David Dalton, music professor who turned BYU into ‘the epicenter of all things viola,’ dies at 88
Dalton co-founded the Primrose archive to promote the viola, and the Deseret String Quartet.
(Dalton family) David Dalton, professor emeritus of music at Brigham Young University and one of the greatest champions of the viola, stands in the orchestra rehearsal room of BYU's Harris Fine Arts Center in June 2022. Dalton died Dec. 23, 2022, in Provo, at age 89.