Lyndon Woodside (March 23, 1935 in

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– August 23, 2005 in

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) was the 10th conductor of the

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. He toured Europe and the Americas, but his home performance space was

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, built by

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to house the Society. While his repertoire was broad, perhaps he was best known for the annual Christmas-time production of

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. A resident of

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on August 23, 2005, in

. Kozinn, Allan
"Lyndon Woodside, 70, Leader Of Oratorio Society, Is Dead"
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'', August 26, 2005. Accessed May 9, 2012. "Lyndon Woodside, a choral conductor who for more than three decades led one of New York City's oldest and largest choruses, the Oratorio Society of New York, died on Tuesday in Engelwood, N.J. He was 70 and lived in Leonia, N.J."

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