- Was nominated for Broadway's 1959 Tony Award as Best Conductor and Musical Director for "La Plume de Ma Tante."
- He attended the LA Conservatory of Music. He conducted and arranged music for several Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including Porgy & Bess, Jamaica, The Cradle Will Rock, and Fly Blackbird, earning two Obie awards. He was also musical director for the Robert Joffrey Ballet.
- He was one of the first proponents of the Moog synthesizer. In 1969, he released an album, Music to Moog By, which has become a classic among Moog fans. He formed the First Moog Quartet, a four-synthesizer ensemble that brought electronic music into classical music venues. They performed the first live multi-media show of synthesized music ever at Carnegie Hall.
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