- Karen Tuttle
Karen Tuttle is an American
viola teacher who is famous for her "coordination" technique, which emphasizes being comfortable while playing your instrument. She was originally aviolin ist who chose to become a violist when she wanted to study withWilliam Primrose , whose technique and ease in playing the viola she greatly admired. Her coordination technique is often considered to be an analysis of Primrose's technique. In1994 she was recognized by ASTA with the Artist Teacher Award.She taught at the
Peabody Conservatory of Music ,Curtis Institute of Music and atJuilliard , and several of her students now teach at prominent universities and music conservatories, as well as at the annual "Karen Tuttle Coordination Workshop", held each summer in theUS . These students includeCarol Rodland ,Kim Kashkashian ,Karen Ritscher , Jeffrey Irvine, Lynne Ramsey, Michelle LaCourse, and Susan Dubois.References
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title = In Response to Instinct -- Karen Tuttle's Insights into the Coordinated Action -- Its Mechanisms, Articulation, and Prerequisites
journal = Journal of the American Viola Society
volume = Vol.18
issue = No.1
pages = pp.51–54
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date = 2002
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title = The Coordinated Action, Part 2: Instinctive Responses
journal = Journal of the American Viola Society
volume = Vol.18
issue = No.2 & 3 (double issue)
pages = pp.63–69
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date = 2002
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last = Rodland
first = Carol
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title = In Honor of Karen Tuttle as She Retires
journal = American String Teacher
volume = Vol.54
issue = No.2
pages = pp.45–47
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date = May 2004
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title = ASTA Awards
journal = American String Teacher
volume = Vol.54
issue = No.3
pages = pp.78–79
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date = August 2004
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