artistic director of the Seattle Bach Choir. He is also music director at Wallingford United Methodist Church and founder of the West Seattle Children's Chorus. He is also one of the founders of Hokum Hall, Seattle's popular Vaudeville venue, where he performs by night, and teaches Kindermusik to preschool children by day. Mr. Magor's choruses appear on numerous, varied recordings. He prepared the San Francisco Symphony Chorus for the recording with the orchestra of Debussy's Le Damoiselle Elue with Elly Ameling, conducted by Edo de Waart. He prepared the San Francisco Boys Chorus for recording on Paul Horn's Traveler, Neil Young's Landing on Water, Francine Lancaster's Mother Goose and Other Nursery Rhymes, and Epcot Center's Living Water.This is Mr. Magor's fourth appearance with the Jackson Symphony. |
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