Robert Russell Bennett orchestrated more than 300 Broadway musical scores including Show Boat; No, No, Nanette; Of Thee I Sing; Face the Music; Oklahoma!; Carmen Jones; Finian's Rainbow; Kiss Me, Kate; South Pacific; The King and I; My Fair Lady; and Camelot. His arrangements for the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! earned him an Academy Award. He also orchestrated and arranged Richard Rodgers' TV documentary score for "Victory at Sea." A classically trained composer, Bennett's prolific output of original compositions includes symphonies, sonatas, a ballet, a concerto and an opera. ... read more
Max Gordon is a music director, orchestrator, and music producer. He won the 2016 NYMF award for Best Orchestrations for Dust Can't Kill Me, a new folk musical. He has worked as an audio engineer for Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and as a vocal producer for artists on Universal Music Group and Capitol Records. His songwriting and production recently appeared on Charles Perry's debut album (Verve Records). ... read more
THE HARTFORD COURANT Nov. 27, 1993
Constance R. Williams, a noted fine arts dealer and a Broadway fashion and costume designer during the 1930s, died Friday at home in Litchfield. She was 89.
The cause of death was cancer, a family member said.
For about 40 years, Mrs. Williams and her husband, Thomas D. Williams, managed their own business, T.D. & C.R. Williams Antiques, in Litchfield, one of New England's best-known fine arts dealerships.
She and her husband specialized in rare and early American furnishings, paintings, pewter and fabric. Pieces they sold are part of museum collections on the East Coast, and they were ... read more
