Mr. Alan Watrous

Alan Watrous, Former Dallas Symphony Orchestra Manager, 97

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Alan Watrous, a former manager of the Dallas [Texas] Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and a prominent figure in American symphonic circles, died on September 30, 2002, in Seattle, Washington, as the result of a fall, at the age of 97.

Mr. Watrous came to the DSO at the beginning of the 1957-58 season and
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director when Mr. Watrous arrived.
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Mr. Watrous also was involved in the beginning of the Dallas Opera.The company was established during his first year in the city, and for many years the Dallas Symphony served as the opera company's pit orchestra.

Mr. Watrous was born on Sept. 21, 1905, in Winfield, Kansas, and was trained as a violinist.During World War II he was the music director of the Boeing Co. in Wichita, Kansas.After the war, he helped found the Wichita Symphony, serving as its assistant concertmaster for one year and its general manager for 13 years before coming to Dallas.

He left Dallas at the end of the 1963-64 season to become general manager of the Seattle [Washington] Symphony, a position he held until 1974.

In 1946, Mr. Watrous helped establish the American Symphony Orchestra League, an organization of professional and semiprofessional orchestras from around the nation.He served as the league's president from 1951 to 1955. He also served as an adviser to the National Endowment for the

Alan Watrous, 97, former manager of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and a prominent figure in American symphonic circles, on Sept. 30.

The Seattle Symphony has dedicated the November 9 performance to former general manager Alan Watrous, who died on September 30.In addition to his work with the Seattle Symphony from 1966-1974, Mr. Watrous founded the Wichita Symphony Orchestra and Wichita Youth Symphony, served as manager of the Dallas Symphony for nine years, helped to establish the American Symphony Orchestra League, and served as a consultant for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Former DSO manager Alan Watrous dies at 97 Alan Watrous, a former manager of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and a prominent figure in American symphonic circles, died on Sept. 30 in Seattle as the result of a fall.He was 97.

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