FENNELL, FREDERICK

Frederick Fennell was born into a musical family. He learned to play the drums at the age of six. He pursued a career as a percussionist until his graduation from high school in 1933. His ambition was to become a conductor, and he spent his high school vacations at National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, where he studied conducting with Vladimir Bakalienekoff and Albert Austin Harding. Dr. Harding gave Fennell his first opportunity when he invited him to conduct the National...