In September of 1956, violinist and Louisville Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Sidney Harth invites Kurt Ackermann to audition for a new orchestra forming at the University of Louisville. The audition was successful and Kurt Ackermann is listed as a violinist in the program for the new orchestra's first performance December 1956.
Helen Humes stands in front of an airplane upon her arrival in Sydney, Australia in 1956. The back of the photograph identifies Red Narvo and Bill Dillard being in the photo as well.