others in developing the Portland Junior Symphony. Besides his private students, Sorenson taught over the years as an adjunct professor at Pacific University, Lewis and Clark College, Portland State College (now Portland State University), and the University of Oregon. He conducted the student orchestra at Marylhurst University and the student band at Pacific University. Sorenson was still teaching privately and at Portland State College when he died in December 1966 at the age of 84. References Goodrich, Frederick; Nearly 70 Years of Orchestral Music Jacobson, Gwendolyn (ed.); Memories of Little Denmark Sowells, Debra; The Christensen Brothers, An American dance epic Warnock, Irvin (ed.); Thru the Years, A History of Sevier County Assorted Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon newspapers. 1882 births 1966 deaths American music educators Marylhurst University Educators from Oregon American male conductors (music) Musicians from Portland, Oregon American people of Danish descent People from Norddjurs Municipality New York College of Music alumni Lewis & Clark College faculty 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American male musicians