Linda's musical family

Linda comes from a very musical family. Linda played flute and piano and was a member of the California State University (at Long Beach) Marching Band. Her father (Upton/Ben), played the clarinet and later, after cutting off four of his fingers in an accident, switched to the trumpet. Linda's mother, Ro, played piano and clarinet. Both her parents played in the Paul Mendelsson Orchestra, Los Angeles, The West Los Angeles Community Orchestra and practiced with the Santa Monica Philharmonic. Ben later in life played in a Senior Jazz Band in Vista, California.

Linda's mother had a sister Jessie. Jessie played 1st violin and her husband George Moe, played the Cello, along with Ro and Ben in the various Los Angeles Orchestras.

Remarks by Guy Moe, son of Jessie and George Moe: "My Dad took lessons from a Russian, Bruno Steindel who had replaced Pablo Casals (who went into exile), as the world's greatest cello player. Steindel played with a quartet that joined the Mendelssohn Orchestra as a featured event. He had a violinist by the name of Sinsimmer who had a Stradivarius violin. He visited our house for dinner one time when he played with the orchestra". Los Angeles, California 1940's



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