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Promising young conductor drowns in Adirondack lake
Calvin Simmons, 32, conductor of the Oakland Symphony, drowned after a canoe capsize on Connery Pond near Lake Placid. Rescue teams searched murky 23 foot waters into the night and planned to resume at dawn. Simmons rose as a notable modern Black conductor with a track from San Francisco Boys Chorus to major operas.
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Lake Placid
N.Y
UPI
Calvin Simmons
Adirondack Mountains
Simmons
Oakland, Calif
Symphony
Connery Pond
State Police
State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers
Lake Placid Fire Department
Oakland Symphony
Harold Lawrence
Oakland
Lawrence
Mississippi
San Francisco
San Francisco Boys Chorus
San Francisco Opera
New York Metropolitan Opera
San Francisco Symphony
New York Philharmonic
New York City Opera