Kenneth Schermerhorn

Kenneth Dewitt Schermerhorn (/ˈskɜːrmərhɔːrn/ SKUR-mər-horn; November 20, 1929 – April 18, 2005) was an American composer and orchestra conductor.

[1][2] This was his first conducting position and he proved to be quite successful, winning the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Medal and the Harriet Cohen International Music Award for young conductors.

After leaving the army, Schermerhorn studied and played under Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts, where he won the Serge Koussevitzky Memorial Conducting Award for two consecutive years.

Schermerhorn conducted the 1977 television production of The Nutcracker, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland and the American Ballet Theatre.

[1][2] His ashes are buried in the base of the statue "The Flutist" in the garden of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville.