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The Robert Shaw Chorale

Band,
Classical

The Robert Shaw Chorale was a professional chorus founded in New York City in 1948 by Robert Shaw, a Californian who had been drafted out of college a decade earlier by Fred Waring to conduct his Glee Club in radio broadcasts. The Chorale enjoyed an intermittent existence, being formed and re-formed on an ad hoc basis for national and international tours and RCA recordings, its personnel count ranging from around thirty to around sixty voices depending on repertoire requirements. The Chorale ceased operations permanently in 1965, shortly before Shaw assumed the post of Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. During its existence the Robert Shaw Chorale became arguably the best-known and most widely-respected professional choral organization in the United States, with repertoire r

Members

	Robert Shaw zth 1916-1999 US
	David Meyers
	Charles Magruder voc US
	Florence Kopleff voc 1924-2012 US
	Calvin Marsh voc 1921-2012 US
	Paul Ukena 1921-1991 US
	Mary Evelyn Bruce
	Ray Cook