Ebba Sundstrom Nylander

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Ebba Sundstrom, from an advertisement in a 1920 publication.[1]

Ebba Sundstrom Nylander (February 26, 1896 — January 5, 1963) was an American violinist and conductor, director of the

Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago in the 1930s. She may have been the first American-born woman to conduct a full symphony orchestra.[2]

Early life

Ebba Sundstrom was born in Lindsborg, Kansas, a settlement of Swedish-immigrant farmers where her father was a carpenter.[3] Both of her parents were musical, as founders of Lindsborg's Bethany Oratorio Society. She learned piano and violin as a child, and began performing for audiences and teaching violin when she was still a young teenager. She studied at the Minneapolis School of Music under Richard Czerwonky.[2]

Career

In the 1920s and 1930s, Sundstrom maintained a busy performing schedule, regularly appearing on stages in Chicago and Minneapolis, and in live radio concerts.

North Park College,[11] and conducting the school's orchestra,[12] until she resigned from North Park in 1951.[13]

Sundstrom often played with and for Swedish-American cultural groups, including the United Swedish Singers of Chicago,

Altrusa in Chicago, and appeared on Altrusa programs as a presenter.[17] She was president of the Women's Music Club.[18]

Personal life

Ebba Sundstrom married Victor T. Nylander, a dentist who taught at the

University of Illinois at Chicago from 1920 to 1937.[19] They had a son, Reinhold Nylander, born in 1930.[20] She was widowed when Victor died in 1962.[19] Ebba Sundstrom Nylander died in 1963, aged 66 years.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Ebba Sundstrom's Successful Debut" Musical Courier (November 3, 1921): 38.
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  3. ^ Irene Steyskal, "A Prairie Girl Hitches Wagon to Music Star" Chicago Daily Tribune (July 19, 1936): NW1.
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  6. ^ "Ebba Sundstrom Becomes Orchestra Leader" Archived 2017-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Svenska Tribunen-Nyheter (September 25, 1929).
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  8. ^ "Blonde Wields Baton into Tenth Year" Los Angeles Times (December 11, 1935): 10.
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  15. ^ "Ebba Sundstrom" Music News (February 10, 1922): 16.
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