Despite a lack of formal training, Shaw inspired generations of musicians. Robert Shaw became popular in an intensely competitive business where musical pedigree is highly valued. And yet, he was not ...

Documentary series profiles choral music conductor Robert Shaw’s interpretations of classical music’s choral masterpieces that inspired generations of musicians over his six-decade career, and the ...

Narrated by David Hyde Pierce, AMERICAN MASTERS “Robert Shaw – Man Of Many Voices” traces the journey of one of America’s greatest choral music conductors. Renowned for his interpretations of ...

Under extraordinary circumstances, while exploring a brilliant composition, an inspired conductor can marshal the collective power of instruments and voices in a way that not only expresses the ...

Robert Shaw said he was drawn to the helm of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 1967 because he wanted to work in the city of such moral giants as the Martin Luther King Jr. and Atlanta Constitution ...

Old patrons of the San Diego Symphony could hardly believe their eyes: 4,000 of their fellow townsmen streamed into Balboa Park’s Ford Bowl for the city’s largest symphonic turnout in many a season.

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