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First violinist Jim Sitterly was classically trained, and classic individual SHARE Concertmaster Jim Sitterly performed on stage, in film, and all over the Peninsula by Erin Waldner Painter Dan Pinkham met violinist Jim Sitterly on the school bus when the two were growing up in Palos Verdes.  “I knew him as the blonde kid on the bus who carried a violin case,” Pinkham said. “That was unusual then.” A poster for a performance by Jim Sitterly of his violin concerto, conducted by celebrated movie score composer Elmer Berstein “His sister claims when Jim was six, he saw Jack Benny on TV  and he was funny and he played the violin. Jim wanted to play the violin like Jack Benny,” Pinkham said. “That was his world then.” Pinkham said.

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