Ruth Haroldson

Haroldson was a student of Jacques Gordon and graduated with a Bachelor of Music in 1927.^[1]

Haroldson worked as Professor of Violin at the Whittier College Music Department and founded the Whittier College Community Orchestra in Whittier, California in 1932.^[2][3] She toured the west coast in 1932, rendering two Bach compositions.^[4] Haroldson resigned as conductor of the Whittier College Community Orchestra in 1966.^[5] Her students at Whittier included Wayne Reinecke, who founded the Pasadena Community Orchestra.^[6]

Haroldson also conducted The Los Angeles Women's Symphony in the 1950s,^[7][8][9] the oldest women's symphony in the United States,^[10] succeeding Vernon Robinson.^[11] She also wrote articles about the educational benefits of all women orchestras.^[11] She conducted the he Los Angeles Women's Symphony until 1961.^[9][12]

Haroldson died on September 5, 1982.^[13] After her death, the Rio Hondo Symphony dedicated their golden jubilee concert on October 2, 1982, to Haroldson's memory.^[13] She was described as "dynamic and forceful in personality."^[12]

• 1935 Photograph of Haroldson at the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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