The New York Philharmonic: From Bernstein to Maazel
John Canarina (Savannah, GA) is professor emeritus of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, where he was director of orchestral studies from 1973 to 2008. A Juilliard graduate, he has been conductor of the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein's direction, and music director of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. Also active as a writer and critic, he is the author of Uncle Sam's Orchestra: Memories of the Seventh Army Symphony (1998, University of Rochester Press) and Pierre Monteux, Maitre (2003, Amadeus Press).