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Anne Lundy (nee Georgianne Lundy October 18 1954 in Houston, Tx) is an African American conductor and music education. She is best known for founding the Scott Joplin Chamber Orchestra as well as the William Grant Still String Quartet both specializing in performing music composed by black composers.

Contents

Early Life

Career


 * Conducting
 * Teaching

Family

References

Early Life

The daughter of public school educators/administrators Fannie Coleman-Lundy and Jesse Lundy, Anne began her musical studies on the violin, imitating her older sister, flutist Jessica Lundy-McBride. Anne Lundy fell in love with conducting ensembles when she conducted a children's group at four years old. By the time she was in high school, Anne was performing in four orchestras; Houston Youth Symphony, All City Youth Orchestra, Robert E. Lee High School and University of Houston's student orchestra.3

In 1977, she completed her Bachelor of Music Education from University of Texas at Austin; violin student of Stephen Clapp (Clapp would later become the Julliard School of Music Dean). She completed her Master of Music in Orchestra Conducting from the University of Houston in 1979. Lundy received her Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education from the University of Houston's Moores School of Music in 2015. She taught in Houston public schools for four years at Deady Jr. High and Milby High School.

Career

While at the University of Houston she formed the William Grant Still String Quartet, an African American String Quartet specializing in performing chamber music written by Black composers. Later in 1983 she formed the Scott Joplin Chamber Orchestra (SJCO), a community orchestra composed primarily of Black instrumentalists. The SJCO has performed throughout the greater Houston area, principally in black churches and community centers. It has also toured other cities the state of Texas. SJCO and the W. G. Still String Quartet are sponsored by the Community Music Center of Houston where Lundy is also the Music Director.

In the 1990s Lundy re-instituted the student orchestra at Texas Southern University after its absence since the 1970s 10. That orchestra joined a small group of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that had student orchestras until it was discontinued in 2013.

Notable Performances

Houston Symphony Orchestra. Scott Joplin Chamber    Orchestra (Lundy conducting) performed together with The Houston     Symphony  at Miller Outdoor Theatre     in 1989 and 1990. At the time Lundy, became the first black woman to    conduct the Houston Symphony. The Houston Symphony Orchestra had at that    time, no black members and the combination of the African American     musicians and the Houston Symphony was noteworthy 11

February 04 Super Bowl XXV performance. The Scott Joplin Chamber Orchestra accompanied    pop superstar Beyonce's performance of the Star Spangled Banner at the     Super Bowl XXXVII. 12

References

The Informer and Texas Freeman December 11, 1982

WM Magazine Vol 111, Number 3 March 1996 Maestro Anne Lundy "A Little Chamber Music" by Regina Smith

Black Conductors by D. Antoinette Handy Scarecrow Press 1995 pg 346-352

Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. Antoinette Handy Scarecrow Press 1998 pg 73-75

Brave Black Women from Slavery to the Space Shuttle Ruthe Winegarten and Sharon Hahn

Note Notable performance refererences can be found in CMCH

10 Houston Chronicle Feb 3, 2005 Barrett Goldsmith