DAVISON WATKINS, HARRIET

DAVISON WATKINS, HARRIET. Concert violinist (11 December 1923 in Newark, New Jersey; 16 June 1978 in Newark). She studied violin as a child and played solo recitals before she was twelve years old. She obtained her musical education at the Oberlin [Ohio] Conservatory (B. Mus.), the Cleveland [Ohio] Conservatory, and the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She first attracted wide attention in 1941 when she performed at the annual convention of the National Association of Negro MusiciansNational Association of Negro Musicians...