friends at his dance hall to form the Portland Symphony Orchestra on a permanent basis. Until then, symphony concerts were intermittent affairs and years would sometimes pass with no concerts at all. Mose was the first president of the symphony, played the viola, and was one of its conductors on a rotating basis. Mose stopped conducting in 1918 when Carl Denton become the permanent conductor. Mose died two years later at the age of 49. See also Lew Christensen Willam Christensen References Goodrich, Frederick W. "Nearly 70 Eventful Years of Orchestral Music". The Oregonian, November 3, 1935 page 11. Sowells, Debra. The Christensen Brothers, An American Dance Epic. Australia: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1998. 1871 births 1920 deaths American conductors (music) American male conductors (music) Latter Day Saints from Utah Musicians from Portland, Oregon American people of Danish descent Oregon Symphony Latter Day Saints from Idaho Latter Day Saints from Oregon