BACON, Viola "Ruth" Orcutt

Viola “Ruth” Orcutt Bacon (1900–2003) was a composer, instructor, and musician who taught at Punahou School and performed as a soloist with the Honolulu Symphony.Mrs. Bacon was a respected member of the local music scene. In a joint statement, piano teacher Ellen Masaki, pianist Marianne Miyamura and former assistant Honolulu Symphony conductor and University of Hawaii music professor.She received her music education at Forest Park University for Women in St. Louis, Mo., and at the Chicago Musical College. For her master's thesis, she wrote a concerto for piano and orchestra, which she performed with the Chicago Symphony orchestra and the Honolulu Symphony at age 84.