Violinist Orline Burrow Woodward Dies
Concert Artist's Life Spanned Twentieth Century
Violinist Orline Burrow Woodward:
A pioneer concert artist during an era when men were the pre eminent artists on the concert stage, died at the age of eighty-eight in Mobile, Alabama on April 19, 2000. Born July 13, 1911 in Carthage, Texas, Orline Burrow Woodward's artistic gifts would take her to many corners of the country. Among notable credits, she concertized extensively throughout the West Coast, having performed twice in Hollywood bowl as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of legendary conductors Otto Klemperer and Artur Rodzinski. A former faculty member of Occidental College and Mills College in California, she established a reputation as one of the most promising concert artists of her generation. Always a pioneer in the arts, her versatility began when, as a little girl of six in Longview, Texas, she played her violin in a demonstration of the Edison talking Machine on the Chautauqua Circuit stage shared with famed orator and former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryant. As a young woman, she concertized extensively throughout the West Coast, most notably in the Seiling Garden Theater concert series. Her appearance on "California's Hour" with singer Jane Froman marked the first coast to coast national television broadcast in the industry. Mrs. Woodward was scheduled to make her European concert debut in 1939 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Wilhelm Furtwangler. However, it became clear that war with Germany would become an imminent probability. She returned to her native Texas, where she married prominent Fort Worth attorney, Sam A. Woodward. She established the Woodward String Quartet, which performed throughout the Southwest for the next twelve years, appeared as soloist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, gave numerous recitals each season and served as Concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony, Fort Worth Opera Orchestra and Casa Manana Musicals during an era where few women were placed in such an important position. She bore five children during this period while continuing her career as a performing artist. She performed in the Puerto Rico Symphony directed by Pablo Casals, and later, following the death of her husband, as a member of the New Orleans Philharmonic, Mobile Symphony Orchestra (under James Yestadt), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Memphis symphony, and the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra. While living in Mobile, she served as Associate Concert master of the Mobile Symphony and as adjunct music faculty member of the University of South Alabama and its Resident String Quartet. She is survived by her sister, Zuma Burrow Renaud of Midland, Texas; four children, Samuel A. Woodward III of Mobile, Julia Jane Woodward (Reece) Burka of New Orleans, LA, Hazel Louise Woodward of Mobile and William Lee (Ellen) Woodward of Fort Worth, Texas. Surviving Grandchildren include Sam Adams of Bristol, Rhode Island, Daniel Adams of New Orleans, Louisiana, Wilder Mayhall of Mobile, Alabama, Joshua Woodward of Montevallo, AL, Banks Madison Woodward of Provo, Utah and Weston Lee Woodward of Boulder, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her son, Patrick Jack Woodward of Dallas, Texas and granddaughter, Angela Brooks Mayhall of Mobile, Alabama. Memorial Services under the direction of Radney Funeral Home will be held at Saint Mary's Catholic Church presided over by The Reverend Peter J. Cunningham at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 22, 2000. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. in lieu of flowers, memorials to Compassionate Friends. Funeral arrangements are by RADNEY FUNERAL HOME, Dauphin Street Extension, Mobile, AL
From the Mobile Register, Mobile, Alabama Friday, April 21, 2000
Concert Artist's Life Spanned Twentieth Century
Violinist Orline Burrow Woodward:
A pioneer concert artist during an era when men were the pre eminent artists on the concert stage, died at the age of eighty-eight in Mobile, Alabama on April 19, 2000. Born July 13, 1911 in Carthage, Texas, Orline Burrow Woodward's artistic gifts would take her to many corners of the country. Among notable credits, she concertized extensively throughout the West Coast, having performed twice in Hollywood bowl as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of legendary conductors Otto Klemperer and Artur Rodzinski. A former faculty member of Occidental College and Mills College in California, she established a reputation as one of the most promising concert artists of her generation. Always a pioneer in the arts, her versatility began when, as a little girl of six in Longview, Texas, she played her violin in a demonstration of the Edison talking Machine on the Chautauqua Circuit stage shared with famed orator and former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryant. As a young woman, she concertized extensively throughout the West Coast, most notably in the Seiling Garden Theater concert series. Her appearance on "California's Hour" with singer Jane Froman marked the first coast to coast national television broadcast in the industry. Mrs. Woodward was scheduled to make her European concert debut in 1939 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Wilhelm Furtwangler. However, it became clear that war with Germany would become an imminent probability. She returned to her native Texas, where she married prominent Fort Worth attorney, Sam A. Woodward. She established the Woodward String Quartet, which performed throughout the Southwest for the next twelve years, appeared as soloist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, gave numerous recitals each season and served as Concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony, Fort Worth Opera Orchestra and Casa Manana Musicals during an era where few women were placed in such an important position. She bore five children during this period while continuing her career as a performing artist. She performed in the Puerto Rico Symphony directed by Pablo Casals, and later, following the death of her husband, as a member of the New Orleans Philharmonic, Mobile Symphony Orchestra (under James Yestadt), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Memphis symphony, and the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra. While living in Mobile, she served as Associate Concert master of the Mobile Symphony and as adjunct music faculty member of the University of South Alabama and its Resident String Quartet. She is survived by her sister, Zuma Burrow Renaud of Midland, Texas; four children, Samuel A. Woodward III of Mobile, Julia Jane Woodward (Reece) Burka of New Orleans, LA, Hazel Louise Woodward of Mobile and William Lee (Ellen) Woodward of Fort Worth, Texas. Surviving Grandchildren include Sam Adams of Bristol, Rhode Island, Daniel Adams of New Orleans, Louisiana, Wilder Mayhall of Mobile, Alabama, Joshua Woodward of Montevallo, AL, Banks Madison Woodward of Provo, Utah and Weston Lee Woodward of Boulder, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her son, Patrick Jack Woodward of Dallas, Texas and granddaughter, Angela Brooks Mayhall of Mobile, Alabama. Memorial Services under the direction of Radney Funeral Home will be held at Saint Mary's Catholic Church presided over by The Reverend Peter J. Cunningham at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 22, 2000. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. in lieu of flowers, memorials to Compassionate Friends. Funeral arrangements are by RADNEY FUNERAL HOME, Dauphin Street Extension, Mobile, AL
From the Mobile Register, Mobile, Alabama Friday, April 21, 2000
Violinist Orline Burrow Woodward Dies
Concert Artist's Life Spanned Twentieth Century
Violinist Orline Burrow Woodward:
A pioneer concert artist during an era when men were the pre eminent artists on the concert stage, died at the age of eighty-eight in Mobile, Alabama on April 19, 2000. Born July 13, 1911 in Carthage, Texas, Orline Burrow Woodward's artistic gifts would take her to many corners of the country. Among notable credits, she concertized extensively throughout the West Coast, having performed twice in Hollywood bowl as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of legendary conductors Otto Klemperer and Artur Rodzinski. A former faculty member of Occidental College and Mills College in California, she established a reputation as one of the most promising concert artists of her generation. Always a pioneer in the arts, her versatility began when, as a little girl of six in Longview, Texas, she played her violin in a demonstration of the Edison talking Machine on the Chautauqua Circuit stage shared with famed orator and former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryant. As a young woman, she concertized extensively throughout the West Coast, most notably in the Seiling Garden Theater concert series. Her appearance on "California's Hour" with singer Jane Froman marked the first coast to coast national television broadcast in the industry. Mrs. Woodward was scheduled to make her European concert debut in 1939 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Wilhelm Furtwangler. However, it became clear that war with Germany would become an imminent probability. She returned to her native Texas, where she married prominent Fort Worth attorney, Sam A. Woodward. She established the Woodward String Quartet, which performed throughout the Southwest for the next twelve years, appeared as soloist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, gave numerous recitals each season and served as Concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony, Fort Worth Opera Orchestra and Casa Manana Musicals during an era where few women were placed in such an important position. She bore five children during this period while continuing her career as a performing artist. She performed in the Puerto Rico Symphony directed by Pablo Casals, and later, following the death of her husband, as a member of the New Orleans Philharmonic, Mobile Symphony Orchestra (under James Yestadt), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Memphis symphony, and the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra. While living in Mobile, she served as Associate Concert master of the Mobile Symphony and as adjunct music faculty member of the University of South Alabama and its Resident String Quartet. She is survived by her sister, Zuma Burrow Renaud of Midland, Texas; four children, Samuel A. Woodward III of Mobile, Julia Jane Woodward (Reece) Burka of New Orleans, LA, Hazel Louise Woodward of Mobile and William Lee (Ellen) Woodward of Fort Worth, Texas. Surviving Grandchildren include Sam Adams of Bristol, Rhode Island, Daniel Adams of New Orleans, Louisiana, Wilder Mayhall of Mobile, Alabama, Joshua Woodward of Montevallo, AL, Banks Madison Woodward of Provo, Utah and Weston Lee Woodward of Boulder, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her son, Patrick Jack Woodward of Dallas, Texas and granddaughter, Angela Brooks Mayhall of Mobile, Alabama. Memorial Services under the direction of Radney Funeral Home will be held at Saint Mary's Catholic Church presided over by The Reverend Peter J. Cunningham at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 22, 2000. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. in lieu of flowers, memorials to Compassionate Friends. Funeral arrangements are by RADNEY FUNERAL HOME, Dauphin Street Extension, Mobile, AL
From the Mobile Register, Mobile, Alabama Friday, April 21, 2000
Concert Artist's Life Spanned Twentieth Century
Violinist Orline Burrow Woodward:
A pioneer concert artist during an era when men were the pre eminent artists on the concert stage, died at the age of eighty-eight in Mobile, Alabama on April 19, 2000. Born July 13, 1911 in Carthage, Texas, Orline Burrow Woodward's artistic gifts would take her to many corners of the country. Among notable credits, she concertized extensively throughout the West Coast, having performed twice in Hollywood bowl as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of legendary conductors Otto Klemperer and Artur Rodzinski. A former faculty member of Occidental College and Mills College in California, she established a reputation as one of the most promising concert artists of her generation. Always a pioneer in the arts, her versatility began when, as a little girl of six in Longview, Texas, she played her violin in a demonstration of the Edison talking Machine on the Chautauqua Circuit stage shared with famed orator and former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryant. As a young woman, she concertized extensively throughout the West Coast, most notably in the Seiling Garden Theater concert series. Her appearance on "California's Hour" with singer Jane Froman marked the first coast to coast national television broadcast in the industry. Mrs. Woodward was scheduled to make her European concert debut in 1939 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Wilhelm Furtwangler. However, it became clear that war with Germany would become an imminent probability. She returned to her native Texas, where she married prominent Fort Worth attorney, Sam A. Woodward. She established the Woodward String Quartet, which performed throughout the Southwest for the next twelve years, appeared as soloist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, gave numerous recitals each season and served as Concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony, Fort Worth Opera Orchestra and Casa Manana Musicals during an era where few women were placed in such an important position. She bore five children during this period while continuing her career as a performing artist. She performed in the Puerto Rico Symphony directed by Pablo Casals, and later, following the death of her husband, as a member of the New Orleans Philharmonic, Mobile Symphony Orchestra (under James Yestadt), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Memphis symphony, and the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra. While living in Mobile, she served as Associate Concert master of the Mobile Symphony and as adjunct music faculty member of the University of South Alabama and its Resident String Quartet. She is survived by her sister, Zuma Burrow Renaud of Midland, Texas; four children, Samuel A. Woodward III of Mobile, Julia Jane Woodward (Reece) Burka of New Orleans, LA, Hazel Louise Woodward of Mobile and William Lee (Ellen) Woodward of Fort Worth, Texas. Surviving Grandchildren include Sam Adams of Bristol, Rhode Island, Daniel Adams of New Orleans, Louisiana, Wilder Mayhall of Mobile, Alabama, Joshua Woodward of Montevallo, AL, Banks Madison Woodward of Provo, Utah and Weston Lee Woodward of Boulder, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her son, Patrick Jack Woodward of Dallas, Texas and granddaughter, Angela Brooks Mayhall of Mobile, Alabama. Memorial Services under the direction of Radney Funeral Home will be held at Saint Mary's Catholic Church presided over by The Reverend Peter J. Cunningham at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 22, 2000. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. in lieu of flowers, memorials to Compassionate Friends. Funeral arrangements are by RADNEY FUNERAL HOME, Dauphin Street Extension, Mobile, AL
From the Mobile Register, Mobile, Alabama Friday, April 21, 2000
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