Theresa DeVore
Instrument:  Viola

Theresa began learning music when she was very young, she started playing the piano at age four and switched to violin when she was eight in the Davenport public school system. She changed to viola in high school.

She majored in Music Performance at St. Ambrose College and performed as soloist with the St. Ambrose Band. She studied viola under William Hennigbaum for two years.

After a break of twelve years, Theresa joined the Augustana Symphony and played with them for twenty six years. She joined the Muscatine Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2008.

She also has performed as principal violist with the St. Ambrose University-Community Symphony since it was founded in 2001.

Theresa has performed as a volunteer in orchestras for various musicals in the Quad Cities for the past ten years. Most rewarding is the quartet that she began named Classical Moods which has been performing for eight years in parks during the summer months composed of volunteers, playing Joplin Jazz to Paul Williams, from Mozart to old time tunes, often having people say, “you know, I used to play with my high school orchestra” and they are always welcome to come and play along.

Music enriches Theresa’s life, but is not at the center. She is a full-time accountant for Quad City Safety in Davenport. She and her husband, Don, currently live in Davenport. They have four sons and eleven grandchildren. They enjoy traveling together, especially on their motorcycles.

Theresa enthusiastically wants others to experience the joy one can receive by creating music with others. She writes, “I want to impress upon anyone that you do not have to make music a career, but you can apply it throughout your life. It takes practice, perseverance, and dedication to make anything in life worthwhile. Creating art that only exists when a group of people combine their talent and love of music is something that we all can share.”

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