Helen Walker-Hill papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Helen Walker-Hill papers
Identifier: BMRC.CBMR.WALKER_HILL
Repository: Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago
Language: English
Size: 24.2 Linear feet
Predominant Dates: Bulk, 1987-1998
Dates: 1987-2001
Creator: Walker-Hill, Helen, 1936-

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Processing Information note

This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2011 January 6 by Andrew Steadham.

Biographical/Historical note

Helen Walker-Hill (born in 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a scholar, editor and performer specializing in the music of black women composers. She has a BA degree from the University of Toledo in Ohio (1957), an MA in musicology from Smith College (1965), and a DMA in piano performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder (1981). She has written several books and articles and has edited a number of scores for publication. With her son, violinist Gregory Walker, she produced and performed on a compact disc of music by black women composers entitled Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women (Leonarda LE 339) issued in 1995.

Custodial History note

Gift of Helen Walker-Hill, 1995.

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