Chris Xeros Recordings, 1972-1991

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Chris Xeros Recordings, 1972-1991

1972-1991

https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=56

The collection consists of two boxes of cassette recordings of the Richardson (TX) Symphony Orchestra, the Allen (TX) Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, and other projects with which Xeros was involved.

2 boxes

eng, Latn

University of North Texas. Music Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11639613

University of North Texas. Music Library

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Xeros, Chris, 1927-2019

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Chris Peter Xeros was born in Dallas on September 23, 1927. He studied violin with Joseph Kirshbaum at what is now the University of North Texas, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees there. Xeros also studied at the Juilliard School of Music, served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and worked for a time in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1961, he became the founding conductor of the Richardson Symphony orchestra, where he served until 1992, and he taught music for 36 years in the Dallas...