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	Orchestra: [[Connecticut - The Big List of timpanists]] - Hartford Symphony Orchestra<br>		Orchestra: [[Connecticut - The Big List of timpanists]] - Hartford Symphony Orchestra<br>

	Mention: ~~Elected to~~ the Percussive Arts Society (1997)		Mention: Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society (1997)

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	For fifty years, Alexander Lepak, co-author of the famous Friese-Lepak Timpani Method, has been playing timpani in his hometown with the Hartford Symphony. His founding of the percussion department in the late 1940s and the percussion ensemble in 1950 at the Hartt School makes it one of the oldest university percussion programs in the United States. In addition to percussion, the now-retired Professor Emeritus of Theory and Percussion also taught ear training and conducted the Hartt Concert Jazz Band, which he founded in 1955.		For fifty years, Alexander Lepak, co-author of the famous Friese-Lepak Timpani Method, has been playing timpani in his hometown with the Hartford Symphony. His founding of the percussion department in the late 1940s and the percussion ensemble in 1950 at the Hartt School makes it one of the oldest university percussion programs in the United States. In addition to percussion, the now-retired Professor Emeritus of Theory and Percussion also taught ear training and conducted the Hartt Concert Jazz Band, which he founded in 1955.

	~~Alexander LepakLepak~~'s career in music began as a youth in his home. His father, a Polish immigrant, arrived in the United States with a violin under his arm. "I was one of ten children," recalls Lepak, "and we always had a musical group playing polkas or waltzes from the old country." After hearing a performance in which the timpani were out of tune, Lepak auditioned and won the position of timpanist in his high school orchestra, and then began studying theory with Ralph Baldwin. He began to compose and arrange music, and performed in various clubs and hotels with both John Mehegan and Paul Landerman's Orchestra.		Lepak's career in music began as a youth in his home. His father, a Polish immigrant, arrived in the United States with a violin under his arm. "I was one of ten children," recalls Lepak, "and we always had a musical group playing polkas or waltzes from the old country." After hearing a performance in which the timpani were out of tune, Lepak auditioned and won the position of timpanist in his high school orchestra, and then began studying theory with Ralph Baldwin. He began to compose and arrange music, and performed in various clubs and hotels with both John Mehegan and Paul Landerman's Orchestra.

	Lepak served as the conductor of the Marines' 3rd Brigade Orchestra during World War II, seeing combat while stationed in Samoa, the Marshall Islands and Guam, all the time performing concerts throughout the islands. When the war ended, he relocated to New York, performing with orchestras of Bob Chester, Les Elgart and Raymond Scott. It was during this time that he began his studies with Henry Adler and Alfred Friese. When the first of his ten children was born, he returned to finish his degree at Hartt, graduating cum laude in 1950 and immediately being appointed to the theory and percussion faculty.		Lepak served as the conductor of the Marines' 3rd Brigade Orchestra during World War II, seeing combat while stationed in Samoa, the Marshall Islands and Guam, all the time performing concerts throughout the islands. When the war ended, he relocated to New York, performing with orchestras of Bob Chester, Les Elgart and Raymond Scott. It was during this time that he began his studies with Henry Adler and Alfred Friese. When the first of his ten children was born, he returned to finish his degree at Hartt, graduating cum laude in 1950 and immediately being appointed to the theory and percussion faculty.

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	Lepak says he is "overwhelmed" by his election to the PAS Hall of Fame. "I've received a lot of awards," he said, "but to be included with all of these great musicians is the greatest honor of my career."<ref>http://www.pas.org/experience/halloffame/LepakAlexander.aspx</ref>		Lepak says he is "overwhelmed" by his election to the PAS Hall of Fame. "I've received a lot of awards," he said, "but to be included with all of these great musicians is the greatest honor of my career."<ref>http://www.pas.org/experience/halloffame/LepakAlexander.aspx</ref>


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	Lepak says he is "overwhelmed" by his election to the PAS Hall of Fame. "I've received a lot of awards," he said, "but to be included with all of these great musicians is the greatest honor of my career."<ref>http://www.pas.org/experience/halloffame/LepakAlexander.aspx</ref>		Lepak says he is "overwhelmed" by his election to the PAS Hall of Fame. "I've received a lot of awards," he said, "but to be included with all of these great musicians is the greatest honor of my career."<ref>http://www.pas.org/experience/halloffame/LepakAlexander.aspx</ref>


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