Joseph Campbell Hawthorne (1908 - March 20, 1994) was an American conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

, violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist, violist

Viola

The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

, and military officer. Born in Provincetown, Massachusetts

Provincetown, Massachusetts

Provincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,431 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 2007 population of 3,174...

, he was the son of artists Charles Webster Hawthorne

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Charles Webster Hawthorne was an American portrait and genre painter and a noted teacher who founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899....

 and Ethel "Marion" Campbell. After receiving his childhood education at the Brooklyn Friends School

Brooklyn Friends School

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, he entered Princeton University

Princeton University

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 where he graduated in 1930. He then pursued further studies at the Juilliard School

Juilliard School

The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...

 and at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France. His career was interrupted by World War II

World War II

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 and he served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 during the war in a development detachment of the Atlantic fleet. In November 1949 he married Hazel Wragg, a marriage which lasted until his death nearly 45 years later.

Following World War II, Hawthorne served as both principal violist and associate conductor for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

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 and was a conductor of the Dallas Training Orchestra. From 1955-1963 he was conductor of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra

Toledo Symphony Orchestra

Toledo Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra in Toledo, Ohio. It's the biggest "musical resource for the region". They perform in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana...

. In 1959 he became the first Music Director of the Toledo Opera

Toledo Opera

The Toledo Opera is an American opera company based in Toledo, Ohio. Founded in 1959, the company's first General Director was Lester Freedman with conductor Joseph Hawthorne of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra serving as Music Director...

. He also held conducting posts with the Chattanooga Symphony, the Duluth Superior Symphony, the National Orchestral Association, and the Orchestra of the American Composers Forum

American Composers Forum

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. He was the founder of the Provincetown Symphonic Society and guest conducted orchestras in North America, Europe, and Israel.