by Davis Moore | Jun 28, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022, Davis Moore
Continued from Part I here. One of the conservatory’s graduates who I’ve looked into very closely thus far is Jewel Jennifer. Jennifer was born in Texas in 1897 to William Jennifer and Syme L. Jennifer.1 She had three siblings—Harold, William Emile, and Archibald.2...
by Davis Moore | Jun 28, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022, Davis Moore
As we continue down the rabbit hole of archival research—falling deeper toward CURI’s core—our process of burrowing into the lives and networks of early Washington Conservatory of Music graduates only gets hotter with the Summer. Still, it remains important to...
by Davis Moore | Jun 13, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022, Davis Moore
Week 3 already! Now that our whole crew is on set (campus), the wheels of our operation are turning as rapidly as ever; so, a summary of our work suffices. This summer, we’re attempting to tell stories of the lives of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century black...
by Davis Moore | Jun 6, 2022 | CURI Summer 2022, Davis Moore
Hitting the ground running two weeks after finals and holding fresh excitement from last week’s St. Olaf Orchestra tour, I eagerly enter into the space of the Musical Geography Project’s own “tour” of sorts, albeit one of African American musical history....
