EDUCATION:
Juilliard School of Music while still in high school
New York University, Bachelor of Arts at age 18
New York University, Master of Arts at age 19
Private voice, piano, and composition studies with famous teachers in their field
MUSICAL ACTIVITIES:
Gave classical music solo piano recitals in Philadelphia, New York City, and Seward, Alaska
Performed in Bach Triple Concerto with Steuben Symphony Orchestra
Gave voice recitals and radio performances in New York City
Did professional accompanying and voice coaching for outstanding performers
Taught voice and piano privately at my Carnegie Hall studio for many years until moving to California
Taught music at the
High School of Music and Art
in New York City for many years
Subjects taught: Voice training, choral and orchestral conducting, theory of music, orchestration,
harmony, art of accompanying, history of music, conductor of mixed chorus, women’s chorus,
class piano for students with no piano background, music appreciation for art students
Prepared several high school choruses for joint concerts with major orchestras
Public performances as pianist and accompanist for various organizations in Orange County
Currently private teaching and coaching of voice and piano in and around Orange County, California
Performed classical piano music at opening of Laguna Hills Leisure World Clubhouse Five
Performed for League of Women Voters, City of Hope, and opening of Lincoln Savings
Music coordinator/performer of first Saddleback College Emeritus Day Program (October 1980)
STUDENTS:
The following is a very short list of the wonderful students I may have influenced:
James Conlon,
present music director and conductor of the
Los Angeles Opera
Allan
Vogel,
oboist with the
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Hal Linden,
vocalist, clarinetist, and actor
Barbara Sparti,
with her troupe enactment of Renaissance music in many European countries
Shari Lewis,
great musician and puppeteer
Gerald Fried,
composer and oboist
Gloria Davy,
formerly with the New York Metropolitan Opera and Berlin Opera
Peter G. Jeffery,
Scheide Professor of Music History at Princeton University
Diahann Carroll,
actress and singer
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Assistant examiner for the New York City Board of Examiners
Acted as judge in a choral competition in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Author of book
Creative Music Theory
published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston 1972 [see right photo at page top]
Co-author of
two books on harmony,
Harmony In Action New York 1956
Click here to contact Mildred Landecker for information on how to purchase this book.
Honored for outstanding teaching contribution at Saddleback College (October 1983)
Mentioned 5 times in book
Accent on Talent
by Dr. Ben Steigman published by Wayne Univ. Press
Guest lecturer at Laguna Beach Community Center
Guest lecturer several times at Sunday Discussion Group
Presented program at Academia’s Music Unites All People (October 1998)
Arranged for guest speaker Harriet Payne, violinist at Pacific Symphony and personnel manager at
Pageant of the Masters to speak at two sessions of Landecker’s History of Music Classes (April 1992)
Arranged for guest speaker, Micah Levy, conductor of Orange County Chamber Music Orchestra,
to speak to my “For the Love of Music” History of Music classes
Grass roots organizer of Leisure World contingency to attend the Long Beach Symphony
Officer of the GlobeTwirlers (square dance group) in Laguna Hills
Chosen as Leisure Worlder of the Month (February 1995) [see left photo at page top]
Named Teacher of the Year by Saddleback College Emeritus Program
(January 2001 and April 2008).
If you would like to a picture of Mildred in cap and gown receiving her award,
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If you would like to an article and photo which appeared in the May 30, 2008 Orange County Register,
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If you would like to a Saddleback College advertisement which features me and which appeared in June 2008,
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Honored by the Board of Trustees, South Orange County Community College District (July 2003)
Associate Professor of Music, teaching music history/appreciation as well as
opera history at Saddleback College since September 1978
Taught at Saddleback Valley Unified School District Adult Education Program from 1975 to 1978
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For information about the LaGuardia High School Mildred Landecker Choral Music
Purchase Endowed Fund, please
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To see a photo of James Conlon and Mildred Landecker backstage after an
LA Opera
performance he conducted in September 2006, please
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To see a photo of James Conlon and Mildred Landecker backstage after an LA Opera performance
he conducted in February 2008, please
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If you would like to see a photo of Los Angeles
Opera Music Director James Conlon on September 21, 2008 posing
backstage at Dorothy Chandler Hall, click here or click here.
Mildred Landecker was Maestro Conlon's first conducting teacher.
For my personal donor story, please click here.
You can contact me at mlandecker@yahoo.com.
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