Background
Pyron, Nona Faye was born on July 20, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Harold Hicks Pyron and Winifred Ferne Riley.
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Nona Faye Pyron
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Nona Faye Pyron, music educator, director. Achievements include research in discovering unknown cello music & iconographical materials in Europe; first to concerts which combine later music on the modern cello with early works on period instruments; first to founder & editor in chief of grancino editions. Leader students to Germany Experiment in International Living, Putney, Vermont, 1966—1968; Member of Pi Kappa Lambda.
Education
Bachelor of Music, Eastman School Music, Los Angeles, 1955. MM, 1957; DMA, University South California, Los Angeles, 1967.
Career
Assistant professor music Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 1957—1968. Founder & chief editor Grancino Edns, Santa Barbara, California. Adjunct professor cello Westmont College, since 2006.
Cellist Portland Symphony, Oregon, 1957—1960.
Achievements
Membership
Leader students to Germany Experiment in International Living, Putney, Vermont, 1966—1968. Member of Pi Kappa Lambda.
Interests
Education
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1955
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1967