... Philharmonic is one of about 150 orchestras Maazel has conducted in a prodigious career that started when he led major U.S. orchestras as a 12-year-old. The Paris-born American has said that he aspired for years to become music director of ...

... an Arkansas native, was the first African American composer to gain national renown and the first to conduct a major U.S. orchestra. James Earl Jones, with his trademark resonant, bass voice is best known for providing the voice of Darth Vader ...