Leroy Anderson, America's preeminent composer of light concert music, wrote such lively and evocative Pops orchestral favorites as "Sleigh Ride," "The Syncopated Clock" and "Blue Tango".

Our high school orchestra has performed three of your pieces in the past year, "Fiddle-Faddle", "Sleigh Ride" and "The Syncopated Clock." Each piece was played well and received an enthusiastic ...

Leroy Anderson's youngest son, Kurt Anderson, notes that " Leroy Anderson's place in musical history is special. His music is spirited and manages to capture a liveliness that many people enjoy ...

In the summer of 1998 John Williams was interviewed about Leroy Anderson. Peter Rosen: Can you talk a little bit about the fun aspect of the whole Anderson repertoire, is it fluff? Is it music ...

Schultheis was seen waving the conductor’s baton and dancing with energy as the orchestra played the Leroy Anderson holiday classic "Sleigh Ride." "This audience member won a raffle to conduct ...

Leroy Anderson: "Well, I was trying to write a Christmas festival. You see, there are all types of things that have been written for various occasions and in this particular case I was working at ...

And as his prize, he was invited to conduct the orchestra in a performance of Leroy Anderson’s Christmas classic, Sleigh Ride. And what a ride it was... watch the exuberant exhibition below. Dressed ...