Wyoming Symphony Orchestra

Scope and Contents From the File: When Edmund Marty departed from the Casper Civic Symphony, the orchestra could not find an official conductor to replace him mid-season, so their assistant conductor and music educator Rex Eggleston stepped in to fill the position. Eggleston conducted the CCS from 1970 until 1972 when the Symphony found a new, official conductor. He continued to teach music in Casper as well as guide the young maestro until they could take over. Some of the only documents the collection has for Rex Eggleston...

Scope and Contents From the File: Curtis Peacock was the next maestro of the CCS and spent 30 years in total with the Orchestra. The Symphony gained local and national attention, was able to host some of its biggest, most successful events, and became a true, professional Symphony under Peacock's tutelage. Peacock was guided by assistant conductor Rex Eggleston for the 1972-1973 season, notably his trial run as conductor, and by 1974 he was official. The Symphony had four name changes under Peacock: Casper Civic Symphony...

Scope and Contents From the File: Curtis Peacock was the next maestro of the CCS and spent 30 years in total with the Orchestra. The Symphony gained local and national attention, was able to host some of its biggest, most successful events, and became a true, professional Symphony under Peacock's tutelage. Peacock was guided by assistant conductor Rex Eggleston for the 1972-1973 season, notably his trial run as conductor, and by 1974 he was official. The Symphony had four name changes under Peacock: Casper Civic Symphony...

Scope and Contents From the File: Casper Civic Symphony refers to the post-war condition of the Symphony Orchestra in Casper that started in 1947 with Blaine D. Coolbaugh as its director and continued until 1973 under Curtis Peacock. Under the name Casper Civic Symphony, the orchestra had five conductors: Blaine D. Coolbaugh (1947-1958), Ernest Hagen (1959-1962), Edmund Marty (1962-1970), temporary/assistant conductor Rex Eggleston (1970-1972), and Curtis Peacock (1972-1973). In 1972 Peacock took over the CCS and by 1974 its...

Scope and Contents From the File: Casper Civic Symphony refers to the post-war condition of the Symphony Orchestra in Casper that started in 1947 with Blaine D. Coolbaugh as its director and continued until 1973 under Curtis Peacock. Under the name Casper Civic Symphony, the orchestra had five conductors: Blaine D. Coolbaugh (1947-1958), Ernest Hagen (1959-1962), Edmund Marty (1962-1970), temporary/assistant conductor Rex Eggleston (1970-1972), and Curtis Peacock (1972-1973). In 1972 Peacock took over the CCS and by 1974 its...

Scope and Contents When Edmund Marty departed from the Casper Civic Symphony, the orchestra could not find an official conductor to replace him mid-season, so their assistant conductor and music educator Rex Eggleston stepped in to fill the position. Eggleston conducted the CCS from 1970 until 1972 when the Symphony found a new, official conductor. He continued to teach music in Casper as well as guide the young maestro until they could take over. Some of the only documents the collection has for Rex Eggleston...

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Casper Civic Symphony Scrapbook: 1972-1978, as found in the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra Archives available for research use through the Goodstein Foundation Library. The archives of the Orchestra consist of programs, posters, photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, records, and ephemera produced by the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra.

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This file includes informational documents that refer to community, social, official, and related events that the Symphony hosted in Casper for the people of Casper and Wyoming. These events were not for fundraising or charity, and are noted as events to entertain and bring together supporters, audiences, and members of the Symphony orchestra of Casper.

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The next file is on William B. Schilling, the next conductor of the Symphony who called the community orchestra Casper Municipal Band. The item therein is a 1934 program from a performance of the Casper Municipal Band under their conductor William B. Schilling. This is the only program in the collection from the 1930s. Schilling led the CMB from 1929 up until 1942 when the world prepared for WWII. Because of WWII all orchestra operations stopped from 1943-1946.

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This file contains the 1926-1927 newspaper clippings that allowed me to piece together who the next conductor of the Orchestra was. A man named Harry S. Marquis picked up the baton in the late 1920s and conducted for the Symphony renamed Casper Philharmonic Orchestra. The news clippings include the announcements of concerts, the publicity for the events, and the dates for some of the concerts during that time.