Baltimore City Colored Orchestra
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The Baltimore City Colored Orchestra was an orchestra based out of Baltimore, Maryland, established for African American musicians and audiences. It was founded in 1930 under the direction of Charles L. Harris, with a grant from the city, and began performing in 1931. In 1933, W. Llewellyn Wilson, a prominent local music educator and author became conductor. The orchestra dissolved in 1939.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- Baltimore Sun[permanent dead link]
- Schaaf, Elizabeth. "The Storm is Passing Over: Celebrating the Musical Life of Maryland's African-American Community from Emancipation to Civil Rights." Johns Hopkins Peabody News. Peabody Conservatory of Music. January/February 1999 (pp. 13–20).
- Baltimore City Colored Orchestra Arthur Friedheim Library Digital Collections. Johns Hopkins.
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