Career
Sevitzky became music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1937 after he first conducted it in winter 1936, and remained in the position until 1955. He led the orchestra in a series of recordings for Radio Corporation of America Victor from 1941 to 1953, which were issued on 78-rpm and 33-1/3-rpm discs. The orchestra was recorded in the Murat Theatre.
Among the more unusual recordings were of Tchaikovsky"s first symphony (recorded March 19, 1946) and Manfred (recorded January 27, 1942).
He guest-conducted the University"s orchestra soon after his arrival, and became its permanent conductor in 1963. He championed the music of William Grant Still, from whom he commissioned works including Threnody: In Memory of January Sibelius, and conducted the premiere of Still"s opera Highway 1, United States.A. in 1960.
He was music director of the Greater Miami Philharmonic Orchestra from 1956 to 1962, and died suddenly in 1967.