Background
Pardee, Margaret Ross was born on May 10, 1920 in Valdosta, Georgia, United States. Daughter of William Augustus and Frances Ross (Burton) Pardee.
Pardee, Margaret Ross was born on May 10, 1920 in Valdosta, Georgia, United States. Daughter of William Augustus and Frances Ross (Burton) Pardee.
She graduated from the Juilliard School where she studied with Ivan Galamian, Sascha Jacobsen, Albert Spalding and Louis Persinger.
Instructor violin and viola Manhattanville College Sacred Heart, New York City, 1942-1954, Juilliard School, New York City, 1942, Meadowmount School Music, Westport, New York, 1956-1984, 88-92, Bowdoin College Music Festival and School, Maine, summer 1987;member of faculty Estherwood school and Summer Festival, 1984-1986, Killington (Vermont) Music Festival, 1993, Mannes College of Music, 1996. Concert master Great Neck (Long Island) Symphony, 1954-1985. Adjunct associate professor Aaron Copland School Music, Queens College, Flushing, New York, 1978.
Adjunct associate professor Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, 1979-1983.
Adjunct Professor State University of New York, Purchase, 1980-1993. Visiting professor Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra and Conservatory, Caracas and Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1988, 89, Conservatoria de la Orchestra National Juvenil, Caracas, Venezuela, 1988, 89.
Debut New York Town Hall, 1952. Toured United States as soloist and in chamber music groups.
Soloed with symphony orchestras in Mississippi, New Jersey, District of Columbia and New New York
Member jury for international competitions. Guest artist professor 1st International Festival for Young Violinists, Caracas, 1988, guest visiting professor Orchestra Filarmónica Nacional & Municipal Sinfonica de Caracas, Venezuela, 1991.
Board directors Meadowmount School Music. Member Society for Strings (director 1965-1992), Associate Music Teachers League New York (certified), New York State Music Teachers Association (certified, citation 1989), Music Teachers National Association, American String Teachers Association (citation for exceptional leadership 1990), American Federation Musicians, Viola Research Society.
Married Daniel Rogers Butterly, July 5, 1944.