Albert F. Schoepper

Bandleader, Conductor

1913 – 1997

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Who was Albert F. Schoepper?

Albert F. Schoepper was leader of the United States Marine Band and White House music consultant from 1955 to 1972.

Albert Schoepper was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Albert O. Schoepper and Matilda "Matie" Stehler. He began his musical training at age 7 with the violinist Alfred Perrot. He attended East High School in Rochester, and studied at the Eastman School of Music under Gustav Tinlot. He also studied violin and conducting under Andrew Polah at Syracuse University.

Schoepper joined the Marine Band in 1934, playing violin and saxophone. He often appeared as a violin soloist on network radio programs and was named concert master of the Marine Chamber Orchestra. He first conducted at the White House in 1942. He spent 38 years with the band. He joined the band as an enlisted man in 1934, playing violin and saxophone, and became the first Marine Band director to reach the rank of full colonel.

Col. Schoepper performed as a soloist and conductor before royalty and heads of state and government at hundreds of White House engagements. His first White House appearance as conductor in 1942 before King George II of Greece. Later, when the White House was being renovated, he conducted all the Blair House engagements for Harry S. Truman.

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Born
Oct 22, 1913
Rochester
Also known as
  • Albert Schoepper
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Eastman School of Music
Died
Jul 29, 1997
Alexandria

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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