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NAME: Peter J. Schoenbach
AGE: 49
OCCUPATION: Chairman of the

department of music at Wayne State
University and professor of music.

EDUCATION: He has an undergraduate

degree from Swarthmore College, a
master's degree from Columbia
University and a doctorate from Rutgers
University in Spanish and Portuguese.

FAMILY: He is married to Anne Tobey, a

consultant for Ford Motor Co. He has
two children: Alisa, a sophomore at
Harvard, and Ilana, a junior high school
student in Los Angeles. His parents, Sol
and Bertha, reside in Philadelphia and
Sarasota.

RESIDENCE: Detroit.

ORGANIZATIONS: He is a member of

American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese, the National
Romance Language Honor Society, the
Detroit Federation of Musicians, Local
5, and the Founders Society of the
Detroit Institute of Arts.

FAVORITE BOOK: He enjoys reading
British mysteries and materials on
culture and education.

HOBBIES: Racquetball, biking and

gardening.

LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: He was an

artistic director with Fedora Horowitz of
the concert, "From Mozart to Motown,"
on Nov. 4 which was funded by the Arts
Foundation of Michigan. Another recent
accomplishment is his election to the
National Association Schools of Music

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PHILOSOPHY: "Life is a great
opportunity for which I am grateful."
He is enthusiastic about culture and
appreciates the fact that his parents
encouraged an interest in the arts. "I
feel that I have a responsibility because
I was privileged to try to share that
with many people — young and old."

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seat on the national board.

BACKGROUND: Peter Schoenbach grew
up in Philadelphia. His father was a
bassoonist in the Philadelphia
Orchestra and taught at Curtis
Institute of Music while his mother was
an artist.
Mr. Schoenbach recalls that his
father used reverse psychology and told
him not to study the bassoon. He
started piano lessons at age 5 and took
drum lessons at age 12. When he was
15-years-old, he decided to play the
bassoon with his father's approval only
if he intended to be a serious student.
"Within a year I was playing in
area orchestras and in two years I was
at Tanglewood. I had such enthusiasm
and energy for it, and of course, I had a
very good idea of what it was supposed
to sound like since I'd been hearing it
all my life," said Mr. Shoenbach.
Upon entering the university, he
never considered a professional career in
music although he continued playing
and studying the bassoon. He enjoyed
studying international diplomacy and
received his master's degree in Spanish
and Latin American studies. He
continued to study Romance languages
and wrote his doctoral dissertation on
Brazilian theater while living in Brazil.
He began teaching Romance
languages at Temple University and
then at the University of Minnesota. In
1973 he accepted the position as dean of
the Curtis Institute of Music. "I have
stayed in music as an administrator for
the last 17 years, and I have never
looked back."
Mr. Schoenbach believes all arts and
culture are inter-related and is looking
forward to a sabbatical in Portugal
beginning in January. Among his many
publications on music and Latin
American culture are Prokofiev: A
Composer's Memoir, co-edited with
David Appel for Doubleday and
Classical Music of Brazil, a study guide
and annotated bibliography.
He is looking forward to his next
interesting project, Brundibar, a
children's opera presented by the
Holocaust Memorial Center. There will
be performances the weekend of Dec. 14
at Wayne State University and Temple
Israel.
"There is nothing I would rather do
than be involved in education, at any
level," he said. fl

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