Article: Marylou Speaker Churchill, 64, a key violinist, presence with BSO

The violinist Marylou Speaker Churchill, a deeply admired performer and teacher who, in 23 years as a principal player in the Boston Symphony Orchestra came to be seen as a beacon of engaged and empathic musicianship, died late Tuesday at her home in Newton. The cause was cancer, according to her husband, the cellist, conductor, and music educator Mark Churchill. She was 64.

Mrs. Churchill joined the BSO in 1970 and was promoted to the chair of principal second violin in 1977. From that highly visible spot - almost directly in front of the podium - she exuded a grounded yet glowing presence. Conductors came to depend on her warm- toned, rock-solid playing and her ability to give back as ...

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