Oral HistoryInterview with Elise Tuttle, November 1, 2024

The oral history interview with Elise Tuttle, Piano Faculty at Utah State University Eastern, details her nearly 50-year career in music teaching, beginning at age 15. Raised in Huntington, Utah, she discusses her musical childhood, influenced by her Choral Director father Bryce Wilson and costume-designer mother Luane Wilson. She recounts her education at Snow College and Utah State, her private studio in Orangeville, and her 25 years at the college (formerly CEU), where she teaches private and group piano. Key highlights include her long-standing involvement as the rehearsal and performance pianist for the annual Messiah concerts and her role in organizing the yearly Carbon and Emery Piano Festival. She also shares details about her father's, Bryce Wilson's, long career as a music teacher at Emery High and his nearly half-century as the unpaid director of the Huntington Glee Club.