2018-19 Guide To Yellow Springs

40 the Guide to YelLow Springs y 2018 - 1 9 Y e l l ow S p r i n g s N ews y  musical matriarchs of the village  y $ Mary Schumacher Violin and viola teacher and viloinist with the well known English Trio. She and Shirley Mullins established the orchestra program in the Yellow Springs schools. Taught Wendy Champney and Anne Harris (see pages 44–45). Son Carl Schumacher is a local musician. $ Jean Putnam Pianist, organist, arranger and piano and voice teacher to hundreds of students in her home. She founded a musical fraternity in Dayton, co-founded Friends Music Camp and established an 8-handed piano group wih pianist Ava English. She died in 2016. Peg Champney % Violinist and violist and teacher; co‑founded the influential Friends Music Camp with Jean Putnam in the early ’80s. Daugther Wendy is a professional violist; granddaughter Chiara is a professional cellist. (See page 47) Pat Olds % Established the Early Music Group of Yellow Springs, in 1979, where she taught and performed with others on period instruments such as viols, recorders and crumhorns. She died in 2012 By YS NEws STAFF “To plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit,” is true mean- ing of life, farmer Nelson Henderson once wrote. For a group of longtime Yellow Springs music teach- ers, who have passed their musical talents onto the next generation, it is the song they do not expect to hear. These women have been devoted teachers, talented performers and pioneer- ing founders of ensembles, camps and nonprofits. They taught, mentored and inspired generations of vil - lagers, many of whom have gone on to become profes- sional musicians. And while many have died, the music lives on. Ava English Seated at the piano; was an influential local piano teacher. She played in the semi-professional English Trio, pictured here, with Mary Schumacher on violin and Shirley Mullins on cello. She died in 1995. ruth bent % Conducted all Gilbert and Sullivan musicals for Center Stage productions; longtime director of the Community Chorus, and a chamber (or larger) orchestra for many performances. $ Bev logan Pianist and piano teacher; taught in the music department at Antioch College; recently known for vocal training and establishing several local singing groups; developed and established Community Experience Program at YSHS Planting seeds for a beautiful life 767-7642 • P.O. Box 242, Yellow Springs www.antiochschool.org • nathan@antiochschool.org • Master teachers • Small class size • Children engineer their own learning • Empowering community • Students as scientists and inventors • Creativity and art • Children learn from play • Outdoor learning • Oldest democratic school in the country, est. 1921