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Rev. Thomas Walter of Roxbury, MA complained that church congregations sang horribly which sparked singing schools
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Convinced Board of Education to put music in public schools
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Taught instrumental and music theory privately and in schools i Knoxville, TN
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lead by Mendehlssohn
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taught and sold musical instruments in Cotton Plant, AR
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began a music academy
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assembled a grand national concert honoring the new elected Governor of LA
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toured US
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Hosted the Benjamin's Children's Carnival
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opened free violin schools in Philadelphia and Camden
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Organized the Musical Art society of New York
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Began teaching violin in schools
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formed a choir of students and faculty from St. Olaf
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a music supervisor in Boston schools traveled to England to study music teaching methods
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directed by John Finley Williamson
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Started a military band
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started teaching in a high school in Fostoria, OH
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Elected president of the Ohio High School Band Association
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Congress funded the committee because of the country's educational crises
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Thought to partner composers with music teachers
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soviet union launched sputnik satellite Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover called for an education reform
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Composers were paid $5,000 a year to write songs for schools
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awarded $1,380,00 to the contemporary music project for workshops and pilot programs
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business owners, government officials, cultural leaders, advocated imagination as an integral part of life and work