My assignment will be about Nathaniel Dett. He was an African American composer,pianist and choral director. His real name is rober, he was born in Drummondville(part of Niagara Falls) . His birth date was October 11, 1882.
When Nathaniel Dett was five years old he was offered no charge piano lessons by his older bothers piano teacher because she heard him play piano pieces, so she offered him. When he was fourteen he had a part time job bellhop in a hotel called cataract and in church he would play the piano. In 1901 to 1903 he stutied at the oliver willis halstead conservaroy of music in nearby lockport, then enrolled at oberlin conservatory of music in 1903. In 1914 he offered two concerts the first concert was in samuel coleridge-taylor clun in chicago and added his magnolia. In june the next following week at orchestra hall. He became a piano teacher and a choir director at the year 1908-11 at lane college, jackson, tenn, and taught 1913-32 at the Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va, 1935-7 at Samuel Houston College, Austin, Tex, and 1937-42 at Bennett College, Greensboro, NC. As director of the Hampton Choir he toured Europe in 1930. He was chairman of the advisory board 1919-24 and president 1924-6 of the National Association of Negro Musicians. Prior to his death he directed musical activities for the United Service Organization, designed to build US armed forces' morale. He edited collections of spirituals and folksongs and composed motets, anthems, songs, and 6 piano suites characterized by the melodies and rhythms of black folk music. Dett was a great composer,pianist and choral director. The websites i got this information from is http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/dett.html and http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000956.
When Nathaniel Dett was five years old he was offered no charge piano lessons by his older bothers piano teacher because she heard him play piano pieces, so she offered him. When he was fourteen he had a part time job bellhop in a hotel called cataract and in church he would play the piano. In 1901 to 1903 he stutied at the oliver willis halstead conservaroy of music in nearby lockport, then enrolled at oberlin conservatory of music in 1903. In 1914 he offered two concerts the first concert was in samuel coleridge-taylor clun in chicago and added his magnolia. In june the next following week at orchestra hall. He became a piano teacher and a choir director at the year 1908-11 at lane college, jackson, tenn, and taught 1913-32 at the Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va, 1935-7 at Samuel Houston College, Austin, Tex, and 1937-42 at Bennett College, Greensboro, NC. As director of the Hampton Choir he toured Europe in 1930. He was chairman of the advisory board 1919-24 and president 1924-6 of the National Association of Negro Musicians. Prior to his death he directed musical activities for the United Service Organization, designed to build US armed forces' morale. He edited collections of spirituals and folksongs and composed motets, anthems, songs, and 6 piano suites characterized by the melodies and rhythms of black folk music. Dett was a great composer,pianist and choral director. The websites i got this information from is http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/dett.html and http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000956.
