Max Weil

[1] Born and raised in Philadelphia, Weil was educated as a violinist in Germany over a four year period at the Leipzig Conservatory in the late 1880s.

In the 1892-1893 season he spent 26 weeks performing as the second violinist in George Lehmann's Schumann Quartette; mainly in concerts in Denver, Colorado.

He returned to Canada in late 1912 when he was appointed conductor of the Calgary Symphony Orchestra, a post he held until shortly after the outbreak of World War I.

[8] After returning to the United States, Weil gave his first public performance at the Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (RCKI) in Philadelphia where he played as a soloist during religious services in September 1890.

[7] He gave a recital with the pianist Robert Tempest and soprano Marie Kunkel at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in November 1890,[9][10] and that same month performed violin duo works with Harry Herzberg in the RCKI's chamber music concert series.

[11] He continued to perform regularly during concerts, religious services, and public events such as funerals and weddings at the RCKI in 1891.

[14][15] In June 1891 he was the violin soloist in a concert given at Philadelphia's Mercantile Hall at 847 N. Franklin St in which he performed with the band of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment under conductor Herman Solomon.

[16] On October 21, 1891, he performed in concert with contralto Weda Cook (1867–1937), pianist Maurits Leefson (1861-1926), and cellist Rudolph Hennig (1845-1904) at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

[17][18] At the end of October 1891 Weil left Philadelphia to begin a position as violinist in the New York Symphony Orchestra under conductor Walter Damrosch.

[24] The Canadian Encyclopedia states that Max Weil was appointed head the of the violin department at the Halifax Conservatory of Music in c.

[1] Canadian music historian Phyllis Blakeley described as "a conductor of energy, with a capacity for hard work, a quick eye, and an unerring ear.

[31] Weil also conducted and produced operas in Halifax, beginning with a production of Friedrich von Flotow's Martha in 1896.

Other operas he produced and conducted in the city included Charles Gounod's Faust and Michael William Balfe's The Bohemian Girl.