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  Dorothy DeLay of Neodesha, Kansas
Dorothy DeLay, one of the world's most famous teachers of the violin and a mentor to two generations of players died at the age of 84 in Upper Nyack, New York, where she lived, of cancer.
Dorothy DeLay was not born in Neodesha, but she grew up there with her two sisters, Nellis and Louise DeLay, at 124 North Second Street in a little bungalow.
Miss DeLay was as well known for her easygoing, direct manner and her homey advice as she was for the demanding five-hour practice regimen she recommended in which full hours were devoted to technical basics, etudes, repertory pieces, concertos and works by Bach but also in which 10-minute breaks between hours were allowed.
www.neodygrads.com /pages/pride/DeLay.html   (1659 words)

  
 University of Cincinnati News: DeLay named Educator of the Year
Dorothy DeLay, the Dorothy Richard Starling Visiting Professor Emeritus of Violin at UC's College-Conservatory of Music, has been honored with Musical America's "Educator of the Year" Award for 2001.
DeLay was teaching her kids how to think for themselves and to gain confidence from their ability to do so, and she was doing it in a way that avoided any hint of intimidation."
We are proud and grateful to have had Dorothy DeLay on the CCM faculty for the past 30 years.
www.uc.edu /news/delay.htm   (386 words)

  
 Juilliard | The Juilliard Journal Online
Dorothy DeLay, a member of the Juilliard violin faculty since 1948 whose students are among the most famous performers and teachers working around the world, died on March 24 at her home in Upper Nyack, N.Y., after a more than yearlong battle with cancer.
DeLay receiving the NEA National Medal of Arts from President Clinton in a ceremony at the White House in October 1994.
In addition to her husband, Dorothy DeLay is survived by two children, daughter Alison Dinsmore of Boston, and a son, Jeffrey Newhouse, of Bronxville, N.Y.; and four grandchildren, Molly and Susannah Dinsmore and Amy Lee and Edward Newhouse.
www.juilliard.edu /update/journal/337journal_story_0204.asp   (812 words)

  
 DOROTHY DELAY 1917-2002-A Personal Remembrance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dorothy felt that an exceptional ten-year-old student of hers had the potential to be an international star and needed the best possible instrument to help launch this career.
Thanks to Dorothy's dedication—along with the ideal combination of this young musician's extraordinary talent coupled with a remarkable instrument—the young girl's career flourished and The Stradivari Society¨ was born.
It was this passion of Dorothy's for the well-being of her students that made her such an exceptional instructor.
www.beinfushi.com /delay.html   (801 words)

  
 classical music - andante - remembering dorothy delay
Miss DeLay, as she preferred to be called, was a week short of her 85th birthday.
A generous presence in every sense, Miss DeLay was a violin teacher on much the same scale that the Grand Canyon is a river valley, or Niagara Falls a cascade.
From her declaration of independence to the end of her life, Miss DeLay coached, counseled, mentored, judged, assessed and reassessed, meanwhile negotiating with managers, patrons, dressmakers and instrument dealers, with the sovereignty of a democratic empress who had never heard of union rules.
www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=16486   (888 words)

  
 Dorothy DeLay, beloved violin teacher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dorothy DeLay, whose students are among the most famous performers and teachers working around the world, died Sunday morning, March 24, 2002 at her home in Upper Nyack, New York, after a more-than yearlong battle with cancer.
Miss DeLay, as she preferred to be called, began her distinguished career as a teacher at The Juilliard School in 1948.
The family has requested that instead of flowers, contributions be made to the Dorothy DeLay Fellowship Fund at the Aspen Music Festival and School or to the Dorothy DeLay Scholarship in Violin at The Juilliard School.
www.ffaire.com /transitions/delay.html   (930 words)

  
 Dorothy DeLay is survived by legacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dorothy DeLay, one of the most influential violin teachers of the 20th century, died Sunday at her home in Upper Nyack, N.Y. Miss DeLay, 84, had battled cancer for more than a year.
Miss DeLay was born March 31, 1917 in Medicine Lodge, Kan. After attending Ohio's Oberlin College and Michigan State University, she went to Juilliard, where she became the assistant of esteemed violinist Ivan Galamian.
Memorials: The Dorothy DeLay Fellowship Fund at the Aspen Music Festival and School; or the Dorothy DeLay Scholarship in Violin at the Juilliard School.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/03/28/loc_dorothy_delay_is.html   (451 words)

  
 smh.com.au - Inspirational tutor who launched careers of outstanding violinists
Dorothy DeLay, a violin teacher, mentor and musical powerhouse whose students at Manhattan's Juilliard School over a half-century include such luminaries as Itzhak Perlman and Gil Shaham, has died at her home outside New York, aged 84.
DeLay began her teaching career at Juilliard in 1948, earning a reputation as the world's foremost violin teacher - and a woman with the clout to boost young careers by picking up the phone and dialling an international network of managers and influential musicians.
"DeLay is basically in the business of teaching her pupils how to think, and to trust their ability to do so effectively," wrote Barbara Lourie Sand in her 2000 biography, Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/04/03/1017206220584.html   (453 words)

  
 obits032702
Delay had taught at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, beginning in 1974, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of performing arts by UC in June 2001.
DeLay began her teaching career at Juilliard in 1948, earning a reputation as the world's foremost violin teacher - and a woman with the clout to boost young careers by calling an international network of managers and influential musicians.
DeLay is survived by her husband, Edward Newhouse, a longtime New Yorker writer; a daughter, Alison Dinsmore; a son, Jeffrey Newhouse; and four grandchildren.
www.cincypost.com /2002/mar/27/obits032702.html   (621 words)

  
 MSU - School of Music - Event
Dorothy DeLay was a world renowned violin teacher for more than 50 years.
DeLay has served on the faculties of Juilliard, Sarah Lawrence College, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and Aspen and Meadowmount Schools of Music.
According to Professor Joel Smirnoff, former student and colleague of DeLay at Juilliard, and in residence at MSU for a number of years with the Juilliard String Quartet, "Dorothy Delay's contribution to the lives of her students were great musically, violinistically and personally.
www.music.msu.edu /events/alumninews/alumninewsDeLay.php   (398 words)

  
 Dorothy DeLay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dorothy DeLay (1917 Kansas–2002 New York) was a violin instructor at the Juilliard School.
She also taught at Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Cincinnatti College-Conservatory of Music, and the New England Conservatory, among others.
Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician biography by Barbara Lourie Sand
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorothy_Delay   (223 words)

  
 DeLay, Tom - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about DeLay, Tom
Despite small majorities, he has proved highly effective in organizing the Republican forces in the House to deliver victories for the right-wing tax-cutting agenda of the George W Bush administration.
Born in Laredo, Texas, DeLay lived for several years during his childhood in Venezuela, where his father worked in the oil industry.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /DeLay,+Tom   (177 words)

  
 99-130 (Honorary Degrees)
For a while, DeLay performed as a soloist in chamber music concerts throughout North and South America, but she soon realized that teaching, not performing, was her forte.
DeLay joined the faculty at the Juilliard School of Music in 1948, where she has been the Starling Professor of Violin since 1987.
As a teacher, DeLay strives to help her students discover their own distinctive artistic voices, and it has been said that her devotion to her pupils is all-encompassing: Nearly 40 years ago, she taught Perlman how to drive a car outfitted for the handicapped.
www.brown.edu /Administration/News_Bureau/1999-00/99-130.html   (4288 words)

  
 Obituaries: 3/28/02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dorothy DeLay, teacher and mentor to some of the world's most celebrated violinists, died Sunday at her home in Upper Nyack, N.Y., after a more than yearlong battle with cancer.
Young violinists trained by DeLay were noted for a distinctive sound that has been described as lush, burnished and beautiful.
"Dorothy DeLay represented the highest level of violin teaching during the second half of the 20th century," said Joseph W. Polisi, Juilliard president, in a statement.
www.s-t.com /daily/03-02/03-28-02/zzzddobi.htm   (1700 words)

  
 Prokofiev.org Interviews Cho-Liang Lin: Part 2
I once confided to my then teacher, Dorothy DeLay, that I was having difficulty shaking off the interpretation of Zino Francescatti's recording of the Saint-Saens Third Violin Concerto.
At Juilliard, you studied under Ms Dorothy DeLay, who herself was a driving force behind many success stories, such as those of Perlman, Midori and Sarah Chang, just to name a few.
DeLay never imposes strict interpretive dogma on her students.
www.prokofiev.org /interviews/lin2.html   (1052 words)

  
 Dorothy DeLay - American violin teacher dies on 24 March, aged 84
Her career was interrupted by World War II when her husband, the writer Edward Newhouse (a regular contributor to the New Yorker for 30 years) was transferred to a series of Air Force bases.
Dorothy DeLay's distinguished career as a teacher began at the Juilliard School in 1948.
Miss DeLay, as she preferred to be addressed, held masterclasses in Europe, Korea, Israel, Japan, China and South Africa.
www.mvdaily.com /news/item.cgi?id=102891   (431 words)

  
 The Musical Times: Dorothy DeLay 1917-2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
he string teacher Dorothy DeLay will be remembered less for her own gifts as a performing musician as for the glittering roster of pupils she cultivated, taught, inspired and guided in every aspect of their careers.
Her numerous awards included doctorates from Oberlin College, Columbia University, Michigan State University, Duquesne University, Brown University and the University of Colorado, a Fellowship from the Royal College of Music, the National Medal of Arts, and Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure.
Dorothy DeLay: born Kansas, 31 March 1917; died Upper Nyack, 24 March 2002.
www.musicaltimes.co.uk /archive/0202/delay.html   (205 words)

  
 Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Dorothy DeLay was the best thing that ever happened to the violin.
Wether you were 6 years old or 50 years old, you called her Miss DeLay.
I mourn her so deeply now......and it is ironic to me that at this time, she would have been the only one who could help me understand and accept this.
www.nadjasalernosonnenberg.com /th_20020730.html   (448 words)

  
 Search Results for delay - Encyclopædia Britannica
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 Gramophone - News - The world's best classical music magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
DeLay was born in Kansas, on March 31, 1917.
In 1994 she was presented with the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton, and in 1997 received Yale University's highest award for Distinguished Contributions to Music, the Sanford Medal.
DeLay is the subject of a biography by Barbara Lourie Sand, Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician, published in 2000.
www.gramophone.co.uk /newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=1029&newssectionID=1   (273 words)

  
 Dorothy DeLay, Igor Kipnis among Classical Music figures who died in 2002 -- January 3, 2003
Dorothy DeLay, a beloved violin teacher for half a century, and
Igor Kipnis, who helped bring the harpsichord to new prominence, were among the classical music figures who died in 2002.
Dorothy DeLay, 84, the world's foremost violin teacher.
www.operaheb.co.il /news/enews/enews010203.html   (2147 words)

  
 sarah.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When she was 5 she began to study the violin with Dorothy DeLay.
Her father (and teacher) was there as was Dorothy Delay - her current teacher.
Delay - she must be a midget - no-one could play all that repertoire and play so wonderfully.
www.sheilascorner.com /sarah.html   (737 words)

  
 How a Teacher Can Influence a Whole Life
Miss DeLay, as she is invariably known (though long married), has been teaching at the Juilliard School for more than half a century, and the roll of her former pupils includes Itzhak Perlman and Sarah Chang, Midori and Kennedy, Gil Shaham and Robert McDuffie, Cho-Liang Lin and Shlomo Mintz.
In some cases Miss DeLay -- mystifying most of her pupils -- has seen a trait worth developing in someone even though that person is not going to become a professional musician.
Miss DeLay works with colleagues who take care of part of the instruction process, and she recognizes the importance of parents, especially where young children are concerned.
www.physics.ohio-state.edu /~wilkins/writing/Structure/teaching-performance.html   (883 words)

  
 DeLay, Dorothy --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Alfoxden Journal 1798 and Grasmere Journals 1800–03 by Dorothy Wordsworth are notable for their fine style and their imaginative descriptions of nature.
The journals are also important for the insight they provide into the personalities of the author and her brother, the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth.
U.S. singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge was the first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy award in the best actress category.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9389435   (686 words)

  
 Juilliard | The Juilliard Journal Online
Three of the performers were Juilliard students: Yuri Cho, currently a fourth-year undergraduate student of Miss DeLay and Naoko Tanaka; Ji In Yang, a first-year undergraduate and former Pre-College student of Miss DeLay and Hyo Kang; and Na-Jin Kim, a student of Miss DeLay and Ms.
Another important component of the symposium was a series of violin technique and pedagogy sessions with Miss DeLay and Brian Lewis, a Juilliard alumnus and former DeLay student who served as the symposium’s creative coordinator and is himself experienced in teaching gifted young violinists.
The Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies was established as part of a generous grant from the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation to The Campaign for Juilliard.
www.juilliard.edu /update/journal/delay_0901.html   (823 words)

  
 OPO Musician Bio - Dr. Ayako Yonetani
Since 1989 she has assisted Dorothy DeLay (world-renowned violin pedagogue) at the Juilliard pre-college division and at the Aspen Music Festival and School.
Currently she is an associate professor of violin and viola at the University of Central Florida and is also a member of Japan's Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo.
Her Japanese translation of Barbara L. Sand's book Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician was published by Japan's premier music publisher in November, 2001, and it is currently in the fourth print.
www.orlandophil.org /bios/yonetani.shtml   (328 words)

  
 The Stradivari Society - History
DeLay felt that an exceptional ten-year-old student of hers had the potential to be an international star and needed the best possible instrument to help launch her career.
She proposed that she bring her talented student to Chicago in order to give her the opportunity to play an exceptional violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù of 1735, known as the "David," for her potential patron.
Many distinguished teachers and artists have brought their most promising students to the Society: Sarah Chang was loaned the "Sennhauser" Guarneri del Gesù violin of 1735 at the beginning of her career while she was still a student of Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School.
www.stradivarisociety.com /history.htm   (556 words)

  
 Dorothy DeLay
He studied with Dorothy DeLay at the Julliard...
Profile: Remembering classical violin teacher Dorothy DeLay, who died Sunday at the age of 84
Dorothy DeLay, world's foremost violin teacher, dies at 84
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0901811.html   (129 words)

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