FINAL NOTES AN N G IB B EN S DAVI S , P H I L A M B DA , WAS H I N TO N D.C . A LU M N I DAV I S M U S E C @ CO MC AST. N E T
Eva Frantz Anderson Phi Gamma, February 19, 1950 Died April 4, 2020
Rosaleen Marie (Malooly) Evans Mu Nu, June 6, 1948 Died April 29, 2020
Cellist, pianist and organist. Eva was a lifetime resident of Baltimore where she taught piano, cello and organ. She was a performing member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 1961-1995. She played in the York and Gettysburg Symphony and served as church organist with Glyndon United Methodist Church and the First Church of Christ in Annapolis, Maryland. During her retirement years she played the piano, organ and cello for her retirement community.
Pianist, singer, and musical theater actor. Rosaleen received degrees in piano performance from Colorado College and the University of Southern California and completed post-graduate work at USC toward a doctorate in musicology. debuted in piano with the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. She went on to study theater in London at the Shakespeare Theater. She sang many roles at the Biltmore Theater in Los Angeles. She returned to Texas where she maintained a private studio and taught voice at the University of Texas in El Paso. She was director of over 20 Theaters productions in El Paso. Rosaleen was the Music Director of the Dictionary of International Biography, Who’s Who of American Women and awarded The Image Award for Music by the El Paso Association of Performing Arts.
Dr. Helen Marie Bilhorn Baumgartner Phi Iota, December 19, 1979 Minneapolis-St. Paul Alumni Died June 14, 2020 Pianist and violinist. Helen was a guest soloist with the Boston Pops in a performance Beethoven’s Concerto No. 3, conducted by Arthur Fiedler. She was violinist with the Mankato Symphony orchestra and a duet partner with her husband Paul Baumgartner for the Global Mission Institute of Luther Seminary in St. Paul. The two met while graduate students at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NewYork, and both taught at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, where Dr. Helen Baumgartner was a retired professor of music. Klari (Mandel) Englander Kappa, April 22, 1961 Died June 19, 2015 Pianist. Klari began her teaching career in Indianapolis and later moved to New York City where she joined the faculty at BrooklynQueens Conservatory of Music. She taught and played piano in Queens, New York, until her 92nd year. She passed away at 100 years old.
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Thelma (Larson) Johnson Mu Epsilon, June 2, 1944 Died May 14, 2020 Pianist, accompanist. Thelma received her bachelor’s degree from MacPhail College of Music where she also taught. She was a professional accompanist for many musicians of the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra as well as masterclasses for visiting artists, including Joseph Gingold, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Leonard Rose, and Isaac Stern. Thelma was an active member of many local musical organizations, including the Minnesota Music Teachers Association, Women’s Association for the Minnesota Orchestra, Thursday Musical, Shubert Club and Minneapolis Women’s Club Music Committee. Marcellene (Hawk) Mayhall Mu Phi, December 10, 1951 Cleveland Area Alumni Died March 24, 2020 Pianist, harpsichordist, forte pianist. Marcellene was the principal keyboardist with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and a member of the piano faculty of Youngstown
State University in Ohio. She performed in solo recital, as soloist with orchestras, as duo-pianist, as chamber musician, and as collaborative pianist. Marcellene gave piano recitals in Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, California and Florida, and was director emeritas of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Cleveland, Ohio, where she founded its annual Bach Festival, and was the primary pianist at the First Unitarian Church in Youngstown. She was the president of the Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society (now the Historical Keyboard Society of North America). She and her late husband, Walter S. Mayhall, collected an extensive library of over 16,000 items, including a bibliography of more than 31,500 citations devoted to the life, works and performance practice of Johann Sebastian Bach, his family, students, and his time. The collection now resides at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China. Virginia (Ralles) Parker Mu Gamma April 27, 1952 Lincoln Alumni Died August 20, 2020 Vocalist. Virginia “Ginny” Parker had a varied career in opera, musical theater and concert performances. A versatile coloratura soprano, she was a regional winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions and a winner of the “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts” television competition and worked with him at CBS in New York. She appeared as guest artist with symphony orchestras in New Orleans, St. Louis, Sioux City, Iowa; and Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska. Ginny sang leading roles with the Omaha Civic Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and Houston Grand Opera. She served on the boards of the Lincoln Community Playhouse, the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, and was founding member of the Friends of Opera the Musical Art Club and the Nebraska State Arts Council. Joann Irene (Utley) Reed Gamma, February 15, 1947 Died May 13, 2020 Pianist, vocalist, handbell player, educator. Joann attended the University of Michigan where she received her Bachelor of Music degree and sang in the university choir. Joann
