Friday, November 8, 2013

Examiner.com: 'Conductor and Urban Philharmonic founder Darrold Hunt dies'


Darrold Hunt (1941-2013)
 (Washington Examiner: Urban Philharmonic Society)

Patrick D. McCoy sends this link:



Conductor and and founder of the Urban Philharmonic Darrold Hunt has died. According to a communication sent out by the Dupont Circle Symphony on Thursday, Nov. 7, Hunt died on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in his Dupont Circle home after spending a few days away in the hospital. At this time, there are no further knowledge of specific arrangements.
A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music in conducting, Hunt served for four years as Assistant Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony and three years as the conductor/music director of the Conservatory Orchestra at the Brooklyn College School of Performing Arts. He has been guest conductor of the National Symphony, The Detroit Symphony, The Pensacola Symphony and many others. Hunt founded the Urban Philharmonic in 1970 as an expression of his primary commitment was "the presentation of programs of musical excellence to those areas of the urban community which for social and/or political reasons have not enjoyed live professional orchestral concerts as a part of their lives."
Performances under his direction have been greeted by the press with exceptional reviews, even from the late music critic Paul Hume, who was often very hard to please.

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