Dr. Alfonso Elder and Dr. James E. Shepard conversing with Miss Nannie Helen Burroughs and Mrs. Catherine Ruth Edwards in front of B. N. Duke Auditorium. Miss Nannie Helen Burroughs helped establish the National Association of Colored Women and...
Ella Sheppard oftern considered the backbone of the group, was born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 4, 1851. Her father was operated a livery stable in Nashville, purchased his freedom for $1800 and purchased Ella's freedom for $350. He tried...
HARRIS MUSIC BUILDING (1876). Formerly the home of Richard Harris, a university trustee. Now houses instrumental and vocal classrooms, practice rooms, and rehearsal site for the Fisk Jubilee Singers. (Still standing)
HARRIS MUSIC BUILDING (1876). Formerly the home of Richard Harris, a university trustee. Now houses instrumental and vocal classrooms, practice rooms, and rehearsal site for the Fisk Jubilee Singers. (Still standing)
Matthew Kennedy (1921-). Concert pianist, composer. Class of 1946. Graduate of Julliard School of Music, professor of music at Fisk University, director of the Jubilee Singers, 1957-1968, 1971-1973, 1975-1986.
Front row (L-R): Waverly Jennings; Floyd Jackson; Henry Holland; James Waters; Emmerson Spry; Walter Ross; Henry Brown; Joseph Taylor; Horace Cromwell. Second row (L-R): Unknown; Joseph Hobbs; John Davis; James Walkins; Jonathan Wharton; Russell...
Standing (L-R): Marion Waller; Carroll Waters; Charlotte B. Robinson, Music Director; Eldrige Waters; Andrew White; Kenneth Lane. Charlotte Robinson taught at the school for over 30 years and composed the Alma Mater song.
Fisk Graduates at Virginia State; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
In the middle of the top row, reading left to right, Johnella (Frazier) Jackson. Miss Frazier would join the faculty at the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute in 1919 and would write the music for the university alma mater. In 1922 she...
School Song; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Composed in 1923 by Felicia D. Anderson, who wrote the words. Johnella Frazer Jackson composed the music. Both were graduates of Fisk University. Miss Anderson also was a 1912 graduate of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute now Virginia...
College Buildings; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Constructed in 1920 as the Training School Building for the campus. The building over the years has been the training school, laboratory high school and is now a part of the music building.
Anna Laura Lindsay was the first member of the faculty to teach music at Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. She came to the "institute" in 1899 and remained head of the Department for thirty-one years. She also served on the...
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- choral organizations
From 1930 through 1950, Miner Teachers College developed its music and dramatic departments. The College Choir was formerly known as the College Glee Club. Each spring the College Choir presented an annual concert, which was one of the cultural...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings
Miner Building
After the District of Columbia Teachers College (DCTC) was formed in 1955 through the merger of Miner Teachers College and Wilson Teachers College, DCTC
held classes at the Miner building (the site of the former Miner Teachers College). The Miner...
Carnegie Library (Tuskegee Institute); Tuskegee Institute--Students; Carnegie Library (Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute); Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute--Students
The Carnegie Library Was Built In 1901 With a Gift of $20,000 From Andrew Carnegie. It Was the Official Library Until 1932, When the Hollis Burke Frissell Library Was Built. From 1932-1969 It Was the Home of the Music Department. Now It Houses...
Carnegie Library (Tuskegee Institute); Tuskegee Institute--Students; Carnegie Library (Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute); Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute--Students
The Carnegie Library Was Built In 1901 With a Gift of $20,000 From Andrew Carnegie. It Was the Official Library Until 1932 When the Hollis Burke Frissell Library Was Built. From 1932-1969 It Was the Home of the Music Department. Now It Houses...
The Concert Singers of Tennessee A & I State College have Carried Its Songs of Goodwill Throughtout the State of Tennessee, as Well as Into Cities in Other States. They Have Sung to the President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt,...
President William J. Hale Stands With the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College Concert Singers Before a Performance on WSIX Radio Station in Nashville, Tennessee in the 1930s.
The Concert Singers Were Popular During the Early 1930s. They Performed for Radio Broadcasts, the Century of Progress Exposition, and Were Asked to Sing for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Marie Brooks Strange Was the Founder of the Famed Tennessee A & I State College Concert Singers in 1931 Whose Musical Achievements Were Acclaimed by Critics Throughout the Nation.
