In 1977 Norman, Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, and Tom Howell performed and recorded the Schumann Konzertstück in Chicago. He moved to second horn in 1975, where he remained until retiring in 1997.
In June 1971 he joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as assistant principal horn. Norman spent five years as Instructor of Horn at the Interlochen Arts Academy and a member of the Interlochen Arts Quintet (woodwind). Norman played second horn to Reynolds for two years and also enjoyed playing in the Eastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell, including taking part in more than a dozen recordings. He earned a BM degree and Performer’s Certificate in 1961 from the Eastman School of Music while playing in the Philharmonic, studying with Morris Secon and Verne Reynolds. He remained with the orchestra until 1966 with three years out for military service with the United States Military Academy Band at West Point.
In 1955 Norman auditioned for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in Music Director Erich Leinsdorf’s hotel room in Los Angeles and won the fourth horn position. Norman Schweikert was born in 1937 in Los Angeles. Schweikert – Horns of Valhalla Saga of the Reiter Brothers
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