Nathan Lee Gordon

Background

Gordon, Nathan Lee was born on February 8, 1915 in New York City. Son of Louis and Dora (Lipshitz) Gordon.

Education

Certified, The Juilliard School Music, 1936.

Career

Violist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York City solo violist, NBC Symphony under Toscanini, NBC String Quartet solo violist, Chautauqua (New York) Symphony Orchestra solo violist, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra solo violist, Kroll String Quartet solo violist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra faculty, Dalcroze Music School, New York City professor viola, conductor, Duquesne U., Pittsburgh faculty, Carnegie Technology U., Pittsburgh faculty, Chatham College, Pittsburgh faculty, University of Michigan faculty, Wayne State University, Detroit faculty, Bowling Green (Ohio) State University faculty, Interlochen (Michigan) Academy of the Arts faculty, Indiana U., Bloomington. Member of faculty Congress of Strings. Conductor Dearborn (Michigan) Orchestra.

Lecturer and consultant in field. Founder Gateway to Music, Pittsburgh, Excursions in Music, Detroit.

Membership

Member American Federation Musicians, Detroit Musicians League, Michigan Music Teachers Association, Detroit Federation Musicians, American Viola Society, Chamber Music American, Palm Beach Cultural Council, Boca Raton Music Study Club.

Interests

• Avocations: sports, traveling.

Connections

Married Marjorie Fishberg. Children: Maxine, Peter Jon.

Father:

Louis Gordon

Mother:

Dora (Lipshitz) Gordon

Spouse:

Marjorie Fishberg

child:

Maxine Gordon

child:

Peter Jon Gordon