Barbara Jean Brewer

"Barbara was born in Early, IA, June 6, 1928, to Zaidee Stanford Brewer and C. Reitzell Brewer. Her love of music was instilled very young, studying piano with her mother at age five and beginning cello in the third grade. With a Bachelor of Music degree from Morningside College, she left Iowa to pursue a Master of Music degree from TU and play with the fledgling Tulsa orchestra. Upon her retirement forty-four years later, she was recognized as the musician with the longest continuous service with the Tulsa Philharmonic. During her tenure, she played under such conductors as H. Arthur Brown, Vladimer Golschmann, Erich Leinsdorf, Franco Auto- ri, Skitch Henderson, and Pierre Monteaux. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clayton Cowles, and her parents, Zaidee and Reitzell Brewer."
--From obituary in the Tulsa World, 30 Jan 2011.