page_title: Oratorio Society of Queens
section_title: Conductors
hierarchical_section_title: Oratorio Society of Queens / Conductors
caption_attribution_description: English: OSQ Spring 2010 - Maestro Close conducting
context_page_description: The Oratorio Society of Queens is a non-profit membership organization which performs the choral pieces and is the oldest performing arts institution in the borough of Queens, New York City. David W. Close is the Artistic Director and Conductor.
  Established in 1927 by Flushing residents, the Oratorio Society of Flushing competed with the prestigious Oratorio Society of New York, founded 54 years earlier. In 1985 the Society incorporated as the Oratorio Society of Queens, covering members throughout the borough. Today the membership is borough-wide and even includes several Bronx and Nassau County residents.
  OSQ is a charter member of both the Queens Council on the Arts and the Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts. Throughout its history, OSQ has been non-sectarian, and membership is open to anyone.
context_section_description: Spring 1927 - John Norton
  Winter 1927 - Dr. Clarence Dickinson
  Spring 1928 - Spring 1938  =  Herbert Stavely Sammond
  Winter 1938 - Spring 1952  =  Lawrence Rasmussen
  Winter 1952 - Winter 1953  -  No conductor
  Spring 1954 - Spring 1956  =  Donald Comrie
  Winter 1956 - Spring 1959  =  Frederick Heyne
  Winter 1959 - Winter 1961  =  Elizabeth DeMartini
  Spring 1962 - Spring 1963  =  James McEvers
  Winter 1963 - Spring 1968  =  Warren H. Brown
  Winter 1968 - Winter 1969  =  David Katz
  Spring 1970–Present  = David Close
caption: Maestro David Close conducting
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