Lee Hepner
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Male
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Birth:
24 November 1920
Death:
24 July 1986
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Biography
Lee Hepner (November 24, 1920 – July 24, 1986) was a Canadian teacher and orchestral conductor.
Hepner was born in Edmonton, Alberta.After organizing the Edmonton Pops Orchestra in 1947, he was principal conductor of the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1949-1950).He was the first Music Director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (1952-1960), and subsequently was Music Director of the McMaster Operatic Society (1961-1967), the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (1962-1969), and the Hamilton Opera Company (1966-1972). He taught music at Queens College, New York, and at McMaster University from 1961 until his death in Vancouver, British Columbia. He founded the McMaster Symphony Orchestra in 1973.