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Dorothy DeLay was born on 31 March, 1917 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, U.S., is an American violin instructor (1917–2002). Discover Dorothy DeLay's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Occupation Violin teacher
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 31 March 1917
Birthday 31 March
Birthplace Medicine Lodge, Kansas, U.S.
Date of death 2002
Died Place New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1917

Dorothy DeLay (March 31, 1917 – March 24, 2002) was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School, Sarah Lawrence College, and the University of Cincinnati.

Dorothy DeLay was born on March 31, 1917, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas to parents who were musicians and teachers.

She began studying violin at age 4.

At age 14, she graduated from Neodesha High School, where her father was superintendent.

1937

DeLay studied for one year at the Oberlin Conservatory with Raymond Cerf, a student of César Thomson, and transferred to broaden her education at Michigan State University, where she earned a B.A. in 1937 at age 20.

She then entered the Juilliard Graduate School, where she studied with Louis Persinger, Hans Letz, and Felix Salmond.

1939

She was the founder of the Stuyvesant Trio (1939–42) with her cellist sister Nellis DeLay and pianist Helen Brainard, and she played with Leopold Stokowski's All-American Youth Orchestra.

1940

While touring with this orchestra in 1940, she met Edward Newhouse, a novelist and writer for The New Yorker, and they married four months later in 1941.

They had a son, Jeffrey Newhouse and a daughter Alison Newhouse Dinsmore.

By the mid-1940s, DeLay decided that she did not want to continue as a performer.

1946

In 1946, she returned to Juilliard to study with Ivan Galamian,

1947

In addition to teaching at Juilliard, she taught at Sarah Lawrence College (1947–1987), the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music (30 years until 2001 ), the New England Conservatory, the Meadowmount School of Music and the Aspen Music Festival and School, among others.

DeLay's students have gone forward to solo careers, principal orchestra positions with the world's leading orchestras, and have gone on to win many of the major violin competitions of the world.

1948

becoming his assistant in 1948.

1975

In 1975, she was recognized by the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) with their Artist Teacher Award.

Dorothy DeLay died from cancer in New York City at the age of 84.

She was survived by her husband, Edward Newhouse, two children, and four grandchildren.

1992

In a 1992 interview, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg said: "I think the greatest thing about Dorothy DeLay is that she has the ability to look at a young student or an old student and pretty much size up their character and the way that they think — their personality, basically — and how in a short period of time what's the best door to use to get them into here. And that's her method — the fact that there is really no method."

Itzhak Perlman said of DeLay's pedagogic approach: "I would come and play for her, and if something was not quite right, it wasn't like she was going to kill me. She would ask questions about what you thought of particular phrases—where the top of the phrase was, and so on. We would have a very friendly, interesting discussion about 'Why do you think it should sound like this?' and 'What do you think of that?' I was not quite used to this way of approaching things."

1994

In addition to many honorary degrees, Miss DeLay received the National Medal of Arts in 1994, the National Music Council's American Eagle Award in 1995, the Sanford Medal from Yale University in 1997 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure from the Japanese Government in 1998.

1997

In 1997, the Dorothy Richard Starling Chair of Violin Studies was established with a leadership grant from the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation to The Campaign for Juilliard.

2002

It was held by DeLay until the time of her death in March 2002, and a year later Itzhak Perlman was appointed to this position at Juilliard.

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For an in-depth profile of Miss DeLay, see Helen Epstein's book Music Talks, now on Kindle.

This is also available as a separate article on Kindle.