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She was a soprano who was involved with many of the
music and art organisations in Atlanta, Georgia where she often acted as a
fundraiser and board member.
In recognition for this work she was honoured in 1968 where she was given
the title of Atlanta’s “Woman of the Year”. She was involved with the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and sang with them under the
leadership of her husband Robert Shaw. She was also a member of the Robert Shaw Chamber
Singers. Appearing on several
recordings, she can be heard on Paul Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the
Dooryard Bloom’d (A Requiemn For Those We Love) with the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns
& Carols by the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. She died in Atlanta having suffered
cancer when she was 58 years old and the Caroline Shaw Memorial Listening
Library Fund was set up at Trinity School in Atlanta.
Robert Shaw
Chamber Singers recordings
Angels
We Have Heard on High (Traditional
French/James
Chadwick/Edward
Shippen Barnes )
Telarc 80377 (CD: Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns
& Carols)
Conductor - Robert Shaw
Sources:
- http://www.icsom.org/dos/dos029.html
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E1DF1E39F93AA25752C0A960958260
- http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000003CTZ?showViewpoints=1
- http://www.trinityatl.org/data/files/gallery/InsideTrinityFiles/InsideTrinity_Fall_2006.pdf
- CD
Liner Notes: Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns & Carols
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