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Margaret Saunders Ott Margaret Saunders Ott Add article description Margaret Saunders Ott (July 18, 1920, in Mt. Hope, WA – June 8, 2010, in Spokane, WA) was a distinguished American pianist and teacher. Her career included teaching positions at Lebanon Valley Conservatory (PA), Bishop School (CA), Washington State University (WA), Gonzaga University (WA), Payap University (Thailand), and most notably, Whitworth College (WA),[1] where she taught for 25 years and was chair of the piano department. After graduating from Mills College (CA), she attended the Juilliard School (NY), where she studied with Moriz Rosenthal, Sasha Gorodnitzky, and Olga Samaroff Stokowski. She later became Madame Samaroff's assistant, traveling with her to Los Angeles. With the blessing of Madame Samaroff, Margaret (better known…

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