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Don Walker (October 28, 1907 – September 12, 1989) was a prolific Broadway orchestrator, who also composed music for musicals and one film and worked as a conductor in television. Biography. Walker was born in Lambertville, New Jersey. He attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Don Walker (b. Lambertville, NJ, 28 October 1907; d. Trenton, NJ, 12 September 1989) was a prolific and ubiquitous Broadway orchestrator, also a conductor for television and composer of music for musicals and film. Walker was educated at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sep 13, 1989 · Don Walker, a musician who did the orchestration for dozens of Broadway shows, died yesterday at Mercer Medical Center in Trenton after a long illness. He was 81 years old and lived in New...
Don Walker was a prolific Broadway orchestrator, who also composed music for musicals and one film and worked as a conductor in television.
Don Walker, a musician who did the orchestration for dozens of Broadway shows, died yesterday at Mercer Medical Center in Trenton after a long illness. He was 81 years old and lived in New Hope, Pa.
In this event, orchestrator and conductor Larry Blank will discuss works from across Walker’s extraordinary career, including Anyone Can Whistle, Cabaret, Fiddler, and Shenandoah. Contributors include musical theatre scholar Jon Alan Conrad and legendary orchestrator Jonathan Tunick.
Don Walker has written 5 shows including Allah Be Praised! (Composer), Memphis Bound! (Composer), Bless You All (Composer), Courtin' Time (Composer/Lyricist), The Beauty Part (Composer).
