Olive Mead

Olive Mead (1874–1946) was an American classical violinist. She was a successful soloist and chamber player, performing with Amy Beach, among many others. She formed her own well-regarded string-quartet, the Olive Mead Quartet (1903–1917), which featured only women. Its members were Vera Fonaroff, Gladys North, and Lillian Littlehales. She began studies with Eichberg and Kneisel in 1888 and made her debut at Steinert Hall in Boston at the age of 20. She married New York realty professional Merrill Holden Green, who died in 1918. In 1910, the Olive Mead Quartet played a benefit for the Graduate Nurses Association at the Columbia Theater in Washington, D.C.