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Article: Recital honors del Rosario's 40 years of teaching
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- Highland Park News (IL)
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- December 30, 2004
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Emilio del Rosario was 29 years old when Herbert Zipper invited him to begin teaching piano in Winnetka at the Music Center of the North Shore.
Del Rosario, who turned 70 this year, has been teaching for 40 years for the center, now called the Music Institute of Chicago. A recital celebrating his four decades of musical instruction will be held Sunday at Nichols Concert Hall, the institute's Evanston facility.
Del Rosario has played at Carnegie Hall, the United Nations and Orchestra Hall. He has soloed with the Manila Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Conservatory Orchestra, and the Contemporary Chamber Orchestra, among others. He received the Distinguished Teacher Award from the National ...