Background
Padberg, Helen Swan was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Frank P. and Birdie B. (Rudell) Swan.
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Helen Swan Padberg
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Associate of Arts, Stephens College, 1938. Bachelor of Music, U. Oklahoma, 1940. Master of Music, Northwestern University, 1941.
Student Jacques Gordon.
Career
Solo performances and concerts, 1932. Member of faculty string quartet and symphony soloist Stephens College, 1937-1938. Violinist Oklahoma City Symphony Summer Concerts, 1940.
Soloist Northwestern University Symphony, 1941.
United Service Organizations performer, 1941-1943. Violinist National Orchestral Association and American Youth Orchestra, New York City, 1944-1946.
Teacher strings Maywood (Illinois), 1946-1947. Assistant concertmaster West Suburban Symphony, Chicago, 1947-1948.
Member Chicago Women"s Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra and chamber music groups, 1947-1951.
Violinist Arkansas String Trio, 1952-1958. Concertmaster Arkansas Symphony and Little Rock Philharmonic, 1953-1957, Marjorie Lawrence television Series, Arkansas, 1953-1954. Private teacher violin, Little Rock,1953-1966.
Accompanist and performer on piano, harp.
President, Arkansas Medical Society Auxiliary, 1962-1963, historian, 1963-1994. Company-founder Little Rock Chamber Music Society, 1954.
President of the board directors Visiting Nurse Association of Pulaski County, Arkansas, 1967-1969. Board directors International Visitors Center, Chicago, 1988, Stephens College Alumna Association Board.
Elder, trustee Presbyterian church.
Achievements
Membership
Member of faculty string quartet and symphony soloist Stephens College, 1937-1938. Member Chicago Women"s Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra and chamber music groups, 1947-1951. Member American Harp Society, Chicago Harp Society (secretary 1979-1984), American Federation Musicians, American Opera Society (historian 1987), American Opera Society of Chicago (vice-president and programchmn.
1981-1982, president 1984-1987), International Women Associations (president 1988-1991), Pi Kappa Lambda, Mu Phi Epsilon, English Speaking Union (local chapter, Board of Governors 1997), Pi Beta Phi (president Little Rock Alumnae.
Clubs: Aesthetic (president Little Rock).
Connections
Married Frank Padberg, February 6, 1943;children: Frank, Kristen. Children: Frank, Kristen.
