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Ditson Award Goes To Vermont Symphony Conductor
Dr. Alan Carter, founder and longtime director of the Vermont Symphony, wins the Alice M. Ditson Conductor's Award for lifelong programming of American composers. The honor includes a $1,000 citation and will be presented during the Mayfest concert with Dr. Otto Luening in attendance. Carter, longtime Middlebury College faculty member and organizer of multiple conferences, has led the Vermont Symphony since 1935 and helped establish the state orchestra status in 1942.
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