 He conducted the Holland Choir in that city during the 1950s, notably leading the group in a performance of his own "Variations on a Swabian Folk Song" in 1957 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.He continued to teach conducting, viola, and composition in Vancouver up until his death there in 1966 at the age of 79.Among his notable pupils are John Avison, Lloyd Blackman, Bryan N.S.