He hasn't played or conducted a note of music at a DSO concert, and he's never taken a bow, yet Victor Marshall has been more involved in the last quarter-century of Dallas Symphony Orchestra programming than any other individual.

Dallas Symphony Artistic Administrator Victor Marshall is happy to stay in the background. Most concertgoers know his voice better than his face — it's his sonorous baritone that urges us to turn off our cell phones on the prerecorded announcement preceding each DSO concert. Marshall has also earned the honorary title of "Voice of the Dallas Symphony" for producing and hosting the orchestra's concert broadcasts on WRR for more than 20 years.

Since coming to the DSO in 1981 from the announcing staff at WRR, Marshall's chief responsibilities have included helping the DSO's artistic leadership (conductors and administrators) devise programs and hire guest artists.