Richard Westenburg
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American conductor
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Richard Westenburg's Degrees
- Bachelors Orchestral Conducting Juilliard School
- Masters Orchestral Conducting Juilliard School
Why Is Richard Westenburg Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Richard Westenburg was a lauded American choral conductor. He notably founded the Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra in 1964, serving as its director until 2007 when Kent Tritle took over as director. He also founded the Basically Bach Festival at Lincoln Center in 1979, running the festival for a decade. He served as the music director of the Collegiate Chorale from 1973 to 1979 and was a popular lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1979 to 1982.
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