William James Waterhouse (15 August 1917 – 22 November 2003)''Passages,'' Winnipeg Free Press.
Retrieved 20 March 2011. was a Canadian

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ist and

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. At the age of 4, he began studying the violin with his father, John Waterhouse, and music theory with the composer and conductor Bernard Naylor. While a teenager he entered the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London where he was a pupil of Michael Head and Rowsby Woof. He earned a L.A.B. diploma from the RAM in 1933 and was later awarded an

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from the school in 1976. He remained in London throughout the 1930s, playing as a member of the Boyd Neel Orchestra (1936-1939), the London String Orchestra (1936-1939), the Silverman Quartet (1935-1938), and the Stornoway Players (1937-1939). In 1939 Waterhouse returned to Canada, notably appearing as a soloist with the

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during several concerts in the 1939–1940 season. In the early 1940s he was heard as a soloist with several orchestras in Canada and the United States, including performing Johannes Brahms's ''

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'' in partnership with Martin Hoherman with both the

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and the CBC Winnipeg Orchestra. In 1946 he began pursuing further studies at

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where he graduated with both a

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and a Master of Music in 1950. From 1951 to 1975 he was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and from 1975 until his retirement in 1987 he was principal second violin of the Boston Pops Orchestra. He concurrently played in the

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from 1975 to 1987 and was also actively performing in duo concerts with the pianist Leonard Isaacs during those years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Waterhouse, William 1917 births 2003 deaths Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni Canadian music educators Canadian classical violinists Male classical violinists 20th-century classical violinists 20th-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers 20th-century Canadian male musicians Canadian male violinists and fiddlers Canadian expatriates in the United States