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Rhona Marshall

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Rhona Marshall
File:RhonaMarshallFRIAM.jpg
Rhona Marshall as a young woman
Background information
Born14 March 1903
Died2 January 1994
Occupation(s)Concert pianist and piano teacher

Rhona Marshall (1903–1994) was a concert pianist, and teacher at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

Early and personal life

Rhona Marshall (née Clark) was born in Kilballyskea, Shinrone, County Offaly on 14 March 1903, to parents William Raymond Fitzmaurice Clark and Emily Fanny Clark, (née White-Spunner).[1][non-primary source needed] She first learned to play the piano during her schooldays in Birr and Dublin. A former pupil recalled her describing how her mother drove her 'in a trap drawn by a half-wild pony' to her piano lessons in Birr.[2] She was taught by Edith Best and later by the Italian composer Commendatore Michele Esposito, who taught piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music for forty years from 1882. She was Esposito's "special protegé".[3]

In 1934, Rhona Clark married William George Marshall, son of William Kennedy Marshall and Ada Mary Elizabeth Marshall (née Den Keatinge).[4][non-primary source needed]

Career

At 18, Rhona became an assistant teacher at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and she also taught music for a year at the girls' school Hillcourt. She was taken on as a full member of staff at the academy, and later elevated to professor.[5] She also served as chair of the academy's Board of Studies.[citation needed]

Rhona Marshall was the first winner of the Hamilton Harty Cup and played with the Dublin Philharmonic Society under Col. Fritz Brase, and the Chamber Ensembles led by Nancy Lord. She also played with the London Wind Quintet and the Alfred Barker Quartet. During the 1950s and 1960s she played in the Duo Sonata with the Czech violinist Jaroslav Vanecek.[6] She played at numerous recitals and on radio and television.[citation needed] Early recordings of her playing for Radio Éireann (the forerunner to RTÉ Radio) in the 1940s are held in the RTÉ Archives, and include her performance of two preludes, and 'Blue Hills of Antrim', all arranged by Carl G. Hardebeck.[7][8]

She also taught at the Ulster College of Music in Belfast, travelling up every week from Dublin on the train.[9] In 1963 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy of Music.[10]

Rhona Marshall Cup

In 1979,[11][citation needed] her pupils and friends presented the Rhona Marshall Cup for Junior Repertoire to the Feis Ceoil, of which she was by then vice-president. The cup, along with a gold medal and €100 prize, is still awarded annually.[12] In 1990, it was won by 13-year-old Fínghin Collins.[13]

Death

Rhona Marshall died on 2 January 1994, at the age of 90.[9][non-primary source needed]

References

  1. ↑ "Birth record for Rhona Clark, page 456, births registered in 1903 in the District of Shinrone in the Union of Roscrea in the County of King's" (PDF). Irish Genealogy - births, marriages, deaths. Government of Ireland / Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  2. ↑ O'Brien, Prof. Peter (11 February 1996). "Recalling a gifted teacher". Sunday Independent.[page needed]
  3. ↑ Pine, Richard (29 December 1998). "A life played fortissimo". The Irish Times.
  4. ↑ "Marriage record for William George Marshall and Rhona Isabel Clark, Registrar's District of Rathdown" (PDF). Irish Genealogy - births, marriages, deaths. Government of Ireland / Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Acton, Charles; Pine, Richard (1998). To Talent Alone: the Royal Irish Academy of Music, 1848 – 1998. Dublin: Gill & Macmilllan. p. 465. ISBN 978-0717127597. Search this book on
  6. ↑ "Acclaimed violin soloist and teacher of Czech method". The Irish Times. 10 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Rhona Marshall: Preludes". RTE Archives. 29 October 1940.
  8. ↑ "Rhona Marshall: 'Blue Hills of Antrim'". RTE Archives. 5 November 1940.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 O'Brien, Peter (11 February 1996). "Recalling a gifted teacher". The Sunday Independent. p. 46 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ Acton, Charles (1988). "Irish Pianists". Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1988: 116–24. JSTOR 20492057 – via JSTOR.
  11. ↑ Rushe, Desmond (20 November 1979). "Tatler's Parade: Trophy". Irish Independent. p. 10. Retrieved 16 February 2026 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
  12. ↑ "Rhona Marshall Cup". Feis Ceoil.
  13. ↑ "Gifted boy pianist". Evening Herald. 7 April 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 16 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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