DESCRIPTION:
Ralph Shapey (1921-2002): Ontogeny for Symphony Orchestra (1958)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ; Ralph Shapey, conductor. Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY, 1 May 1965

Born on March 12, 1921, in Philadelphia, PA; died on June 13, 2002, in Chicago, IL; married Elsa Charlston.

Began studying the violin, age seven; assistant conductor of the Philadelphia National Youth Symphony, 1938-47;
Served in U.S. Army, 1948-51;
Composed, conducted, and taught at Third Street Music Settlement in New York City, 1950s;
Taught at the University of Pennsylvania, York City, 1963-64;
Taught at the University of Chicago, 1964-91;
Columbia University performed a tribute concert to Shapey on his seventh-fifth birthday, 1996.

Shapey earned the following major awards:

Stern Foundation Award, 1959
Brandeis Creative Arts Award, 1962
Rockefeller Foundation Grant, 1964;
Naumburg Recording Award, 1966
National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, 1966.

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