At 81, Tommy has been playing bass in this orchestra for 65 years
mainA new entrant for our exclusive list of longest serving orchestral players.
Tommy Zongker joined the double-bass section of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra when he was 16.
He’s still pulling the bow at 81.
Read here.
The reference to the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Massachusetts is a mistake. He must be a member of another Springfield Symphony Orchestra.
Source: http://www.springfieldsymphony.org/about-us/orchestra-roster/
He’s fabulous. We’ve worked together almost 20 out of those 65 years. Tommy is a legend!
Beautiful story, like a very large fermate as a vault over his tenure.
Springfield Missouri