William Zurcher:
CLASS OF 1950
East High SchoolClass of 1950
Sioux city, IA
Baldwin Harbor Junior High SchoolClass of 1983
Baldwin, NY
Middletown High SchoolClass of 1963
Middletown, NY
Homer Community High SchoolClass of 1958
Homer, NE
Winnebago High SchoolClass of 1958
Winnebago, NE
William's Story
Life
East High School, Sioux City, IA 1947-50
21st Army Band, Fort Lewis WA 1954-55
Morningside College, Sioux City, IA 1956, BME:
Columbia University, New York, NY 1959, MA:
Columbia University, New York, NY 1960, PD:
Columbia University, New York, NY 1973, EdD
In New York City: Performed and recorded with George Shearing, "Cannonball" and Nat Adderly (club dates and the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival Tour); Performed and recorded with American Opera Society and NBC Symphony of the Air in Carnegie Hall; Little Orchestra Society; Hudson Valley Philharmonic with Claude Monteux; Tommy Vig Trio; Roland Wiggins Quintet; Ernie Rudy; Don Glasser at Roseland Ballroom and Virginia Beach (included many CBS Na...Expand for more
tional and International radio broadcasts).
Record album performances with George Shearing: Satin Brass, The Best of George Shearing and The Very Best of George Shearing. Also Les Troyens with The American Opera Society.
Author and nationally-recognized music researcher; Biography in Who's Who in America; Named to All-American Bandmasters Band; Named to Little Chicago Jazz Hall of Fame (see littlechicagojazz.com); Lifetime Achievement Award from New York State PTA, 14 years as VP of Baldwin, NY Teachers Association. Retired after 40 years of teaching and 48 years of performing.
My wife Kay and I reside on the south shore of Long Island in Freeport, NY.
Web Site: wzurcher.com
Updated 4-13-11
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