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nbe Existing in Germany from 1952 to 1962, this orchestra is still remembered.   Clarinetist Jerry Mattson expresses it aptly: "I don't normally live in the past, but I have yet to come across anyone with a comparable experience to hark back to. Those were strange and wonderful years."

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Reunion, 1955
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2006, 55th Anniversary Reunion


This placard was displayed at the 2006 reunion of the orchestra.
(photo courtesy of Mel Ponzi)
June 28, 2009:
Ed Alley's wedding photo has been archived . You can view it via a link in his biography.
About this Site (6/15/08)

Now Available:
Kenneth Schermerhorn: He Will Always Be the Music, by Martha Rivers Ingram with D. B. Kellogg; 65 photos, 391 pages; $29.99. (Ken played trumpet and conducted in 1953-55).  Can now be ordered online from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center Store, which also offers this unusual item.  The store address is One Symphony Place, Nashville, TN 37201.
Uncle Sam's Orchestra: Memories of the Seventh Army Symphony, by John Canarina, (Bass and Conductor in 1959-60). 50 b/w illus., musical examples, 224pp, 6 x 9. From the University of Rochester Press P.O. Box 41026 Rochester, NY 14604-4126.
(9/12/06) According to John Canarina, the email contact at Rochester is Suzanne Guiod at guiod@uofrochesterpress.net
(5/22/07) Note from John Canarina: "The University of Rochester press has informed me that, while my book is technically out of print, they are now offering it on a Print on Demand (POD) basis, which means that anyone can now order a copy and they'll print one up, which will appear identical to the original book. Former members get a 25 per cent discount."

7ASO People in the News (Updated 5/27/07 - Charles Rosen)
John Canarina
Donald Draganski
Harris Goldman
David Irving
Jack Monchecourt
Charles Rosen
Myron Rosenblum

Lost Sheep List
(Updated 10/28/07)
(add Frank Maguire)
In Memoriam
(Updated 3/13/09)
Regis Cronauer

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