Jerome Weber [SEP] position held
Jerome Weber
Jerome Weber OSB (September 14, 1915 – September 4, 2008) was a Canadian abbot of the Roman Catholic Church.
Weber was born in Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1915 and ordained a priest on June 8, 1941 in the Order of Saint Benedict. He was elected abbot of St. Peter-Muenster on April 6, 1960 and the election was confirmed on June 28, 1960. Abbot Jerome Weber retired from St. Peter-Muenster on June 15, 1990.
See also.
Orchestra, a position he held until his retirement from performing in 1986. While he was a member of the orchestra, legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins created a ballet to Igor Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet, featuring only Weber's playing.
Recordings.
Weber has been featured on many recordings. He can be heard performing the e-flat clarinet solos in Toscanini's recordings of the Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 and Richard Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. He played first clarinet in Stokowski's Symphony