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21. Kansas City Singers Kansas City Singers File contains newspaper clippings, brochures, etc., on the local vocal group called the Kansas City Singers. The director of the group is Robert Grove.
22. Kay Dennis Kay Dennis Photos and information on Kay Dennis, a lounge singer in Kansas City leaving for Hollywood in 1971 and returning about 1973.
23. Lafayette Tillman Lafayette Tillman File containing photos and information on Lafayette Alonzo Tillman, or Lafayette Tillman (1858-1914), the second African American police officer of Kansas City and an early barbershop singer. Native of...
24. Local Musicians Local Musicians
25. Marc Gottlieb Marc Gottlieb Photo and information on Marc Gottlieb, classical music conductor born in Germany and performing in Kansas City in the early 1970s.
26. Marian Anderson Marian Anderson ca1930s-40s File contains two programs and one advertising flyer. One program is for a concert by Marian Anderson at Ararat Temple, February 16, 1937. Located in the back of this program is a list of local African...
27. Marilyn Maye Marilyn Maye Photos and information on Marilyn Maye, a prominent local theater singer and actress also appearing on national television shows such as "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" in the 1960s-1980s. Native...
28. Marion Talley Marion Talley File contains newspaper clippings about Marion Talley (1906-1983), opera singer and actress.
29. Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams Information on Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981), born in Atlanta as Mary Elfrieda Scruggs, a prominent black jazz pianist of Kansas City. Williams came to Kansas City in 1928 as a pioneer woman jazz musician...
30. Music Teacher Dies Music Teacher Dies January 1, 1948 Vertical file with photo and caption about Mrs. Arzethyr Ellis, "well known music teacher." Ellis was "founder of the Ellis School of Music which she conducted at her home, 2002 the Paseo."
31. N. DeRubertis N. DeRubertis
32. Nadyne Brewer Nadyne Brewer File contains photos and information on Nadyne Brewer, an African American singer raised in Kansas City, Kansas and performing gospel and classical music pieces in the 1960s.
33. Oleta Adams Oleta Adams File contains photos and information on Oleta Adams, an African American jazz singer and pianist of Kansas City, Kansas since the late 1970s. Raised in Washington and leaving for Houston in the 1980s and...
34. Pat Metheny Pat Metheny Photos and information on Pat Metheny, an internationally prominent jazz guitarist born in Lee's Summit, Missouri, in 1954 and raised partly in Kansas City before going on to compose music for movies and...
35. Philharmonic Orchestra Conductors Philharmonic Orchestra Conductors Information on conductors of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, including Karl Krueger, Hans Schieger, Alfred Schenker, Maurice Press, Michael Charry, John Covelli, and Jorge Mester, et al., with...
36. Robert Bennett Robert Bennett Information with photo of Robert Russell Bennett, or Robert Bennett (1891-1981), a native Kansas Citian and orchestrator for numerous Broadway musicals. Trained with Kansas City Philharmonic conductor...
37. Scott Joplin Scott Joplin Biographical information on Scott Joplin (1868-1917), one of the earliest if not the first composer of ragtime music, a precursor of jazz, born in Texas, raised in Saint Louis, and first gaining fame in...
38. Singers Love Being in the Area of Origins Singers Love Being in the Area of Origins September 12, 2004 Article profiles baritone, Daniel Belcher. A native of St. Joseph now living in Liberty, Belcher sings the role of Dandini in the Kansas City Lyric Opera's production of Cinderella.
39. Singers Love Being in the Area of Origins Singers Love Being in the Area of Origins September 12, 2004 Article profiles mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato. A native of Prairie Village, DiDonato sings the role of Cinderella in the Kansas City Lyric Opera's production of the opera of the same name.
40. Thomas Brown Thomas Brown File contains a photo and information on Thomas Brown, a native of Independence, Missouri and staff organist at the Reorganized Latter Day Saints Auditorium (or RLDS Auditorium) there in the 1970s (studying...