Murray Grodner’s first orchestral position was in 1941 under conductor Antal Dorati. At age 22, he performed with an Army band during World War II with members of the Fine Arts Quartet, the New York Philharmonic, and with pianists Gyorgy Sandor and Joseph Levine. He has performed with such organizations as the Pittsburgh Symphony under Fritz Reiner and the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini.