THOMPSON, LEON EVANETTE

THOMPSON, LEON EVANETTE. Symphony orchestra conductor (1 August 1928 in Richmond, Virginia). He obtained his musical training at Virginia State College in Petersburg, Virginia (B.S. 1948), where he studied with Undine Smith Moore ; at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York (M. Mus., 1952); and at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (D.M.A., 1966). A Fulbright Fellowship (1955-57) made it possible for him to study in France, where he worked with Nadia Boulanger...