Margaret Hillis (October 1, 1921 – February 5, 1998) was an American conductor. October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ...

She was the founder and music director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, which she led from 1957 to 1994. She was concurrently music director of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra from 1971-1985. She is remembered as the first woman to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which occurred in 1977 at a Carnegie Hall concert, after Sir Georg Solti became too ill to conduct a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8. The Elgin Symphony Orchestra (ESO) is a professional orchestra based in Elgin, Illinois. ... The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, based in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the leading orchestras in the world. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... Sir Georg Solti, KBE (pronounced ) (21 October 1912 - 5 September 1997) was a world-renowned Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor. ... This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... The American premiere of Mahlers 8th Symphony, with Leopold Stokowski conducting one thousand and sixty-eight performers The Symphony No. ...

She won 9 Grammy awards for her work as a choral conductor (she was at one time an assistant to Robert Shaw). Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Robert Shaw (April 30, 1916 – January 25, 1999) was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. ...