Category Archives: In Memoriam/Final Notes

Final Note: Arnold Belnick

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Life Member. Violin
(9/7/1922 – 6/2/2015)

by Susan Chatman

Violinist Arnold Belnick, soloist and studio musician, made his transition in Granada Hills on June 2, 2015. He was 92 years old. A New York native and child prodigy since the age of 4, Arnold won his first major American competition at the age of 15 and played his concert debut in Town Hall. Hailed as a “young Joseph Sziget,” Arnold was a featured soloist with the New York Philharmonic and gained critical acclaim after he recorded for Columbia Records. Continue reading →

Final Note: Phillip Lambro

lambroFormer Life Member. Conductor/Director
(9/2/1935 – 6/21/2015)

“Lambro, a classical composer whose works have been performed by some of the world’s premiere symphony orchestras, composed a handful of motion picture scores during the 1960s and 1970s, including the original, unused score for Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’.”

– “Crypt of the Living Dead” Composer Phillip Lambro Dead at Age 80 – by Randall D. Larson, Musique Fantastique