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Janetta McStay
Janetta Mary McStay (20 May 1917 – 14 June 2012) was a New Zealand concert pianist and music professor who performed with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras, as a solo artist and as an accompanist and chamber music associate with leading artists from around the world. Early life and education McStay was born on 20 May 1917 in Roxburgh, New Zealand. She had Scottish and Irish heritage and grew up in Invercargill in a musical family of six children. Her mother, Mary (née Auld) enjoyed singing Scottish songs. Her father, Hugh William McStay, had no formal musical education but great natural talent that enabled him to play almost any instrument. He died when she was 14. McStay attended Southland Girls' High School. She studied piano from the age of five, first under Mona Rankin and then under May O'Byrne (later May Jones), and gained high marks in piano exams, including the highest marks in the country in Grade Eight and the highest marks in the South Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janetta McStay, 1967
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