Conductor Stanley Sperber is a Juilliard graduate and umpire Stanley Sperber is an ex-varsity tennis player at Columbia University and an internationally certified tennis chair umpire.

His 50 year conducting career has taken him all over the world as a guest conductor and has included 15 years as music director and chief conductor of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra as well as the National Choir of Israel. As a tennis umpire for the past 34 years, he has umpired two world #1 ranked men's singles players and has officiated at tournaments in 12 different countries.