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Chavez, Abraham

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Chavez, Abraham

August 20, 2026

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In January 1985, the El Paso Symphony board reinstated Abraham Chavez as conductor after a bitter dispute over artistic control, granting him a two-year contract and guaranteeing increased Hispanic representation on the 44-member board. The settlement, brokered by a committee of past symphony…

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