Leopold Stokowski
Gorodetzer was the last musician hired for the orchestra by legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski. In 1936, while still a student at the famed Curtis Institute of Music, Gorodetzer auditioned for Leopold Stokowski, who would soon turn over his post as orchestra director to Eugene Ormandy. Ormandy was also present at the audition. Gorodetzer played again for Stokowski when Stokowski conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra's performance of the musical score of the 1940 Walt Disney movie Fantasia.