Background
Woodside, Lyndon was born on March 23, 1935 in Florence, South Carolina, United States. Son of Hubert Freneau and Lucia Verlie (Bauknight) Woodside.
Woodside, Lyndon was born on March 23, 1935 in Florence, South Carolina, United States. Son of Hubert Freneau and Lucia Verlie (Bauknight) Woodside.
Bachelor of Music, Cleveland Institute Music, 1957; Master of Science, Juilliard School, 1963; Mus D (honorary), Cleveland Institute Music, 1991.
He toured Europe and the Americas, but his home performance space was Carnegie Hall, built by Andrew Carnegie to house the Society. While his repertoire was broad, perhaps he was best known for the annual Christmas-time production of Handel"s Messiah. A resident of Leonia, New Jersey, he maintained his directorship until he died of pneumonia on August 23, 2005, in Englewood, New Jersey.
Married Jane Marie Wilke, March 12, 1955. Children: Curtis Lyndon, Kimberly Annual.