Foster, Roland
(1879–1966)> SINGING TEACHER
Foster, RolandFoster, RolandRoland Foster (* Dundalk, Ireland, 12 July 1879; † Hunters Hill, Sydney, 1 Nov. 1966), singing teacher. After working as a clerk and studies with Eugene Goossens Sr and Frederick Austin at Hampstead Conservatorium and the Guildhall School, London, he came to Australia in 1913 as secretary-manager to Clara Butt and Kennerley Rumford, and joined the NSW State Conservatorium staff in 1916, becoming director of the newly formed opera department in 1934. He was founding…