The Prodigy Years

CHARLES CASTLEMAN’S PRODIGY YEARS

cf.”Musical Prodigies: Masters at an early age”, Renee Fisher (Association)

1941

5/22 BIRTH

1944

summer attend 1st concert Boston Pops on the “Esplanade” with Arthur Fiedler

1945

1/18 Quiz Kids (?)

1946

7/13 debut McDowell Artists’ Colony, Peterborough, NH

1947

Sept compound left arm fracture

1949

7/6 Drdla  Concerto on Boston Pops “Esplanade” concert

1950

In Aaron Richmond’s Celebrity Series he was co-featured with Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz and Isaac Stern

1951

3/4 Jordan Hall(Boston recital debut); 10/14 Town Hall(NYC recital debut);11/13 Sinatra TV(?) (with Jack Benny)

1952

3/30 Leon Barzin & Ruggiero Ricci Carnegie Hall; “Yesterday’s prodigy-today’s great artist –Today’s prodigy-tomorrow’s great artist”

7/15 Buffalo; 12/6 NYPhil Mendelssohn Concerto Igor Buketoff

1953

2/27 Buffalo;12/22 Arthur Godfrey & Johanna Fiedler

1954

1/14 Philip Morris Playhouse-“The Little Stone House” (violin and acting)

11/27 Jackie Gleason Show

1955

3/2 Gianna Jenco Carnegie Hall;1/30 Life Begins at 80 –only live performer on national TV broadcast honoring Fritz Kreisleron 80th birthday

1956

1/7 NYPhil K 218  Wilfred Pelletier;

4/14 Stage Show-( with Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey) bow!

1957

5/8 Concert Artists Guild Carnegie Recital Hall; June grad Thayer; Sept enter Harvard;12/23 Lawrence Welk Christmas Show

 

[age 12-16] repeat appearance Arthur Godfrey (+ his AM show for a week),  Chance of a Lifetime,