Dickson, Joan (vcl), 1921-1994
Joan Katharine Balfour Dickson, violoncello soloist, chamber music player and well-loved teacher, b. Edinburgh; d. London.
She studied violoncello with Dr Ruth Waddell at the Waddell School of Music before being awarded a Sir James Caird Travelling Scholarship to study with Ivor James at the Royal College of Music in London. Subsequently she became a student of the eminent Italian violoncellist, Mainardi, and from 1951 to 1953 served as his assistant at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Music. For many years she was violoncellist of the André Mangeot Quartet and was associated with the Will Smit Pianoforte Trio.
Before returning to Edinburgh to join the New Quartet (of Edinburgh) in 1953 she was well known as a distinguished violoncellist not only in Britain but in Denmark and Germany. She was a professor at the Royal College of Music, taught at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and has many famous pupils.
The daughter of J Douglas Dickson, (god-daughter of family friend, Sir Adrian Boult) and sister of Hester, and Betty who married Reid professor Sidney Newman.
Concerts by Performer
Title | Date | Venue | Professor |
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Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert | Sunday, October 30, 1932 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert | Sunday, January 22, 1933 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert | Sunday, March 5, 1933 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, November 25, 1948 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, October 19, 1950 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, January 25, 1951 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, January 17, 1952 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, January 15, 1953 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, October 22, 1953 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, October 29, 1953 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, December 10, 1953 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, January 21, 1954 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, March 11, 1954 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, October 28, 1954 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, November 25, 1954 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, January 20, 1955 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, January 27, 1955 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, February 24, 1955 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, October 27, 1955 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, November 24, 1955 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, February 2, 1956 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, February 23, 1956 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, February 23, 1956 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, March 1, 1956 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, October 25, 1956 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, November 22, 1956 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Wednesday, December 5, 1956 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, January 31, 1957 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Wednesday, February 6, 1957 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, February 28, 1957 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, October 24, 1957 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, November 21, 1957 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, January 23, 1958 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Wednesday, February 19, 1958 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, January 29, 1959 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, January 28, 1960 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, October 20, 1960 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, November 10, 1960 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, November 16, 1961 | The Music Hall | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, January 17, 1963 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, November 11, 1965 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Annual Reid Concert 1966 | Thursday, February 17, 1966 | The Music Hall | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, March 2, 1967 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Wednesday, March 5, 1969 | Usher Hall | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, November 20, 1969 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, January 15, 1970 | Reid School of Music, Park Place | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |
Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1972 | Sunday, June 4, 1972 | St Cecilia's Hall & MIMEd instruments | Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 |
Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1972 | Saturday, June 10, 1972 | St Cecilia's Hall & MIMEd instruments | Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, November 30, 1972 | Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ | Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 |
Reid Chamber Concert | Thursday, March 7, 1974 | Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ | Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 |
Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, November 1, 1979 | Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ | Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 |