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I)rChI hiTusIoir; cpctIn Concert I lore Monday Aig/ifInterest 1* mounting here for Monday night's concert at the lt;mAuditorium by native Annisfon-tan. Dr. William Dawson, and hi*famed Negro choir from Tu*kegee Institute.Following his early education in Anniston, Dr. Diwion went tofuskegee Institute and from thereto the Home Institute of Fine Arts at Kansas City, where he received his bachelor s degree incomposition.Dr. Da*.son. when he appears Monday night tn hi« native cityfor the first time will direct someof his now highly-praised originalcompositions.A large crowd is expected to he on hand for the concert Tickets are available at various of the local stores and at Cobb HighSchool*Dr. Dawson amended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and retched his master's degree in composition. He waswith the Chicago Civic Orchestrafor sometime, and since 1931 he has been head of the School of Music at Tujkegee InstituteApproximately 00 voices will he heard Monday night and for the most part, a cappeila.When Dr. Dawson wrote an opera ba«eri on Negro work songs, it attracted the attention of Leopold Stokowski, famed conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony orchestra and was played for the firsttime hv this world renownedgroupThe appearance of Dr. Daw son in Anniston w *« made possible through the efforts of Lillian Foreman and her choral group.Tickets can be purchased atForbes and at Scarborough Drug Store.
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Anniston Star
Anniston, Alabama, US
Fri, Mar 28, 1952
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