Background
Wiles, Margaret was born on December 25, 1911 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Bertram Thompson and Dovie Mae (Osborne) Jones.
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Margaret Wiles
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Education
Bachelor of Music, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1935. Student, Royal Acd. Music, London, 1934. Pupil Arthur Catterall, Cecil Aronowitz, Raphael Bronstein.
Career
Violinist Durban (South Africa) Broadcast Orchestra, 1940, Durban Symphony Orchestra, 1941-1945. Concertmaster Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) Symphony Orchestra, 1945-1951, Radio String Quartet, Durban, 1942-1945. Soloist throughout South Africa, 1937-1954.
Violinist Trenton, Princeton and Little Colonial sympohony orchestras, New Jersey, 1951-1957. Assistant concertmaster Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, 1957-1971. Instructor violin and viola Connecticut College, 1957-1975.
Conductor Connecticut College Symphony Orchestra, 1957-1971, conductor emeritus, from 1975.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association of University Professors, Mu Phi Epsilon, Alpha Phi.
Connections
Married Gordon P. Wiles. Children: John Christopher, Peter Thompson.
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Political Party
Republican
Education
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1935
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1934
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Career
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1937 - 1954
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1940
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1941 - 1945
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1942 - 1945
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1945 - 1951
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1951 - 1957
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1957 - 1971
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1957 - 1975
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1957 - 1971
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