Sadah Shuchari

Sadah Shuchari (December 11, 1906 – 20 May 2001), or Sadah Schuhari, in Russian Сада Шухари, was an American violinist and music educator. She was concertmaster of the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra from 1964 to 1979.

Sadah Shuchari
A young white woman playing a violin indoors. She has hair in marcelled waves, and is wearing a dark garment with a deep V neckline
Sadah Shuchari photographed in 1928 by Arnold Genthe; from the Library of Congress
Born
Sadah R. Schwartz

December 11, 1906
Enfield, Connecticut, US
DiedMay 20, 2001
St Albans, Vermont, US
Other namesSadah Schuhari, Sadah S. Start, Sadah S. Colodny
OccupationViolinist

Early life

Sadah Shuchari was born Sadah "Sadie" Schwartz in Enfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Schwartz and Dora Gerber Schwartz.[1][2] Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Romania;[3][4] her father sold insurance.[5]

Shuchari attended the Juilliard School,[6] and studied violin with Leopold Auer and Paul Kochanski.[1] She also studied with composer Rubin Goldmark, George Enescu, and Felix Salmond.[3]

Later in life, she earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Vermont in 1962, and a master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1964.[7]

Career

Shuchari won the Naumburg Scholarship in 1927,[8] and the Schubert Memorial Prize in 1928.[9] She performed at New York's Town Hall venue with pianist Isabelle Yalkovsky Byman, in a concert for the Franz Schubert centenary in 1928.[6][10] She played again with Yalkovsky at Juilliard in 1931.[11]

Shuchari made recordings for Victor in 1928[12] and 1934.[13] She performed on radio programs.[14]

She appeared as a soloist in recitals and with symphonies in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hartford, Toronto,[15] Baltimore,[16] Harrisburg,[17][18] Fort Worth,[4] and El Paso in the 1930s.[1] She joined the faculty of Vermont Junior College in 1945, as a professor of music.[3][19] She continued performing in Vermont into her later years,[20][21][22][23] and was concertmaster of the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra from 1964 to 1979.[24] Her last public performance came in 1983, at the Vermont Philharmonic's 25th anniversary concert.[7]

Personal life

Shuchari married insurance agent Wallace Parker Start in 1937.[1] They had two children, Frank and Meda, before they divorced in 1954.[3][25] In 1966 she remarried, to Alex Colodny.[26] Her second husband died in 1985. She died in 2001 in St. Albans Town, Vermont, aged 94 years.[7]

References
  1. "Sadah Shuchari, Brilliant Violinist, Will Wed Parker Start, New York City". El Paso Times. 1937-07-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Obituary for DORA SCHWARTZ (Aged 88)". The Burlington Free Press. 1973-06-07. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Noted Concert Violinist Joins VJC Faculty". Montpelier Evening Argus. 1945-12-07. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "She Will Play on Benefit Program". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1936-05-17. p. 40. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Clanton, Helen (1936-06-02). "She Has a Gypsy Strain but She's Not a Gypsy, This Young Violinist". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Graduate School Concert (1928); Benny Goodman Gives Class (1943); Copland's 60th Birthday (1960); Paul Hall Dedicated (1970)". The Juilliard School. 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  7. "Sadah Schuhari Colodny". The Burlington Free Press. 2001-05-21. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Previous Winners: Violin". Walter W. Naumburg Foundation. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  9. "Miss Sadah Shuchari in Exacting Program; Young Violinist Who Won Honors Gets Many Recalls in Wieniawski Work". The New York Times. 1931-02-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  10. Hall, Mordaunt (1928-11-17). "JUILLIARD PUPILS PLAY. Students of Institute Get Cordial Welcome at Town Hall". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Times Machine.
  11. "HEARD IN JUILLIARD SERIES.: Miss Shuchari and Miss Yalkovksy Give Violin and Piano Program". The New York Times. December 10, 1931. p. 28 – via ProQuest.
  12. "Shuchari, Sadah". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  13. "Schuhari, Sadah". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  14. "To Broadcast Violinist; C. N. R. Radio Will Feature Sadah Shuchari". The Gazette. 1929-12-02. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Sadah Shuchari". The Globe. November 30, 1929. p. 12 – via ProQuest.
  16. "Second Music Club Concert Scheduled for Saturday". The Baltimore Sun. 1930-01-12. p. 56. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. Britton, William W. (1931-02-01). "Things Musical in Harrisburg". Harrisburg Sunday Courier. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Sadah Shuchari Guest of Honor at Country Club Dance". Harrisburg Sunday Courier. 1931-01-25. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. The University of Vermont Bulletin (April 1962): 12.
  20. "Sadah Shuchari Start Gives Concert Before Thousands at Saratoga". Montpelier Evening Argus. 1946-05-06. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. "Final Concert in Stowe Summer Series to be Held Tonight". The Burlington Free Press. 1964-08-22. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. "Trinity Sets Concert to Honor Dr. Stoehr". The Burlington Free Press. 1974-10-04. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. "Sadah Schuhari Will Give Concert". The Burlington Free Press. 1975-10-23. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. "Sadah Shuchari Colodny Honored By Philharmonic". The Times Argus. 1980-12-27. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. "Mrs. Start Suing Hanover Woman; Seeks Love Balm". The Burlington Free Press. 1953-09-16. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. "Philharmonic Will Feature Miss Schuhari". The Burlington Free Press. 1971-04-20. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-03-03 – via Newspapers.com.
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