Robert Shaw signed program Potsdam State Crane Alumni Chorus May 1948

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Cleaning out the house after Mom died. I am pretty sure my Dad was in the Crane Symphonette and got this signed when Robert Shaw conducted the Choir at Potsdam State. Robert Shaw (April 30, 1916 – January 25, 1999) was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Shaw received 14 Grammy awards, four ASCAP awards for service to contemporary music, the first Guggenheim Fellowship ever awarded to a conductor, the Alice M. Ditson Conductor's Award for Service to American Music; the George Peabody Medal for outstanding contributions to music in America, the Gold Baton Award of the American Symphony Orchestra League for "distinguished service to music and the arts," the American National Medal of Arts, France's Officier des Arts et des Lettres, England's Gramophone Award, and was a 1991 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors.Potsdam Spring Festival of Music The Crane School of Music presents Crane Chorus Helen M Hosmer, Founder and Conductor Brock McElheran, Assistant Conductor Alumni Chorus Assisted by the Crane Symphonette Kenneth Forbes Conductor ROBERT SHAW Guest Conductor Potsdam State Teacher's College Sunday May 23rd, 1948 3:00 PMIt measures 9.25 x 6.25 inches and is in great shape.If you wish to see better pictures, read more