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- Birth nameCrawford Marion Gates
- Composer, conductor and educator. He was educated at the College of the Pacific, Columbia University, San Jose State College (BA), Brigham Young University (MA), and the University of Rochester (Ph.D.). He also studied with Ernst Toch, Howard Hanson, Bernard Rogers, and LeRoy Robertson. He conducted the orchestra and choral groups at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and various school and civic concerts and festivals including Tanglewood in 1957. He was also the guest conductor for the Utah Symphony, and on recordings. He was the music director for the Mormon Male Chorus (on radio and on tour) in 1941 and 1942, the San Jose Light Opera in 1942-1943, and the Beloit (Wisconsin) Civic Symphony, 1963-1964. He joined the faculty of Brigham Young University in 1948, and and assumed the chairmanship of the music department in 1960. Joining ASCAP in 1963, his chief musical collaborator was Arnold Sundgaard.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Hup234!
- SpouseGeorgia Lauper(December 19, 1952 - June 9, 2018) (his death, 4 children)
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