Editing Doc Severinsen (section)

==Conducting and teaching==
[[File:Doc Severinsen In Seattle 2009.JPG|thumb|200px|Severinsen in 2009]]
Severinsen was the principal pops conductor for several American orchestras during and after his time on ''The Tonight Show''. His first position was with the [[Phoenix Symphony]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=Artistic Staff − Doc Severinsen |url=http://www.phoenixsymphony.org/artists/artistic_staff_severinsen.html |publisher=Phoenix Symphony |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209005049/http://www.phoenixsymphony.org/artists/artistic_staff_severinsen.html |archive-date=February 9, 2007}}</ref> He then held similar positions with the [[Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra]], and [[Minnesota Orchestra]].<ref name="Huey" />

He retired from conducting in 2007 and was named Pops Conductor Emeritus in Milwaukee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milwaukeesymphony.org/newspress/newsreviewsarchives/view.asp?id=30025839|title=Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra|website=Milwaukeesymphony.org|access-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref> and Pops Conductor Laureate in Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/4905.html |title=News: Doc Severinsen to Step Down as Minnesota Orchestra's Pops Conductor |website=Playbillarts.com |date=2006-07-15 |access-date=2011-10-26}}</ref> Severinsen was also named distinguished visiting professor of music and Katherine K. Herberger Heritage Chair for Visiting Artists at Arizona State University School of Music in 2001 and 2002.<ref>[http://music.asu.edu/e-Notes/Summer2002/severinsen_sum02.html ASU HCFA SOM {{!}} e-Notes {{!}} Severinsen in concert] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904105605/http://music.asu.edu/e-Notes/Summer2002/severinsen_sum02.html |date=September 4, 2006}}</ref>

In 2014, he was inducted into the [[Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/21/3-being-inducted-into-scandinavian-american-hall/|title=3 new inductees to Scandinavian-American Hall|work=The Washington Times|access-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref>

Severinsen performed his final concert, accompanied by his San Miguel 5 group, on September 1, 2022, in [[Saratoga Springs, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freedman |first1=Geraldine |title=Doc's last show: Severinsen, 95, to play at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs with San Miguel 5 |url=https://dailygazette.com/2022/08/25/docs-last-show-severinsen-95-to-play-uph-with-san-miguel-5/ |website=The Daily Gazette |access-date=September 2, 2022 |date=August 25, 2022}}</ref>