CHARLES CASTLEMAN’S PRODIGY YEARS
cf.”Musical Prodigies: Masters at an early age”, Renee Fisher (Association)
1941
5/22 BIRTH
1944
summer attend 1st concert Boston Pops on the “Esplanade” with Arthur Fiedler
1945
1/18 Quiz Kids (?)
1946
7/13 debut McDowell Artists’ Colony, Peterborough, NH
1947
Sept compound left arm fracture
1949
7/6 Drdla Concerto on Boston Pops “Esplanade” concert
1950
In Aaron Richmond’s Celebrity Series he was co-featured with Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz and Isaac Stern
1951
3/4 Jordan Hall(Boston recital debut); 10/14 Town Hall(NYC recital debut);11/13 Sinatra TV(?) (with Jack Benny)
1952
3/30 Leon Barzin & Ruggiero Ricci Carnegie Hall; “Yesterday’s prodigy-today’s great artist –Today’s prodigy-tomorrow’s great artist”
7/15 Buffalo; 12/6 NYPhil Mendelssohn Concerto Igor Buketoff
1953
2/27 Buffalo;12/22 Arthur Godfrey & Johanna Fiedler
1954
1/14 Philip Morris Playhouse-“The Little Stone House” (violin and acting)
11/27 Jackie Gleason Show
1955
3/2 Gianna Jenco Carnegie Hall;1/30 Life Begins at 80 –only live performer on national TV broadcast honoring Fritz Kreisleron 80th birthday
1956
1/7 NYPhil K 218 Wilfred Pelletier;
4/14 Stage Show-( with Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey) bow!
1957
5/8 Concert Artists Guild Carnegie Recital Hall; June grad Thayer; Sept enter Harvard;12/23 Lawrence Welk Christmas Show
[age 12-16] repeat appearance Arthur Godfrey (+ his AM show for a week), Chance of a Lifetime,