Louise Lincoln Kerr

Louise Lincoln Kerr
Background information
Birth nameMyrtie Louise Lincoln
Born(1892-04-24)April 24, 1892
Cleveland, Ohio
DiedDecember 10, 1977(1977-12-10) (aged 85)
Cottonwood, Arizona
GenresClassical music
Instrument(s)Violin, viola and piano

Louise Lincoln Kerr (April 24, 1892 – December 10, 1977) was an American musician, composer, and philanthropist from Cleveland, Ohio. She wrote over 100 music compositions including fifteen symphonic tone poems, twenty works for chamber or string orchestra, a violin concerto, five ballets and incidental music, numerous piano pieces, and about forty pieces of chamber music.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] She was known as "The Grand Lady of Music" for her patronage of the arts. Louise Kerr helped to co-found and developed The Phoenix Symphony (1947), The Phoenix Chamber Music Society (1960), The Scottsdale Center for the Arts, The National Society of Arts and Letters (1944) (in Phoenix), Monday Morning Musicals, The Bach and Madrigal Society (1958) (now the Phoenix Chorale), Young Audiences, The Musicians Club, and the Phoenix Cello Society (now the Arizona Cello Society).[1][8][9] Kerr was also a benefactor to the Herberger School of Music at Arizona State University.[10] She was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame on October 21, 2004[11] and was nominated by conductor and musicologist Carolyn Waters Broe.[12][13][14]

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  9. ^ "About | ASU Kerr". www.asukerr.com. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  10. ^ "Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | Arizona State University | Tuition + paying for college | School of Music". music.asu.edu. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "Louise Lincoln Kerr". AWHF. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  12. ^ Editorial (1994). """Profiles in Paradise""". Paradise Valley Independent.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Bonfiglio, Karyn (October 21, 2004). "Kerr makes it to hall of fame". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  14. ^ January 17, 2009. ""Orchestra"". Scottsdale Republic, page 23.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)