The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered today, Thursday January 19, 2012, to mark the passing of Edwina Heller.
Edwina Heller, a former UBC faculty member in piano, and a long-time supporter of the School of Music, passed away January 14, 2012, at the age of 97.
Edwina Heller received her training at the Warsaw State Conservatory of Music, graduating with First Prize in 1937. She performed in concerts and on radio in Europe before emigrating to Canada, and here she performed in broadcasts on the CBC, as a soloist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and in recitals at UBC and elsewhere. She was a member of the UBC Piano faculty from 1960-64.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Vancouver Hospice Society (Kitty Heller Chat Room), the Vancouver Holocaust Education Center or the Vancouver Recital Society.