Dates

• Existence: 1920 - 2011

Parallel Names

• Tuttle, Katherine Ann

Biography

Karen Tuttle (1920-) was a professional violist and faculty member of The Julliard School from 1987 to 2003.

Karen Tuttle was born Katherine Ann Tuttle on March 28, 1920, in Lewiston, Idaho. Early in adulthood, she changed her name to Karen. Karen became an accomplished violinist at an early age. She studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with William Primrose where she switched to the viola and developed the “Karen Tuttle Coordination Technique.” Karen became a faculty member at the Curtis Institute of Music, as well as the Peabody Conservatory, the Mannes School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Banff Centre of Performing Arts. She participated in six Marlboro Festivals under Rudolph Serkin, had solo performances with Scheider Chamber Orchestra, Scherman "Little Orchestra Society," and Saidenberg Chamber Orchestra, and toured across the United States as a viola soloist with the Camera Concerti and with the Association of American Colleges. Her Carnegie Hall debut was in 1960. Karen was a member of the Philomusica Chamber Society in New York, and the Theater Chamber Players in Washington, D.C. She was a member of The Julliard School faculty from 1987 to 2003. Karen Tuttle died December 16, 2011, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Citation:

Britten, B. Fantasy for oboe & strings, op. 2 [SR] 1960?:labels (Karen Tuttle, viola) container (member of the Galimir String Quartet)

New York times WWW site, Dec. 27, 2010(in obituary published Dec. 24: Karen Tuttle; b. Katherine Ann Tuttle, Mar. 28, 1920, Lewiston, Idaho; changed her name to Karen as a young woman; d. Dec. 16, Philadelphia, aged 90; violist and teacher)

Karen Tuttle papers, Karen Tuttle born, in Lewiston, Idaho; studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with William Primrose and later became a faculty member at the Institute, as well as the Peabody Conservatory, the Mannes School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Banff Centre of Performing Arts. She participated in six Marlboro Festivals under Rudolph Serkin, had solo performances with Scheider Chamber Orchestra, Scherman “Little Orchestra Society,” and Saidenberg Chamber Orchestra, and toured across the United States as a viola soloist with the Camera Concerti and with the Association of American Colleges. Karen was a member of the Philomusica Chamber Society in New York, and the Theater Chamber Players in Washington, D.C.)

The Julliard Journal, via www, November 14, 2023 (died in 2011; taught at Julliard from 1987 to 2003; Karen became an accomplished violinist at an early age; studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with William Primrose where she switched to the viola and developed the “Karen Tuttle Coordination Technique,” Carnegie Hall debut in 1960) https://journal.juilliard.edu/journal/karen-tuttle-1920-2010

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