Teaching
Later in his life, Primrose became a noted teacher, writing several books on viola playing and teaching widely in Japan, Australia (where Richard Tognetti was one of his students) and the USA, occasionally at the University of Southern California (with Jascha Heifetz), the Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Brigham Young University, and the Curtis Institute of Music. Some of his notable students include Canadian violinist Albert Pratz, former principal of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Alan de Veritch, Los Angeles Philharmonic violist Jerry Epstein, and Olympic Music Festival founder and violist Alan Iglitzin. In 1972, he published his memoirs, A Walk on the North Side.
The Primrose International Viola Competition, created in 1979 in honor of William Primrose, was the first international music competition for viola players.
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