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Draft for Article on Arno P. Drucker

Arno P. Drucker, (born December 25th 1934) in Philadelphia, PA, (died July 15, 2019) in Baltimore, MD, was an American pianist, music educator and author. He performed as a soloist, vocal accompanist (particularly for his wife, soprano Ruth Drucker), chamber musician (primarily with The American Arts Trio, and as the staff pianist for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 1970 to 1999 under conductors Sergiu Comissiona (1969-1984) and David Zinman (1985-1998) as well as many guest conductors. In addition to his performing career, he was an influential teacher at several institutions, including West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, Essex Community College in Essex, Md, where he was the head of the Music Department from 19xx to 19xx, The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, and Marywood Choir College (now known as Marywood University) in Scranton, PA. His book, American Piano Trios: A Resource Guide was published by Scarecrow Press in 1999.

Education
Arno Drucker graduated from Philadelphia Central High School in 1951, and attended the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY where he received a Bachelor of Musical Arts and Master of Music Degree. As a Fulbright Scholar at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik, he studied with Walter Panhofer, and also at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan with pianist Gyorgy Sandor. At the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland he studied with Leon Fleisher, and received the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts from that institution in 1970.

Publications
American Piano Trios: A Resource Guide published in 1999 by Scarecrow Press in May, 1999.

Baltimore Sun Obituary