Elliot Lawrence

Born February 14, 1925· Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

† Died July 2, 2021

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Raised in a Philadelphia broadcasting family, Lawrence began piano studies at three, conducted a children's orchestra at four, and earned a Bachelor of Music in symphonic conducting from the University of Pennsylvania, where he also received the Thornton Oakely Award for outstanding artistic contribution. Launching his own fifteen-member ensemble as a teenager, he later led the Elliot Lawrence Orc… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources