Music. Well-known as an authoritative coach in Salzedo's music, she also had strengths in helping solve fingering problems, and identifying and correcting physical problems in playing. Her editing of orchestra parts was invaluable to her profession. Chalifoux was the primary instructor at the Salzedo Summer Harp Colony, in Camden, Maine, after the death of Salzedo in 1961. The harp colony was considered the "harp center of the universe". Both beginners and established harpists would travel to Camden to study under Chalifoux. Chalifoux was once a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Personal life Chalifoux married John Gordon Rideout in 1937 and had a daughter, Alyce. Her husband died in 1951. Chalifoux continued to teach harpists until she died in 2008 at the age of 100. Students According to Kraus's book on the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell, she considers Chalifoux one of the best harpists and harp teachers from the United States. Her students continue to hold posts with major orchestras and important teaching positions. Ann Hobson Pilot, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory, Boston University, Tanglewood Yolanda Kondonassis, Oberlin Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, major recording artist for Telarc Jacquelyn Bartlett, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Fire Pink Trio Anna Maria Mendieta, Sacramento Philharmonic Doug Rioth, San Francisco Symphony Alice Giles, International soloist, first prizewinner in the 8th Israel International Harp Competition Mary Bircher, Omaha Symphony Orchestra, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Anastasia Pike, Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, James Madison University, and Teachers College, Columbia University Elisabeth Remy Johnson, Principal Harpist, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Trina Struble, teacher's chair in the Cleveland Orchestra Lisa Wellbaum, Chalifoux's successor as principal harp in Cleveland References Further reading Pike, Anastasia (2008). Alice Chalifoux: a Centenarian's Legacy. The American Harp Journal. Summer 2008. Alice Chalifoux papers, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Rosenberg, Donald (2000). The Cleveland Orchestra Story: "Second to None". Gray & Company, Publishers. American classical harpists 1908 births 2008 deaths Grammy Award winners American centenarians American music educators American women music educators Musicians from Birmingham, Alabama Musicians from Cleveland Cleveland Institute of Music faculty 20th-century American musicians 21st-century American musicians 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century American women musicians 21st-century American women musicians Women centenarians American women academics Harold B. Lee Library-related music articles