The influential California viola player Kay Pech has died, aged 87.
Kay was principal violist of the Disneyland Orchestra for 43 years. As a violinist, she was concertmaster of the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra in Texas, and a freelance in many more ensembles.
LA born, she taught for 70 years and founded the Chamber Music Institute of Southern California.
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