Anna Groff Bryant (1860 — January 27, 1941) was an American concert singer and voice educator.
Early life
editAnna Groff was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Michael Groff and Anna Kirch Groff. She studied music at Downer College and at Northwestern University.[1]
Career
editBryant opened her own school, the Anna Groff-Bryant Institute of Vocal Art, in Chicago in 1903. In 1912, she moved her program to Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois, where she was given a custom-built studio for her work.[2] She continued to hold a summer school for music teachers in Chicago.[3] She was also musical director of the Galesburg Woman's Club.[4] Many of her students were employed as church soloists in the Chicago area.[5] She also taught voice in southern California.[6]
She lectured[7] and wrote articles about vocal education, including "Concerning the Musicianship of Singers" (1908),[8] "The Compass of the Voice and the Singing Range" (1909),[9] and "A Scientific Analysis of the Contralto Voice Instrument" (1909).[10] She also published and edited a journal, The Institute, about vocal music and pedagogy,[11] and organized a visiting artists' series in Galesburg.[12]
Personal life
editAnna Groff married Chauncy Earle Bryant, a tenor and voice teacher, in 1897.[1]
She died in 1941, aged 80, in Chicago.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b Woman's Who's who of America (American Commonwealth Company 1914): 140.
- ^ "Lombard Studio of Vocal Art, Science, and Education" Lombard College Bulletin (1915): 81-91.
- ^ "Anna Groff-Bryant a Chicago Summer Teacher" Musical Leader (June 29, 1922): 709.
- ^ "Anna Groff-Bryant Vocal Art Studio Notes" Music News (February 24, 1922): 12.
- ^ "Anna Groff-Bryant Vocal Art Studio Notes" Music News (January 27, 1922): 18.
- ^ "Anna Groff Bryant in California" Musical Leader (June 24, 1920): 720.
- ^ "Chicago Woman in Lecture Recital" Green Bay Press-Gazette (May 15, 1914): 13. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Anna Groff Bryant, "Concerning the Musicianship of Singers" The Schoolmaster (October 1908): 84-86.
- ^ Anna Groff Bryant, "The Compass of the Voice and the Singing Range" The Schoolmaster (February 1909): 241-244.
- ^ Anna Groff Bryant, "A Scientific Analysis of the Contralto Voice Instrument" The Schoolmaster (March 1909): 284-287.
- ^ "A Woman's Scientific Achievement in Matters Vocal" Musical Monitor (February 1915): 194.
- ^ "Woman Musician-Manager Introduces Greatest Artists to Small City" Musical Leader (August 2, 1917): 107.
- ^ "Mrs. Anna Groff-Bryant" Chicago Tribune (January 28, 1941): 19. via Newspapers.com
External links
edit- A 1908 photograph of "Mrs. Groff Bryant" practicing archery, from the Chicago Daily News, at the Chicago History Museum website.