Antonia Brico - Wikipedia

Brico settled in Denver, Colorado in 1942. ... Here she founded a Bach Society and the Women's String Ensemble. ... She also conducted the Denver Businessmen's ... AntoniaBrico FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch AntoniaBricoAntoniaBrico,1940BackgroundinformationBorn(1902-06-26)June26,1902Rotterdam,NetherlandsDied3August1989(1989-08-03)(aged 87)Denver,Colorado,UnitedStatesGenresClassicalOccupation(s)Conductor,PianistMusicalartist AntoniaBricoconductingatthePhilharmonieinBerlin,1930 AntoniaLouisaBrico(Rotterdam,June26,1902–Denver,August3,1989)[1]wasaconductorandpianist.[2][3] Contents 1Earlylifeandeducation 2Career 3Deathandlegacy 4Seealso 5References 6Sources 7Externallinks Earlylifeandeducation[edit] BornAntoniaLouisaBricotoaDutchCatholicunmarriedmother[4][5]inRotterdam,Netherlands,BricowasrenamedWilhelminaWolthuisbyherfosterparents.SheandherfosterparentsmigratedtotheUnitedStatesin1908andsettledinCalifornia.OnleavingOaklandTechnicalHighSchool[6]inOaklandin1919shewasalreadyanaccomplishedpianistandhadexperienceinconducting.AttheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,BricoworkedasanassistanttothedirectoroftheSanFranciscoOpera.Followinghergraduationin1923shestudiedpianounderavarietyofteachers,mostnotablyunderZygmuntStojowski. In1927,BricoenteredtheBerlinStateAcademyofMusicandin1929graduatedfromitsmasterclassinconducting,thefirstAmericantodoso.DuringthatperiodshewasalsoapupilofKarlMuck,conductoroftheHamburgPhilharmonicOrchestra,withwhomshestudiedforafurtherthreeyearsaftergraduation.[2] Career[edit] FollowingherdebutasaprofessionalconductorwiththeBerlinPhilharmonicOrchestrainFebruary1930,BricoworkedwiththeSanFranciscoSymphonyandtheHamburgPhilharmonic,winningplauditsfromcriticsandthepublic.AppearancesasguestconductoroftheMusicians'SymphonyOrchestrainDetroit,Washington,D.C.andothersitessoonfollowed.In1934,shewasappointedconductorofthenewlyfoundedWomen'sSymphonyOrchestrawhich,inJanuary1939(followingtheadmissionofmen),becametheBricoSymphonyOrchestra.[2] InJuly1938,BricowasthefirstwomantoconducttheNewYorkPhilharmonic,andin1939conductedtheFederalOrchestrainconcertsatthe1939NewYorkWorld'sFair.[7]DuringanextensiveEuropeantour,inwhichsheappearedbothasapianistandaconductor,BricowasinvitedbyJeanSibeliustoconducttheHelsinkiSymphonyOrchestra.[7] BricosettledinDenver,Coloradoin1942.[2]HereshefoundedaBachSocietyandtheWomen'sStringEnsemble.[7]ShealsoconductedtheDenverBusinessmen'sOrchestra,whichin1968becametheBricoSymphonyOrchestra,andin1948shebecameconductoroftheDenverCommunitySymphony(latertheDenverPhilharmonic).[8]ShewasconductoroftheBoulderPhilharmonicOrchestrafrom1958-1963.[9][10]ShetaughtpianoorconductingtosuchstudentsasJudyCollins,DonaldLoach,JamesErbandKarlosMoser.[2]Bricocontinuedtoappearasguestconductorwithorchestrasaroundtheworld,includingtheJapanWomen'sSymphony.[7] AdocumentaryfilmaboutBrico'slife,entitledAntonia:APortraitoftheWoman,bydirectorJillGodmilow,withhelpfromBrico'sformerstudentJudyCollins,appearedin1974.Init,Bricocandidlydescribedhercareer-longstrugglewithgenderbiasthatkeptherfromconductingmorefrequently.ThefilmwasnominatedforanAcademyAwardforBestDocumentaryFeatureanditspopularitywaspartiallyresponsibleforinvitationsforBricotoconducttheMostlyMozartFestivalOrchestrainsold-outconcertsrecordedbyColumbiaRecordsin1975,andtheBrooklynPhilharmoniain1977.[11] Deathandlegacy[edit] Bricodiedin1989afteralongillnessattheageof87.ShehadlivedattheBellaVitaTowers,anursinghomeinDenversince1988.[7] HistoryColorado,formerlytheColoradoHistoricalSociety,holdsalargecollectionofherpersonalpapers.ShewasinductedintotheColoradoWomen'sHallofFamein1986.[12] DutchdirectorMariaPeters'movieDeDirigent('TheConductor')aboutthelifeofBrico,starringChristannedeBruijnasAntoniaBrico,wasreleasedin2018.[13] Children'spicturebook'InOneEarAndOutTheOther:AntoniaBricoAndHerAmazinglyMusicalLife'byDianeWortheyandillustratedbyMorganaWallacewaspublishedbyPennyCandyBooksin2020.[14]ThebookisaJuniorLibraryGuildGoldStandardSelection. Seealso[edit] Listoffemaleconductors References[edit] ^Ware,Susan(2004-01-01).NotableAmericanWomen:ABiographicalDictionaryCompletingtheTwentiethCentury.HarvardUniversityPress.pp. 77–79.ISBN 9780674014886. ^abcdeMacleod,BethAbelson(2000).Womenperformingmusic:theemergenceofAmericanwomenasclassicalinstrumentalistsandconductors.Jefferson,NC[u.a.]:McFarland.pp. 124–39.ISBN 0786409045. ^Macleod,BethAbelson(2000-12-01).WomenPerformingMusic:TheEmergenceofAmericanWomenasClassicalInstrumentalistsandConductors.McFarland.pp. 124–139.ISBN 9780786409044. ^Rowell,Margaret."Masterteacherofcellists,andhumblestudentofnature :oralhistorytranscript/andrelatedmaterial,1982-1984".Archive.org.Retrieved20February2016. ^"TheBricoRequiem".Westword.Retrieved20February2016. ^"WilhelminaWolthius'19".OaklandTechnicalHighSchoolHistoricalArchive.Retrieved2February2021. ^abcde"AntoniaBrico".EncyclopædiaBritannica.RetrievedAugust29,2013. ^"DenverPhilharmonicOrchestra".denverphilharmonic.org. ^Kozinn,Allan(August5,1989)."AntoniaBrico,87,aConductor;FoughtBarrierstoWomenin30's".NewYorkTimes. ^Blomster,Wes(October5,2007)."Musicalmilestone:BoulderPhilharmoniccelebrates50years".DailyCamera. ^Blau,Eleanor(1977-03-04)."AntoniaBricoWieldsBatoninBrooklyn".TheNewYorkTimes.ISSN 0362-4331.Retrieved2020-07-29. ^ColoradoWomen'sHallofFame,AntoniaBrico ^Zagt,Ab(16October2018)."MariaPeters:DeDirigentkomtechtuitmijntenen"[MariaPeters:AConductorReallyonHerToes](inDutch).Retrieved2February2021. ^Worthey,Diane(6October2020).InOneEarAndOutTheOther:AntoniaBricoAndHerAmazinglyMusicalLife.Oklahoma:PennyCandyBooks.p. 48.ISBN 978-1734225914. Sources[edit] JaneWeinerLepage,"WomenComposers,Conductors,andMusiciansoftheTwentiethCentury",(ScarecrowPress,NewJersey,1980).ISBN 9780810820821 Externallinks[edit] DiscographyatSonyBMGMasterworks ColoradoWomen'sHallofFame vteColoradoWomen'sHallofFame1980s1985 LenaLovatoArchuleta IsabellaBird HelenBonfils MollyBrown Chipeta MaryCoyleChase MamieEisenhower JustinaFord EmilyGriffith HelenHuntJackson DottieLamm MarthaMaxwell GoldaMeir OwlWoman MaryRippon FlorenceSabin HazelSchmoll PatSchroeder MayBonfilsStanton AnneSteinbeck RuthStockton BabyDoeTabor HannahMarieWormington JeanYancey 1986 AntoniaBrico HelenLouisePeterson JosephineRoche EudochiaBellSmith 1987 MiriamGoldberg FrancesWisebartJacobs MaryFlorenceLathrop LenoreE.Walker 1988 CarolineChurchill OletaCrain B.LaRaeOrullian ElizabethHickokRobbinsStone 1989 ClaraBrown EdwinaHumeFallis SumikoHennessy CleoParkerRobinson 1990s1990 CarolineBancroft HendrikaB.Cantwell SarahPlatt-Decker JaneSilversteinRies 1991 HelenMarieBlack GenevieveFiore AugustaTabor WilmaWebb 1996 JoanBirkland EliseM.Boulding DanaHudkinsCrawford MargaretL.Curry TerriH.Finkel ElnoraM.Gilfoyle MaryHauckElitchLong FrancesMcConnell-Mills RachelBassetteNoel MarilynVanDerbur MildredPittsWalter 1997 SusanAnderson EppieArchuleta CealBarry JuanaBordas SwaneeHunt ReyneldaMuse MaryLukeTobin 2000s2000 PollyBaca JoyS.Burns JosieHeath J.VirginiaLincoln PaulineShortRobinson MarthaM.Urioste ZitaWeinshienk 2002 LindaAlvarado VirginiaFraser GudyGaskill JoAnnJoselyn MaryMiller SueMiller GloriaTanner EmilyHowellWarner 2004 AnnaLeeAldred LouieCroftBoyd MerleChambers PatriciaA.Gabow CarlottaLaNier PortiaMansfield CarolMutter AntoinettePerry CharlottePerry ArieParksTaylor 2006 StephanieAllen JudyCollins MarionDowns ClarissaPinkolaEstés ArleneHirschfeld JeanJones FannieLorber SusanSolomon CarolineSpencer VivienSpitz 2008 SueAnschutz-Rodgers AliciaCuarón EvieDennis JeanDubofsky KatherineKeating MaryLouMakepeace LilyNie AnnaPetteys ElizaRoutt RheaWoltman BabeDidriksonZaharias 2010s2010 MadeleineAlbright ElinorGreenberg MariaGuajardo PhilippaMarrack RamonaMartinez HattieMcDaniel SusanO'Brien BartleyMarieScott AliceBemisTaylor JillS.Tietjen 2012 KristiS.Anseth JanetBonnema FannieMaeDuncan LorettaC.Ford ErineaGarciaGallegos LauraGilpin TempleGrandin Ding-WenHsu MaryAnnKerwin MaryMullarkey 2014 ChristineArguello MorleyCowlesBallantine LaurenYoungCasteel PennyRaffertyHamilton JuliaArchibaldHolmes ElizabethWrightIngraham KristinaJohnson JoanneM.Maguire HelenRingRobinson DianaWall 2015 AnneEvans MinnieHarding LauraAnnHershey ElizabethPellet 2016 AnnaJoHaynes ArleneVigilKramer LydiaPeña SandraI.Rothenberg ShariShink JudithB.Wagner 2018 LeslieFoster GerieGrimes SusanHelms DorothyHorrell FayMatsukage AmacheProwers GailSchoettler 2020s2020 KatherineArchuleta LupeBriseño Rosalind“Bee”Harris VelvetaHowell MarianneNeifert GaleNorton MaryLouAnderson AlidaCorneliaAvery ElizabethPiperEnsley CarolinaGonzalez AuthoritycontrolGeneral IntegratedAuthorityFile(Germany) ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat Nationallibraries UnitedStates Other FacetedApplicationofSubjectTerminology MusicBrainzartist SocialNetworksandArchivalContext Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antonia_Brico&oldid=1057683172" Categories:1902births1989deathsAmericanwomenclassicalpianistsAmericanclassicalpianistsDutchemigrantstotheUnitedStatesMusiciansfromDenverDisease-relateddeathsinColoradoMusiciansfromRotterdamWomenconductors(music)20th-centuryAmericanconductors(music)20th-centuryclassicalpianists20th-centuryAmericanwomenpianists20th-centuryAmericanpianistsHiddencategories:CS1Dutch-languagesources(nl)ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataArticleswithhCardsInfoboxmusicalartistwithmissingorinvalidBackgroundfieldArticleswithGNDidentifiersArticleswithISNIidentifiersArticleswithVIAFidentifiersArticleswithWORLDCATIDidentifiersArticleswithLCCNidentifiersArticleswithFASTidentifiersArticleswithMusicBrainzidentifiersArticleswithSNAC-IDidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikimediaCommons Languages CatalàDeutschEspañolFrançaisGalegoItalianoעבריתNederlandsOccitanPortuguêsSuomiTürkçe中文 Editlinks