Donald Ambroson:
CLASS OF 1962
Central High SchoolClass of 1962
Sioux city, IA
Donald's Story
I attended Morningside College and majored in violin performance. I taught at Briar Cliff College part time 1965 - 1967, full time 1967-68. I then taught at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD from 1968 - 1970. While there, I was concertmaster of the Sioux Falls Symphony and performed two solos with the orchestra. I then went to the Claremont Graduate School on fellowship to study violin with Israel Baker, a close chamber music partner of Jascha Heifetz and highly regarded in violist circles. In 1972, I entered USC to begin working on a Doctor of Musical ...Expand for more
Arts degree. I was violist in the USC String Quartet during my first year and held orchestral conducting assistantships the next two years. I taught as a "freeway flyer" before starting to teach at Cal Poly Pomona University in 1975. I taught there until 2009.
I have been married twice and have had a wonderful married life with my current wife of 37 years. We have two sons. I continue to stay active in music, gardening, and traveling. I was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2005 and have maintained an active life in spite of it.
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