>From a section of the bio I wrote about my uncle John Graas: In June 1940 he received a scholarship to the Tanglewood camp at the Berkshire Music Center and studied there with Willem Valkenier, principal horn with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he received detailed study. In September 1941 Graas became a member of the Mozart Festival Orchestra, conducted by Thor Johnson. In September 1941 he received notice of a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music, but a month later he turned down the Julliard scholarship to perform as first horn with the Indianapolis Symphony. . Graas left classical music for a brief time when in May 1942, he became a member of the Claude Thornhill cool bop big band. He recorded several songs which featured him, such as "Buster's Last Stand" and "Lullaby in the Rain". Then it was back to Tanglewood under Koussevitsky. ..
So, John Graas was there the summers of 1940 & 1942. There is a horn player on the far left in the shot of about 4-5 horn players, where I can't make out the whole person, so I'm not sure, but he may be in this film. Susan Graas McKeever _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
