' Benton & Bowles, Inc. 909 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y 10022/758-6200

VICE PRESIDENT Februar}' 13, 1975

Dear Mr. Rubinstein:

Your time is precious. I don’t want to waste it. Coming right to the point. I believe I have the potential of becoming a great pianist. To have the opportunity of studying with you would, I know, contribute immensely toward the realization of this goal.

Who am I? The letterhead gives a partial answer. I am a Vice President and Director of Benton & Bowles Advertising. The enclosed resume tells a large part of the story of how I came to this position.

One thing it doesn’t indicate is the fact that ray primary career intention - to become a pianist - has remained constant. Financial necessity led me to enter the profession in 1955 after service in the Army pre­ cipitously stopped my career momentum. Fortunately, I had other talents to call on. Still,over the past 19 years I have continued to practice, perform recitals and record on a modest scale commensurate with the time commitment that my advertising involvement has demanded.

I am writing you now because I feel prepared to more actively resume my career as a performer. Your guidance at this point in my life would be an eloquent confirmation of God’s will for my life. I am willing to meet with you any time, any place, at your convenience to play for you, and hopefully to become your disciple.

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Mr. Arthur Rubinstein Hurok 1370 Avenue of the Americas HOY EATON SYNOPSIS BORN MAY U, 1930

EDUCATION: , Bachelor of Social Science, magna cum laude, History CCNY ’50 Bachelor of Music, Piano and pedagogy, Man. School of Music *50 Master of Music, Piano and , Manhattan School of Music ’52 Master of Arts, Musicology (thesis in process) Yale University ’51 Piano studies with: Rudolph Gruen, Harold Bauer, Edwin Fischer, HELEN SCOVILLE Conducting studies under: Hugh Ross, choral; Hugo Kortschak, orchestral Junior Year studies at University of and Conservatory of , Switzerland ’¿8—*4-9

AWARDS AND HONORS: Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta (honorary history fraternity) Listed: Who's Who in America 1953 Who’s Who in Colored America 1950 Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities 1950 Winner: Aaron Naumburg Award for years study abroad CCNY ’¿8 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Award for pianists •50 Nathaniel Currier Fellowship Yale '50 Junior Sterling Fellowship Yale »51

EXPERIENCE: Concert appearances in Europe and America '49-'53 Instructor of Piano, CCNY and Manhattan School of Music ’51—153 Drafted April 1953; worked as Radio Broadcast Specialist in charge of new program ideas - Station WFDH in Fort Dix. ’53—r55 Instructor of Music History; United States Armed Forces Institute ’54-t55 Television writing for Dumont Television Network; wrote special experimental program called "Of Art and Music", produced June 26, 1955 7-7:30 PM. Live telecast from Metropolitan Museum of Art. Television appearances as performer and/or writer on WABC-TV, ABC Network; WRCA-TV, NBC Network; WPIX-TV, New York; WFIL-TV, Philadelphia. Radio appearances as performer and/or writer on WABC, WNBC, WCBS, WNYC WWRL (German), Voice of America (French and German). Commercial Copy Writer in charge of Radio-TV music for Young and Rubicam Advertising, 155-’59 Associate Creative Director, Music Makers, Inc. '59 Music Director, Bonton & Bowles, Inc. ’60

LANGUAGES: German (fluent), French (good), Spanish (good), Yiddish (fair) J'.H. 3 /o?-g? S.tFVíet, St. R-k3ñWS ROY EATON — Brilliant and youthful, winner of numerous scholarships and awards, Roy Eaton has been named by critics as one of the most promising of American pianists. He made his orchestral debut with the Chicago Symphony in 1951, with an immediate re-engagement for the following year, and made his formal recital debut at New York's Town Hall in 1953. Since then he has given numerous recitals in concert halls and before college groups, served two years in the Armed Forces and has appeared many times on Television. Born in New York, with a Jamaican, West Indies, heritage, he began his piano studies at the age of 6, continuing as he progressed through the public schools, the High School of Music and Art and City College of New York. He holds Bachelor and Master degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied primarily under the guidance of Helen Scoville and with scholarships from the Leopold Schepp Foundation. A fellowship from Yale University gave him a year of advanced study in musicology. For his Junior Year, CCNY gave him the Aaron Naumburg award for academic study at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. While abroad he studied with Edwin Fischer and also made a concert tour of Germany. In June 1950, another award to come his way was the Kosciuszko Foundation's first Chopin scholarship of $1,000 for pianists. During his service, the pianist was assigned to the radio station at Fort Dix where he gave weekly concerts, served as announcer, program director and script writer. He appeared many times on WFIL-TV in Philadelphia and on the ABC-TV "Army Talent Patrol Show". In 1955 he wrote a show for Dumont-TV, sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, combining and art of the 18th Century. During the past few months, he has been appearing on the NBC- TV "HOME" show. Highlights from Reviews ". . . the reasons for his successes are not difficult to place. For one thing, Mr. Eaton heartily enjoys playing the piano. For another he plays it well . . . His touch and general tonal endowment are of a superior brand and he draws forth percussion colors warm and bright, rich and unmuddied". —Jay Harrison, New York Herald-Tribune ". . . more than 1,000 persons were on hand to greet the 22-year-old pianist ... He has developed considerable technical facility and he has a flair for a singing melody. His most attractive playing was the Chopin group". —Ross Parmenter, New York Times . . His was an arresting performance, pure of tone . . . most of all, infused with rare sensitivity and taste". —Irving Sablosky, Chicago Daily News . . Mr. Eaton is the first Negro pianist to appear with the orchestra in its 60 seasons, but what is more important to him and to us is that he may have the makings of a good one. There is talent there. Many of the lyrical passages, especially in the slow movement, were played with instinctive felicity of rhythm and tone". —Claudia Cassidy, Chicago Tribune ". . . Young Eaton offered his audience rewards born of strong, well-trained fingers, and a high level of musical literacy". —Musical America ". . . an engaging temperament, which he injected into the melodic phrases and completely won the hearts of his listeners". —Lila St. John, Amsterdam News ". . . To the audience it was an evening of vivid impressions, warm appeal and constant delight". —Wilkes-Barre Leader . . won his audience completely. He ably exhibited his wide versatility and high sense of emotional warmth . . . among our highly gifted young concert pianists of today". —Kansas City Call Warm Praise from German Critics ". . . One wonders at his maturity of expression . . . Tenderness and power lie naturally side by side in his expressive, rhythmically exhilarating playing." —Heilbronner Stimme ". . . Relaxed, cordial, unimprisoned manner . . . absolute technical mastery and almost perfect musicianship". —Heilbronner' Abendpost ", . . Tone pictures of unusually fine subtlety . . . true sorcery on the piano".—Augsburger Tagespost ". . . Brilliant ... an outstanding pianistic performance". —Schwaebische Landeszeitung . . Handled his program with vital, scintillating power". —Manheimer Morgen Personal Representative: Beryl Barrowman 41 WEST 57th STREET NEW YORK 19. N. Y., 4th FLOOR