Ralph Hunter (c. 1921 – June 3, 2002) was an American choral conductor.
He was born circa 1921 in
East Orange, New Jersey
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.
He studied at the
Juilliard School after serving in the
Second World War.
His album ''The Wild, Wild West'', by the Ralph Hunter Choir, was nominated for a
Grammy
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...
award in 1959 in two categories, Best Engineered Recording and Best Folk Performance.
Hunter also taught music at
Hunter College
Hunter College is a public university in New York City. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also admi ...
, where he became professor of music in 1970.
He died on June 3, 2002, in
Grinnell, Iowa, where he lived with his wife Louise.
Discography
* ''Christmas Surprises from the Ralph Hunter Choir'', 1959, LPM-1968, RCA Victor
* ''The Wild, Wild West'', 1959, LSP-2063, RCA Victor
* ''Two's Company: The 2 Ralph Hunter Choirs'', 1960, LSP-2115, RCA Victor
References
External links
* Eugene Marlow
"Under the Influence of. . . Ralph Hunter" The Marlowsphere Blog (#113), December 8, 2014.
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1920s births
2002 deaths
Hunter College faculty