| DATES |
DESCRIPTION |
| 1867 |
Maud Powell born, Peru, IL, to William Bramwell Powell and Wilhelmina Bengelstraeter Paul Powell
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| 1869 |
Maud's Uncle John Wesley Powell leads first scientific exploration of Grand Canyon |
| 1874 |
Begins violin lessons with G. W. Fickensher & piano lessons, Aurora, IL
Hears Camilla Urso perform at Coulter Opera House, Aurora
|
| 1876 |
First public appearances |
| 1878-1881 |
Studies violin with William Lewis in Chicago and piano with Agnes Ingersoll |
| 1881-1882 |
Studies with Henry Schradieck, Leipzig Conservatory, Germany |
| 1882-1883 |
Studies with Charles Dancla, Paris Conservatory, France |
| 1883-1884 |
Concert tours in England |
| 1884-1885 |
Studies with Joseph Joachim, Berlin Hochschule, Germany |
| 1885 |
American Debut Performance with Theodore Thomas, New York Philharmonic
Bramwell Powell appointed superintendent of Washington, DC public schools
|
| 1887-1888 |
Tours Western U.S. |
| 1889 |
Gives American premiere Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Walter Damrosch conducts the New York Symphony Orchestra
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| 1890 |
Participates in first American Composers' Concert, Washington, DC |
| 1891 |
Tour of U.S. with Patrick Gilmore and his band |
| 1892 |
Tour of Germany and Austria with U.S. Arion Society
Performs Dvorak Violin Concerto for Antonin Dvorak privately in New York
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| 1893 |
Performs with Exposition Orchestra, Theodore Thomas, at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago
Delivers paper on Women and the Violin at Women's Musical Congress
Performs with Amy Beach "Romance for violin and piano" composed by Beach and dedicated to Maud Powell
|
| 1893 |
Gives New York premiere Dvorak Violin Concerto |
| 1894-1895 |
Forms & tours with MP String Quartet, becomes first woman to head a professional quartet with male players
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| 1898-1905 |
Concerts in Great Britain and the Continent |
| 1899 |
Performs Tchaikovsky Concerto w/Hans Richter, Hallé Orchestra, Manchester, England
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| 1900 |
Bramwell Powell retires, moves with wife Minnie Powell to Mt. Vernon, NY |
| 1901 |
U.S. Concert Tour
Performs Tchaikovsky Concerto with Philharmonic Society of London, England
|
| 1902 |
Performs Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto in B Minor with Saint-Saëns conducting in London.
Performs Tchaikovsky and Beethoven concertos with Henry Wood, Queens Hall Orchestra, London
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| 1903 |
European Tour with John Philip Sousa and Sousa Band |
| 1904 |
Bramwell Powell dies
Marriage to H. Godfrey Turner, establishes NY residence
U.S. Tour
Becomes first solo instrumentalist to record for Victor Company's Celebrity Artist Series (Red Seal Label)
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| 1905 |
Tour of Great Britain with John Philip Sousa and Sousa Band
Tour of South Africa with her own concert company
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| 1906 |
Gives American premiere of Sibelius Violin Concerto, Wassily Safonoff conducting the New York Philharmonic.
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| 1907 |
Performs Sibelius Concerto in Chicago, Boston and Cincinnati
Tour of Far West
Recording of Drdla's Souvenir becomes worldwide best-seller
|
| 1907-1919 |
Annual Tours of North America |
| 1908-1909 |
Maud Powell Trio (violin, cello, piano) tours U.S. |
| 1909 |
Performs Beethoven Concerto with Gustav Mahler conducting NY Philharmonic |
| 1912 |
World Premiere Coleridge-Taylor Concerto, Norfolk Festival, Arthur Mees, conductor |
| 1914 |
Performs Sibelius Concerto with Jean Sibelius conducting |
| 1917-1919 |
Plays for soldiers in U.S. military camps (World War I) |
| 1919 |
Casts ballot in NY State Election, exercising women's newly-won right to vote
Collapses onstage in St. Louis with heart attack
|
| 1920 |
Dies of a heart attack while warming up for a concert in Uniontown, PA |