Margaret Saunders Ott
Deceased Person
1920 – 2010
Who was Margaret Saunders Ott?
Margaret Saunders Ott was a distinguished American pianist and teacher. Her career included teaching positions at Lebanon Valley Conservatory, Bishop School, Washington State University, Gonzaga University, Payap University, and most notably, Whitworth College, where she taught for 25 years and was chair of the piano department.
After graduating from Mills College, she attended the Juilliard School, where she studied with Moriz Rosenthal, Sasha Gorodnitzky, and Olga Samaroff Stokowski. She later became Madame Samaroff's assistant, traveling with her to Los Angeles.
With the blessing of Madame Samaroff, Margaret, returned to the Pacific Northwest to marry Franklin Ott, raise a family, and to teach and perform. Over the years she guided many outstanding pianists and piano teachers, among them Philip Aaberg, Nancy O'Neill Breth, Susan Brown, Deborah Dewey, Stephen Drury, Jody Graves, Donald Manildi, Ricklen Nobis, Greg Presley, Scott Rednour, and Greg Slag. In recognition of her achievements, she was awarded the Teacher of the Year Award by the Music Teachers National Association in 2003.
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- Born
- Jul 18, 1920
United States of America - Education
- Juilliard School
- Died
- Jun 8, 2010
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on July 23, 2013
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