Editing Frederick Fennell (section)

==Awards and honors==

Fennell received Columbia University's Alice M. [[Ditson Conductor's Award]] in 1969, was presented the Star of the Order from the John Philip Sousa Memorial Foundation in 1985, received an honorary doctorate from Eastman in 1988, and was inducted into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors in 1990. He received the Theodore Thomas Award of the Conductor's Guild in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conductorsguild.org/main.asp?pageID=20 |title=Award Winners |website=www.conductorsguild.org |access-date=January 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006164942/http://www.conductorsguild.org/main.asp?pageID=20 |archive-date=October 6, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2003, he received the [[Charles E. Lutton Man Of Music Award|Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award]] from [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]] at its national convention in Washington, DC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sinfonia.org/News/SN-2004-12-07.asp |title = Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia - Sinfonia News |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415194230/http://www.sinfonia.org/News/SN-2004-12-07.asp |archive-date=April 15, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Fennell was said to be most fond of the honorary doctorate he was awarded from Eastman, being inducted as an honorary chief of the [[Kiowa Nation]] in the 1960s, and receiving a medal of honor from Interlochen in 1989. He made frequent appearances guest conducting such ensembles as the [[Boston Pops Orchestra]] 1949 to 1978, [[Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Cleveland Orchestra]], [[London Symphony Orchestra]], the [[United States Marine Band]], [[Interlochen Arts Academy]], and the [[Interlochen Arts Camp]]. In 1997, he became the first civilian to conduct an entire concert with the [[United States Marine Band]]; and in July 1998 he repeated this at a concert in the [[Kennedy Center]] celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Marine Band.{{citation needed|  date=October 2014}}

Fennell was a brother of [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]], the national fraternity for men in music (initiated into the Fraternity's Alpha Nu Chapter at the [[Eastman School of Music]] in 1934), and [[Kappa Kappa Psi]], the National Honorary Band Fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Famous Sinfonians – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia |url=https://www.sinfonia.org/famous-sinfonians/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Frederick Fennell Hall was dedicated in Kofu, Japan on July 17, 1992. On April 4, 2006, the [[Interlochen Center for the Arts]] opened up state of the art music and academic libraries, with the music library named in honor and memory of Fennell and his wife, Elizabeth Ludwig Fennell.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interlochen.org/department/music-library |title=Music Library {{!}} Interlochen Center for the Arts |website=www.interlochen.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522145216/http://www.interlochen.org/department/music-library |archive-date=May 22, 2009}} </ref>

Fennell died in [[Siesta Key, Florida]]. His daughter, Catherine Fennell Martensen, stated that on his deathbed Fennell had said, "I cannot die without a drummer." She added that his last words were: "I hear him. I'm O.K. now."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/arts/music/frederick-fennell-90-innovative-band-conductor-dies.html|title=Frederick Fennell, 90, Innovative Band Conductor, Dies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 9, 2004|last1=Wakin|first1=Daniel J.}}</ref>