Maude Roberts George
American soprano and music critic
Maude Roberts George (September 27, 1888 – December 1, 1943) was an American singer, arts administrator, and music critic. She was president of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) from 1933 to 1935. She was also president of the Chicago Music Association, and a music critic for The Chicago Defender newspaper.
Early life
Maude J. Roberts was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the daughter of Joseph Henry Roberts and Alice C. Johnson Roberts. Her mother was born in Virginia and her father was born in North Carolina. She graduated from Walden University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1907, and from the Bryant & Stratton in Chicago in 1908.
Career
Roberts, a soprano concert singer, taught music at Walden University from 1909 to 1911, and at Lane College from 1911 to 1913. She was a soloist in the 1915 All Colored Composers Concert in Chicago, and with an orchestra in Washington D.C. in 1916. In 1918, she was a soloist in a large choral concert in Chicago; one of the other soloists was George Garner.
In 1927, George directed a musical pageant, "Ethiopia Lifts as She Climbs", at the National Association of Colored Women convention in Chicago.
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