NYVS 1994-1995 Season Concerts and Programs

Joan Harper, Mistress of Ceremonies
Opening Remarks: Harold Coletta, New York Viola Society President
In Memoriam: Rosemary Glyde
Judith Shatin
Dorothy Glyde

Rosemary Glyde - Fantasia for Solo Viola ("Whydah")
Veronica Salas, Viola

Judith Shatin - Glyph, for Viola, Piano and String Quartet (commissioned by Rosemary Glyde)
Christine Ims, Viola
Gale Martin-Henry, Piano
The Essex String Quartet
Zoran Jacovcic, Violin
Claire Bright, Violin
Anna Dolezych, Viola
Yushik Andrew Kim, Cello

Sister, Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Primitive Baptist Hymn)
(Arranged for Soprano and Viola by Judith Shatin)
Veronica Salas, Viola
Rachel Rosales, Soprano

Rosemary Glyde - Suite for Four Violas, "Wei-ji"
Karen Ritscher, Viola
Ann Roggen, Viola
Christine Ims, Viola
Liuh-Wen Ting, Viola

Rosemary Glyde was born in Auburn, Alabama. Her father, Edgar Glyde, was a violist on the faculty of Auburn University and her mother, Dorothy Glyde, was a fine cellist. Her sisters Wendy and Judy were violinist and cellist, and the entire family played (and sang) together almost from infancy. Rosemary was a gifted soprano, and when she chose to play the violin instead, the opera world lost a potential superstar. She studied with her father until she attended Hartt College of Music, and later the Manhattan School of Music where her teacher was Raphael Bronstein. At Juilliard, she entered the Masters program with Dorothy Delay, but soon switched to viola with Lillian Fuchs, where she earned the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts. Her Doctoral thesis consisted of the discovery of the Amon viola concerto, which she edited, published, and performed with orchestra. She was the winner of the viola concerto competition, and performed the Walton Viola Concerto with the Juilliard Orchestra, and also with the Houston and Dallas Orchestras, as well as the Sewanee Festival Orchestra and the Aspen Festival Orchestra.

After graduation, she was a founding memver with her sister Judy and the Lewis brothers, Eric and Roy, of the Manhattan String Quartet. In 1984 she made her New York recital debut in Merkin Hall, to critical acclaim, and in 1988 played in Tully Hall. Ms. Glyde transcribed and performed the six Bach Cello Suites and the three Gamba Sonatas in Weill Recital Hall, and recorded the six Suites.

After having served as treasurer of the American Viola Society for six years, in 1992 Ms. Glyde started the New York Viola Society and became its first President.

In 1992 Bernard Hoffer wrote a viola sonata for her, which she performed in her series of three recitals at the Kosciuszko Foundation. She also composed and performed her solo viola fantasy "Whydah", inspired by the exhibit of the pirate ship "Whydah" which was raised and displayed at the Provincetown Museum on Cape Cod. Mr. Hoffer then wrote a viola concerto for her which she performed at the International Viola Congress in Evanston in 1993 with her own cadenza. She also did the first American performance of the York Bowen Viola Concerto, for which she also composed a cadenza. Her Suite for Four Violas, "Wei-ji", commissioned by Karen Ritscher and the New York Viola Society, was composed in the fall of 1993, and performed on January 10, 1994, just one week before her death.

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The New York Viola Society's 1994-1995 Season of Concerts, Recitals and other Viola Events

A Memorial Concert for Rosemary Glyde

The New York Viola Society's 1994-1995 Season of
Concerts, Recitals and other Viola Events

A Memorial Concert for
Rosemary Glyde