Nannie Louise Wright (June 30, 1879 – March 16, 1958) was an American composer, pianist, and music educator born in Fayette, Missouri. She graduated from Howard-Payne Junior College in Fayette and the Columbia School of Music in Chicago, Illinois. Wright studied piano with Mary Wood Chase in Chicago and with Josef Lhévinne in Berlin.[1] She returned to Fayette to become the Director of Music at Howard- Payne College in 1909.[2] Later, she served as President of the Missouri State Music Teachers' Association and as Dean of Music at Central Methodist University's Swinney Conservatory of Music in Fayette, where one of her students was William Gillock.
Nannie Louise Wright | |
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Born | June 30, 1879 |
Died | March 16, 1958 | (aged 78)
Occupation(s) | Dean, professor, pianist |
Known for | first dean of the Swinney Conservatory |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Howard-Payne College Columbia School of Music (BM) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Howard-Payne College, Central Methodist University |
Wright was one of five children of Dr. Uriel Sebree Wright and Carrie Shafroth Wright. At the age of five, Nannie started taking piano lessons from her mom. At the age of ten, her piano skills were advanced enough that when her mother passed away, she was able to replace her as organist at the First Baptist Church of Fayette.[3]
After receiving her degrees, Wright returned to Howard-Payne to teach. She would eventually replace Marion Eloise Lasher as director of instrumental music in 1906. In this position, the music department at Howard-Payne expanded to include more music history, theory, and violin courses, as well as offering its first Bachelor of Music degree. Wright continued to work through Howard-Payne’s merger with Central College, later named to Central Methodist University, in which time she became the first dean of the Swinney Conservatory.[3]
This is a list of known method, instruction, and study books written by Wright.
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