Arnold Fromme

Background

Fromme, Arnold was born on December 2, 1925 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Jeannette (Friedlander) Fromme.

Education

Student, Juilliard School, 1942-1948; student, L'Ecole Americaine de Musique de Fontainebleau, France, 1950; accecit, Paris Conservatory, 1950; Bachelor of Music, Manhattan School Music, 1968; Master of Music, Manhattan School Music, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1980.

Career

Adjunct instructor in low brass University Texas, Austin, 1956-1957. Instructor in brass and ensemble Hebrew Arts School Music and Dance, New York City, 1965-1970. Associate professor Low Brass Ensemble and Music History Jersey City State College, 1970-1994.

Instructor in music Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey, 1970-1978. Lecturer in trombone Bronx Community College, 1969-1980. Member faculty Windham College Summer Collegium in Early Music, Putney, Vermont.

1966-1968, tenor trombone, founder American Brass Quintet, 1959-1970. Alto and Tenor Sackbuts, New York Pro Musica, 1959-1971. Trombonist Symphony of the Air, 1954-1961.

1st trombone New York City Ballet Orchestra, 1950-1951, San Antonio Symphony, 1952-1957, Columbia Rcords Symphony, New York City, 1959-1960, Columbia Group for Contemporary Music, 1966-1968, Little Orchestra Society, 1959-1965, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Orchestra, 1948-1949, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, 1955, numerous others.

Achievements

• Arnold Fromme has been listed as a notable Musician, music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Musicol. Society, American Society for Aesthetics, College Music Society, American Federation Musicians, Music Educators National Conference, History Brass Society, Galpin Society, Early Music American, Dolmetsch Society, American Musical Instrument Society (vice president).

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, canoeing, carpentry, birding, photography.

Connections

Married Catherine M. Thomasian, November 22, 1960 (deceased January 1992). Children: Gregory A., Vanessa C.

Father:

Samuel Fromme

Mother:

Jeannette (Friedlander) Fromme

Spouse:

Catherine M. Thomasian

child:

Gregory A. Fromme

child:

Vanessa C. Fromme