In 1966, Mazer was named Associate Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Born in New York City, he attended the Institute of Musical Arts (now The Juilliard School) before Joining the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as Principal Bassoon under Fritz Reiner.
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His father, Rodney Van Sickle is a classically trained double bassist who graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and played in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
He was preceded at Erie by Peter Bay, who served from 1996 to 2000, and was replaced in 2007 by Daniel Meyer of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
In 1895, he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he spent two years as the principle violist in the newly formed Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Frederic Archer.
His concert appearances include performances with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
These include the Philadelphia Orchestra (she was a founding member of its Chamber Group), Boston Pops Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Queensland Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, and West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
Before arriving at the New York Philharmonic, Mr. Myers was principal horn of the Atlantic Symphony, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1971–1974, third horn with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1974–1977, and principal horn of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1978 - 1980.