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Chapin, Schuyler Garrison was born on February 13, 1923 in New York City. Son of L.H. Paul and Leila Howard (Burden) Chapin.
("The author's candor and good humor have produced a compe...)
"The author's candor and good humor have produced a compelling memoir for anyone entering the contemporary music business and for any young performers pondering an artistic career."William Border, TimeSchuyler Chapin has worked in close association with more artists on the musical and performing arts than perhaps any other musical entrepreneur. Musical Chairs tells how he did this in association with the worlds musical greats, from Jascha Heifetz and Vladimir Horowitz to Leonard Bernstein and Beverly Sills.
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Unique and compelling portraits of the greatest stars from the world of opera. A deft combination of text and photographs, this exciting book evokes the drama and passion that is the grand opera. It's all here: personal and professional tensions, quirks, habits, explosions, and the agonies and the ecstasies of the great singers and conductors of our time. 50 duotone illustrations.
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("The author's candor and good humor have produced a compe...)
"The author's candor and good humor have produced a compelling memoir for anyone entering the contemporary music business and for any young performers pondering an artistic career."William Border, TimeSchuyler Chapin has worked in close association with more artists on the musical and performing arts than perhaps any other musical entrepreneur. Musical Chairs tells how he did this in association with the worlds musical greats, from Jascha Heifetz and Vladimir Horowitz to Leonard Bernstein and Beverly Sills.
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Dean cultural organization administrator
Chapin, Schuyler Garrison was born on February 13, 1923 in New York City. Son of L.H. Paul and Leila Howard (Burden) Chapin.
Student, Longy School Music, 1941. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New York University, 1974. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hobart/William Smith College, 1974.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hofstra College, 1999. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Emerson College, 1976. Doctor of Music (honorary), Mannes College, New School, 1990.
Doctor of Music (honorary), Curtis Institute Music, 2000.
Spot salesman NBC-television, New York City, 1947-1951. General manager Tex and Jinx McCrary Enterprises, 1951-1953. Booking director Judson, O'Neill & Judd division Columbia Artists Management, 1953-1959.
Director masterworks to vice president creative services Columbia Records division Columbia Broadcasting System, 1959-1963. Vice president programming Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1964-1969. Executive producer Amberson Enterprises, New York City, 1969-1971.
Acting general manager Metropolitan Opera, 1972-1973, general manager, 1973-1975. Dean faculty arts Columbia University, 1976-1987, dean emeritus, from 1987. Vice president worldwide concert and artist activities Steinway & Sons, New York City, 1990-1992.
Commissioner of cultural affairs City of New York, 1994—2002. Retired, 2002
Consultant Carnegie Hall Corporation, 1979-1987. 1st lieutenant Air Corps United States Army, 1942-1946, China, Burma, India.
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("The author's candor and good humor have produced a compe...)
(Unique and compelling portraits of the greatest stars fro...)
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Past chairman Bagby Music Lovers Foundation. Past chairman, trustee American Symphony Orchestra League, 1985-1992. Trustee Naumburg Foundation, 1949, Richard Tucker Foundation, 1975-1992, American Institute for Verdi Studies, 1975, Brooklyn Philharmonic, 1978-1992, Lenox Music Theatre Group, 1984, Lincoln Center Theatre, 1985-1994, since 2001, Carnegie Hall Society, 1987-1994, since 2001, Curtis Institute Music, 1986-1992, President's Committee on Arts and Humanities, 1982-1990, Redwood Library. and Athenaeum, 1990-1996.
Chairman, executive committee Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, 1982-2004, co-chair board governors, since 2004. Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences Clubs: Century Association (New York City), Knickerbocker.
Married Elizabeth Steinway, March 15, 1947 (deceased 1993). Children: Henry Burden, Theodore Steinway, Samuel Garrison, Miles Whitworth. Married Catia Zoullas Mortimer, September 15, 1995.