page_title: Eugene Lacritz
section_title: Music education
hierarchical_section_title: Eugene Lacritz / Music education
caption_attribution_description: English: Eugene Edward Lacritz (1929–2012), was an American conductor, clarinetist, saxophonist, and senior executive of a former luxury fashion retail chain based in San Antonio, Frost Bros
context_page_description: Eugene Edward Lacritz was an American conductor, clarinetist, saxophonist, and a 31-year professional in management roles at four former specialty retail institutions, one in Houston and three in San Antonio. Notably, he was a senior executive — initially store manager and ultimately executive vice president — at Frost Bros., a former large apparel retail concern based in San Antonio.
context_section_description: Higher education
  Lacritz studied music at, and earned a Bachelor of Music with honors from, The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC), majoring in clarinet. His clarinet teacher was Rosario Mazzeo (1911–1997). His other teachers included Betty Hilker (piano), Francis M. Findlay (1894–1967) (orchestra), George Moleux (1900–1966) (band), Francis Judd Cooke (1910–1995) (musical form & contemporary music), Susan Williams (harmony), and Warren Storey Smith (1885–1971) (music history). Lacritz attended NEC for one extra semester in Spring 1954. That semester he studied clarinet with Mazzeo and Advanced Ensemble and Orchestra Drill with Fernand Gillet.
  While at NEC, Lacritz served as Vice President of Kappa Gamma Psi (1949); he was on the Dean's list in 1949; he served as Business manager for the NEC quarterly publication, The Melodic Line and The Neume, the Conservatory's yearbook. Lacritz also was president of his sophomore class and student council.
  While in living in Massachusetts, Lacritz was a member of the Boston Civic Symphony, the New England Philharmonic, and the Salem Philharmonic.
  Secondary education
  Lacritz graduated from Salem High School, Massachusetts, June 1947.
caption: Eugene Lacritz The Neume (1951 yearbook)
   New England Conservatory Archives, Boston
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