Michael Zearott

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Michael Zearott (born August 22, 1937, in

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and was also invited to conduct for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Symphony, California Chamber Symphony, San Diego Symphony and others in the United States as well as Europe.[5] Zearott was the first student to earn a Ph.D. in composition at University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA).

Biography

Michael Zearott was born in San Francisco, and spent most of his early years in the Los Angeles area, graduating from

Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly.[7][8] He was selected as the Acting Artistic Director of the San Diego Symphony in 1970.[9] In 1972, he served as musical director of the Ojai Music Festival, in Ojai, California.[7][10] and guest conductor with the Glendale Symphony Orchestra.[11] He conducted two of Frank Zappa's orchestral concerts at UCLA's Royce Hall in September 1975,[12] which was released four years later on the Zappa album Orchestral Favorites.[13]

During the 1980s, Michael Zearott served as music director for the Nova chamber music concerts in Southern California.[14] In 1981 he declared that he was influenced by

Lewis-Clark State College, where he still was as of 2015).[5]

Michael Zearott's compositions included Concerto Mariachi, which he wrote in 1990 for guitarist Pepe Romero.[19]

References

  1. ^ "1940 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com". Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ^ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995, at Ancestry.com". Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Deaths, The Lewiston Tribune, of 28 July 2019". Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Final Note: Dr. Michael Zearott, AFM-47 web site". Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Dr. Michael Zearott". Lewis-Clark State College. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. ^ Westchester High School's 1955 yearbook, Flight '55, retrieved 5 June 2016
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  9. ^ Mark, Charles Christopher (1970). Charles Christopher Mark's Arts Reporting Service. Arts Reporting Service. pp. n.n.
  10. ^ Central Opera Service (1971). Central Opera Service Bulletin. Central Opera Service. p. 22.
  11. ^ Bobbitt, Blanche G. (1980). The Glendale Symphony Orchestra, 1924–1980. Glendale Symphony Orchestra Association. p. 57.
  12. ISBN 978-0-85712-043-4
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  13. ^ "Michael Zearott". Discogs. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. ^ Chris Pasles (20 October 1987). "Nova Chamber Concerts Beginning At Chapman". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  15. ^ "Michael Zearott". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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  17. ^ High Fidelity/Musical America. ABC Leisure Magazines. 1981. p. 16.
  18. ^ The Wine Spectator. Wine Group. August 1997. p. 84.
  19. ^ Travis Rivers (22 May 2006). "Guitarist, composer shine along with string quartet". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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