He is someone who really believes in people, recognizes their talents and tries to bring people together for the greater good. Paul Rosen, past chairman of ILIR, put it this way. Morry has an indomitable spirit with a pervasive passion for music that he wants to infuse into everyone. FAU's eighty-five member mixed chorus, The 2nd Time Around Band and the Mandolin Orchestra conducted by Mary Roitman are examples of large groups. Smaller groups include a ballet performed by Harid students, Sergio Schwartz's string quartet, the Avatar Brass Ensemble who rival the Canadian Brass, a happy toe-tapping Klezmer band headed by Aron Kula, a jazz band lead by Matt Jensen of Olympic Heights high school, a sax quintet and more.
Individual performers come from most areas of music.
They include such stars as Marjory Gordon, coloratura soprano. She has played forty different rolls in five languages at prestigious opera houses. Professor Silver's credits include being a voice coach. Bette Midler, June Havoc, Gloria Swanson and other Hollywood stars were among his students. Composer Donald Waxman, who is presently working on a modern day symphony, talked about how symphonic music has changed and then demonstrated on the piano.