The New York Viola Society's 1994-1995 Season of
Concerts, Recitals and other Viola Events
The New York Viola Society's Third Season:
- Paul Coletti - Sept. 18, 1994
- Memorial Concert for Rosemary Glyde - December 4, 1994
- Cynthia Phelps - Jan. 29, 1995
[No copies of the Cynthia Phelps program, or information about
other events this season available yet.]
September 18, 1994, 1:30 p.m.
Mannes College of Music
Paul Coletti, Viola
Nelson Padgett, Piano
Andy Simionescu, Violin
Hannah Reimann, Piano
Presentation of the Rosemary Glyde Distinguished Artist
Award to Dr. Maurice Riley
Presentation of the NYVS Volunteer of the Year Award
to Miriam Dye
Percy Grainger - The Sussex Mummers
Christmas Carol for Viola and Piano
Rebecca Clarke - Morpheus
Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia
Mr. Coletti and Mr. Simionescu
Paul Coletti - From my Heart
Mr. Coletti, Mr. Simionescu and Ms. Reimann
Michael Hersch - Sonata for Solo Viola
Johannes Brahms - Sonata in Eb, Op. 120, No. 2
Astor Piazzolla - Le Grand Tango
arranged and perfomed by Mr. Coletti and Ms. Reimann
December 4, 1994, 7:30 p.m.
The Kosciuszko Foundation
A Memorial Concert for
Rosemary Glyde
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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