Betty Rose Wishart
Betty Rose Wishart is an American composer and pianist. She was born on September 22, 1947, in Lumberton, North Carolina. She earned music degrees from Queens College (Charlotte, North Carolina) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and studied further in New York City. Her teachers included Roger Hannay, Richard Bunger Evans, Donald Waxman, Michael Zenge, and Wolfgang Rose. Wishart taught piano, theory, and composition at Kohinoor Music Company from 1972 to 1973, and joined Argo Classical Records in 1973. She began composing in 1974, initially using the name B. R. Wishart to disguise her gender. She was president of the Southeastern Composers' League in 2008. Wishart has received awards for her work. Her compositions include a variety of pieces.
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