Dale Clevenger was an American musician who was the Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1966 until his retirement in June, 2013.
17 Facts About Dale Clevenger
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Dale Clevenger was principal horn of the Kansas City Philharmonic.
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Dale Clevenger started playing trumpet at age 11 and switched to horn at age 13.
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Dale Clevenger received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, in 1962.
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Dale Clevenger considered Arnold Jacobs and Adolph Herseth, former principal brass instrumentalists of the CSO, to be his mentors.
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Dale Clevenger performed with many ensembles worldwide, including the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Dale Clevenger took part in many music festivals including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Florida Music Festival, Sarasota, Marrowstone Music Festival, Bellingham, Washington, and Affinis Music Festival, Japan.
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Dale Clevenger won a Grammy Award for "The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli," which he recorded with members of the Chicago Symphony brass section, as well as the brass sections of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra.
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Dale Clevenger's recording of Mozart's horn concertos was named Record of the Year in Hungary on the European label Hungaroton.
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Dale Clevenger was a featured soloist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Grammy-winning Strauss Wind Concertos album, on which he plays Strauss's first horn concerto, as well as Andante for horn and piano in C major with Daniel Barenboim accompanying on piano.
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In 2003, Dale Clevenger premiered John Williams' Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, a work written for him.
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Dale Clevenger was the Music Director of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra from 1981 to 1995.
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Dale Clevenger expanded his conducting career with numerous orchestras in North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, recently leading the Orquestra Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon with Daniel Barenboim as soloist.
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Dale Clevenger was President of the Italian Brass Week and taught at Roosevelt University during his time in Chicago.
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Dale Clevenger married Alice Anne Render of Louisville, Kentucky, a skilled hornist.
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Dale Clevenger had two children from his first marriage, Michael and Ami.
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Dale Clevenger died from complications of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia at a hospital near his residence in Brescia on January 5,2022, at the age of 81.