In Friday’s (7/27) Toledo Blade (Ohio), Mark Reiter writes, “Joseph H. Morin, a retired teacher who was the music and orchestra director for Maumee Schools and played violin in the Toledo Symphony for nearly four decades, died of cancer Thursday in his home. He was 83. … Mr. Morin, who received a master’s degree from Bowling Green State University, joined the Toledo Symphony in 1959 when he and his family moved to Maumee. He played second violin with the orchestra, stepping down in 1998. He also was director of the Perrysburg Community Orchestra. He made his debut with the group in 1965. His daughters said the directorship was among the outlets for him to perform musical compositions that he had written. In 1971, his composition ‘Three Moods’ was premiered by the Columbus Symphony at the first Ohio Composers Symposium. He later added two more pieces to the work and renamed it ‘Five Moods.’ … He studied at the University of Washington, Seattle, and received a degree in music education. His first job out of college was teaching music at Hartford High School near Fort Wayne, Ind. He also performed with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic.”
Posted July 30, 2012
