A Juilliard-trained cellist, she was a student of Leonard Rose.

Leonard Rose called Matz, "perhaps the greatest cello theoretician in the world."

His influential cello teachers included Leonard Rose and Orlando Cole.

His teacher was Leonard Rose.

After the cellist Leonard Rose died, his wife, a psychotherapist, struggled to get to the point where she could listen to music without crying.

Three years later, Leonard Rose invited her to study at the Juilliard School of Music.

De Rosa was lauded as "one of the most brilliant cello talents in the world" by the late Leonard Rose.

Leonard Rose (July 27, 1918 - November 16, 1984) was an American cellist and pedagogue.

Pages 203-211 are devoted to Leonard Rose.

Blackman studied cello at the Juilliard School under Leonard Rose.