Valerie Bobbett Gardner
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Valerie Bobbett Gardner (born December 14, 1947) is an American violinist, pedagogue, and author.
Birth and early years[edit]
Valerie Jeanne Bobbett was born on December 14, 1947, to parents Dr. Gordon Howard and Oreon Cameron Bobbett in Boston, Massachusetts. She was raised in Florence, South Carolina, in a musical household, her mother being a violinist and her father a clarinetist.[1] Valerie began studying violin at age 8. At age 11, she received lessons from Peter Kurtz, a violinist who had taught Oreon Cameron 35 years earlier and who was visiting Florence upon the request of the Bobbett family.[2][3] Valerie began teaching violin lessons at age 15. Valerie served as concertmaster of the South Carolina All-State Orchestras throughout her Junior and Senior High School years. Her summers were spent at the Brevard Music Center and at the Meadowmount School of Music as a student of Ivan Galamian. She also studied with Jerrie Lucktenberg and Elaine Richey during this time.
Training and career[edit]
She obtained a Bachelor of Music degree in 1970 from the Curtis Institute of Music[4] under Jascha Brodsky and a Masters of Fine Arts one year later from Carnegie-Mellon University under Sidney Harth.
On August 27, 1970, she married Warren Ewing Gardner.[5][6]
From 1971 to 1973, she was a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
In 2009, Gardner was the professor of violin and viola at North Georgia College and State University[7] while continuing to maintain her private teaching studio in Winder, Georgia.
References[edit]
- ^ "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records".
- ^ Florence Morning News, January 9, 1958
- ^ Florence Morning News, January 15, 1958
- ^ The Curtis Institute of Music Alumni Directory 2005, pp. 8, 29, 122, 147
- ^ Florence Morning News, July 10, 1970
- ^ Elwood City (Pa.) Ledger, Aug. 28, 1970
- ^ "NGCSU Fine Arts: Music Faculty". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-04-10.