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Dorothy <I>Barr</I> Agne

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Dorothy Barr Agne

Birth
Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
4 Apr 1994 (aged 98)
Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Dorothy was an organist, singer, composer, poet and teacher. She studied at the Pestalozzi-Froebel Teachers College, the American Conservatory of Music and the Chicago Conservatory of Music, all in Chicago, as well as the Northfield Seminary in Massachusetts.

In the early 1920's, she sang with the Washington Metropolitan Opera and also performed as a guest soloist throughout the Chicago Metropolitan area. She was a staff teacher and demonstrator of organs, as well as a pioneer of organ classes at Lyon and Healy music store in Chicago. She also conducted the first organ classes in industry, at General Motors in LaGrange.

She gave seminars for teachers and lectured at career days throughout Chicago area high schools.

Beginning in the late 1930's until her retirement in 1977, she taught organ and piano and was director of the Evanston Conservatory. After her retirement, she resided in Fairfax, Virginia.
Dorothy was an organist, singer, composer, poet and teacher. She studied at the Pestalozzi-Froebel Teachers College, the American Conservatory of Music and the Chicago Conservatory of Music, all in Chicago, as well as the Northfield Seminary in Massachusetts.

In the early 1920's, she sang with the Washington Metropolitan Opera and also performed as a guest soloist throughout the Chicago Metropolitan area. She was a staff teacher and demonstrator of organs, as well as a pioneer of organ classes at Lyon and Healy music store in Chicago. She also conducted the first organ classes in industry, at General Motors in LaGrange.

She gave seminars for teachers and lectured at career days throughout Chicago area high schools.

Beginning in the late 1930's until her retirement in 1977, she taught organ and piano and was director of the Evanston Conservatory. After her retirement, she resided in Fairfax, Virginia.


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