Willis Page, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willis Page

musician and symphony orchestra conductor

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1918

Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, United States

Date of Death: 09-Jan-2013

Profession: conductor, music pedagogue

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Willis Page (born September 18, 1918, Rochester, N.Y., died January 9, 2013.), was a musician and symphony orchestra conductor.
He conducted three major US orchestras – in Nashville, Tennessee, Des Moines, Iowa, and Jacksonville, Florida.
He was also the associate conductor in Buffalo, New York, where he conducted three quarters of all concerts and has been guest conductor for several orchestras including the Boston Pops Orchestra (seven times), Denver, St Louis, Rochester, Hartford, Muncie, Yomiuri, Toronto and Jerusalem.
He was the first US conductor of a major Japanese symphony orchestra, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.
He was the first conductor to hire black musicians in a classical orchestra in the USA.