Willard Warch
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Willard Warch was a schoolmaster at Punahou School
in Honolulu, HI, first cello with the Honolulu Symphony
and a Professor of Music and Theory at Oberlin College
for 30 years.
. In 1931, he graduated, having earned earned both the B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees at Oberlin. Throughout World War II, Warch served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a member of the Army Air Corps Band stationed in England. He authored five music study textbooks as well as Our First 100 Years; a brief history of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.
Punahou School
Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii...
in Honolulu, HI, first cello with the Honolulu Symphony
Honolulu Symphony
The Honolulu Symphony, also known as the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, was founded in 1900. The Honolulu Symphony is the oldest symphony orchestra in the USA west of the Rocky Mountains. Originally housed in a clubhouse on the slopes of Punchbowl, the Honolulu Symphony now plays from the Neal S...
and a Professor of Music and Theory at Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
for 30 years.
Life
Warch was a member of the Oberlin Orchestra cello section from 1927–31 and a student at Oberlin CollegeOberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
. In 1931, he graduated, having earned earned both the B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees at Oberlin. Throughout World War II, Warch served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a member of the Army Air Corps Band stationed in England. He authored five music study textbooks as well as Our First 100 Years; a brief history of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.