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Erica Zentner

Published Online November 23, 2009

Last Edited December 16, 2013

Erica Zentner. Violinist, teacher, b Regina 5 Dec 1925; Artist Diploma (RCMT) 1950. Erica Zentner studied with John Thornicroft in Regina, and subsequently with Kathleen Parlow at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Zentner, Erica

Erica Zentner. Violinist, teacher, b Regina 5 Dec 1925; Artist Diploma (RCMT) 1950. Erica Zentner studied with John Thornicroft in Regina, and subsequently with Kathleen Parlow at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She then played in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra 1958-72, the CBC Symphony Orchestra, and studio orchestras. She began teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Music in 1980.

Her husband was the jazz cornetist and singer Jimmy (Trump) Davidson, whose Palace Pier orchestra she played in. Their daughter is the harpist Sarah Davidson.