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1947 under Serge Koussevitsky. During his seventeen years there he gave the first Boston performances of the Walton and Milhaud viola concerti and premiered the Walter Pis ton viola concerto. De Pasquale was the principal violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1964 to 1996. In the late 1960s, he appeared in con certs with Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piati gorsky in New York and subsequently recorded the Franc;:aix Trio and Dvorak Piano Quintet with them. He was on the faculty of Indiana University from 1990 to 1992, a po sition previously held by Primrose. Recently, de Pasquale was the dedicatee of the )0/ International Viola Congress, spon sored by the American Viola Society. Cur rently he is on the faculties of the Curtis and Peabody inscitures.

In 1971 she became the principal violist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra under Sir Neville Marriner and was the violist in the Los Angeles Piano Quartet, a satellite of that orchestra. She resigned her position in 1979 ro pursue a career as viola soloist and ap peared throughout the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Russia. She has raughr in many schools and appeared in many music fescivals. Sadly, a serious injury in 1992 put an abrupt stop to her career as a performer. She has since concentrated on composition and has wrinen some fine music, including a string trio and a sonara for viola and percus sion. When she left the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner wrote of her: "She is unique as a dazzling protagonist of the viola in the 20th century and has given me more pleasure as a soloist than any other per former. " She is currently teaching in the Los Angeles area.

Donald Mcinnes

DO ALD MciNNES was born in 1939 in San Francisco and studied with Primrose from 1965-66 at the University of Southern California. He conti nued raking private lessons with Primrose while Primrose was at Indiana University. H e has given many recitals and has appeared as a soloist wi th major orchestras and in many chamber con certs. He is also well known for his superior master classes. Mcinnes has been on the faculties of the University of Michigan, the Cincinnati

Myra Kestenbaum

MYRA KESTE BAUM studied with Primrose from 1955-58 while a student at the Juilliard School. She played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for five years and also performed in rhe California Chamber Sym phony. She appeared as viola soloist in many concerts in Los Angeles and San Francisco and in a mulcirude of movie sco res in Holly wood.