Donna Grescoe (27 November 1927 – 17 August 2012) was a Canadian violinist and educator who was known as a child prodigy for her proficiency on the violin.
Donna Grescoe | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 27, 1927 |
| Died | August 17, 2012 (aged 84) |
Grescoe was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on November 17, 1927.[1] She began playing violin at five years of age after her parents bought a fiddle from a door-to-door salesman.[2][3] When she was 10 years old she received a scholarship to study at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.[3]: 33 She later moved to New York City where she studied with New York Philharmonic concertmaster Mishel Piastro.[1][2] She made her performing debut in the city at Town Hall in 1947 and went on to perform at Carnegie Hall on January 30, 1948.[3]
Lyn Cook's book "The Little Magic Fiddler" (1951) recounts Grecoe's childhood in Winnipeg.[4]
Grescoe died August 17, 2012, at the age of 84 in Richmond, British Columbia.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b Maley, S. Roy (February 7, 2006). "Donna Grescoe". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ a b Goldsborough, Gordon. "Memorable Manitobans: Donna Grescoe (1927-2012)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "Biography of Donna Grescoe: a Moden Fairy Tale". The Business and Professional Woman. March–April 1949.
- ^ Richter, Miriam Verena (2011). Creating the national mosaic: multiculturalism in Canadian children's literature from 1950 to 1994. Amsterdam New York: Rodopi. p. 195. ISBN 9401200505.
- ^ "GRESCOE DONNA". passages.winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "UCC Saddened by the Passing of Famed Canadian Violinist Donna Grescoe". www.ucc.ca. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2023.