Benson, Warren Frank
(*1924)
BENSON, WARREN FRANK (26 Jan 1924, Detroit, Michigan). Warren Benson studied initially with Jerry Gerard, Selwyn Alvey at Cass Tech, and Jack Ledingham (Detroit) and received bachelor’s (1949) and master’s (1951) degrees in music theory from the University of Michigan while also serving as percussion instructor. From 1946 to 1954, he was timpanist with the Detroit Symphony, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra, and the Brevard Festival Orchestra. In 1952 Benson was awarded a Fulbright…