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Lonnie Liggitt |
Tulsa Symphony Orchestra
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TSO Board
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Lonnie Liggitt
Lonnie
Liggitt founded Greenwood Studios in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was the
president of Horace Hopper’s Musical
Adventures, Inc. until retirement
last fall. For the past 10 years he
has been involved in research in
early education funded through
private foundations, state grants
and with venture capital. His work
involved the causal relationship
between his computer music
applications and communication
skills of higher functioning
autistic and Asperger’s Syndrome
diagnosed children and
developmentally delayed children in
general. His company has won 5
national awards in education and Mr.
Liggitt is a member of Who’s Who
Among American Teachers and Who’s
Who in America.
For the previous 10 years Mr. Liggitt
worked as a regional vice president
for Dean Witter (now Morgan
Stanley). He specialized in private
placements and other capital
formation offerings. Mr. Liggitt
worked on placements for Motorola,
Hybritec (monoclonal
antibodies), Chrysler, Ares Sorono,
Nova Pharmaceuticals, and many other
high tech ventures.
All his life, Mr. Liggitt has
immersed himself in composing and
musical performance as a pianist and
organist. His contemporary works are
published through DSM (Warner
Brothers) in New York. He has
managed and toured around the world
with Ernestine Dillard,
one of the most talented Gospel
singers of our time.
Mr. Liggitt conducted the world
premier of Antal Dorati’s Missa
Brevis and was associate conductor
of the New York City premier of
Dominique Argento’s Masque of
Angels. As a composer in London, he
was commissioned to write the film
score for the BBC II production of
“The Three Princes” and the BBC
Radio’s production of “Aubrey
Beardsley”.
As the associate conductor of the
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera for two
seasons under Maestro Karl Kritz,
Mr. Liggitt conducted 12 Broadway
musicals and coached the principles
brought in for the leads, including
Shirley Jones, Patrice Munsel,
Gretchen Wyler, Gene Fenn, Georgio
Tozzi, and Richard Metcalf. In
London, he coached all the major
roles in the West End opening of “Mame”.
He composed and orchestrated the
music for Sue Nichols in her debut
tour of England and Wales.
His organ concerts include St.
Thomas Episcopal on 5th avenue
(NYC), the American Cathedral in
Paris and Syracuse University. He
completed a Masters of Music degree
as a Graduate Fellow with the famous
organist Dr. Arthur Poister. He
remained on the faculty
at Syracuse University with Dr. Earl
George and Dean Howard Boatwright as
a conductor, teacher and recitalist
and musical theorist. He wrote the
realizations of several early
Frescobaldi concerti discovered by
Dr. Don Smithers who recorded them
in London with
Oxford Press. He wrote and produced
the first quartertone ballet, A
Season in Hell, based on the
writings of Arthur Rimbault.
He now manages two artists,
Ernestine Dillard and Lynette
Bennett. Mr. Liggitt’s music has
been performed by the Jackson
Symphony, the Memphis Symphony, and
the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. He
recently joined the Board of the
Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.
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About the TSO...
The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra employs professional
musicians with the focused, collective, and ongoing
aim of presenting all kinds of music of the highest
quality. The TSO functions throughout the year, and
is comprised of self-governing “executive
musicians”—individuals who perform masterful music
and execute the many decisions involved in
sustaining a major orchestra. With a variety of
performances and concerts, in-school events,
community-engagement programs, classroom lessons,
collaborative master classes, and other such
appearances, the TSO intends to invigorate and
broaden arts education all across the City of Tulsa
and, further, the State of Oklahoma. Rebuilding and
strengthening the musical arts infrastructure of
this city and its environs will remain a key concern
and core value of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.
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