Willard Warch

Willard Warch
Born(1909-06-06)June 6, 1909
DiedOctober 12, 2002(2002-10-12) (aged 93)
Oberlin, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
EducationOberlin College
Occupation(s)classical cellist, music theorist;
U.S. Army Air Corps Band stationed in England
Notable workOur First 100 Years; a brief history of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music

Willard Franklin Warch (June 6, 1909 – October 12, 2002)[1] was an American classical cellist and music theorist from Chicago.[2] He was schoolmaster at Punahou School in Honolulu, first cello with the Honolulu Symphony and a Professor of Music and Theory at Oberlin College for 30 years.

Warch was a member of the Oberlin Orchestra cello section from 1927–31 and a student at Oberlin College. In 1931, he graduated, having earned both the B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees at Oberlin.[3] From 1942–45,[4] Warch served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a member of the Army Air Corps Band stationed in England. He authored five music study textbooks as well as Our First 100 Years; a brief history of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.[5]

He died in Oberlin, Ohio in 2002, aged 93.

  1. ^ Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
  2. ^ Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922
  3. ^ Oberlin Conservatory Magazine 2003
  4. ^ U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
  5. ^ Oberlin College Library - About the Conservatory Library