He is a violinist born Edward Joseph Stack who studied for his BM degree in Performance at Roosevelt University’s Chicago Music College from 1958 to 1962.
He became a member of the Minnesota Orchestra in 1967 and served with the orchestra, playing second violin, for 46 years until he retired in 2012.
Since retirement he has performed at high masses in church and concentrates on his interest of dealing with his fine silk robe collection and Russian metallic icons collections along with others interests.
Here is the Minnesota Orchestra being conducted by Sir Neville Marriner in 1982..
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