William Llewellyn Wilson

William Llewellyn Wilson (1887-1950) was a Baltimore-born African American conductor, musician, music educator, and music critic. He was influential in the founding of the Baltimore City Colored Orchestra in 1930 and was its principle cellist. He became its conductor in 1933. Wilson was also a music critic for the Afro-American, a major African American periodical in Baltimore in the early 20th century.Schaaf, Elizabeth. [https://cdm16613.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16613coll5/id/7019/rec/5 "The Storm is Passing Over: Celebrating the Musical Life of Maryland's African-American Community from Emancipation to Civil Rights."] Johns Hopkins Peabody News. Peabody Conservatory of Music. January/February 1999 (pp. 13-20).

Wilson taught at Frederic Douglass High School in Baltimore, Maryland during the 1920s and 1930s, nurturing the early talents of many who later rose to prominence, including Eubie Blake, Paul Brent, Anne Brown, Blanche Calloway, Cab Calloway, Mark Fax, Bill Kenny, Thomas Henderson Kerr Jr., and Ellis Larkins.Fields, Andrew Joseph Carl. (1990) [https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01JHU_INST:JHU&search_scope=All_except_EU&tab=Everything&docid=alma991017392919707861 William Llewellyn Wilson: A Biography] (M.A. Thesis). Morgan State University.

References

Fields, Andrew Joseph Carl. (1990) [https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01JHU_INST:JHU&search_scope=All_except_EU&tab=Everything&docid=alma991017392919707861 William Llewellyn Wilson: A Biography] (M.A. Thesis). Morgan State University.
Schaaf, Elizabeth. [https://cdm16613.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16613coll5/id/7019/rec/5 "The Storm is Passing Over: Celebrating the Musical Life of Maryland's African-American Community from Emancipation to Civil Rights."] Johns Hopkins Peabody News. Peabody Conservatory of Music. January/February 1999 (pp. 13-20).
[https://exhibits.library.jhu.edu/exhibits/show/a-message-of-inclusion/local-musicians-and-programs/baltimore-musicians?utm_source=chatgpt.com Baltimore Musicians: 1920-1948.] The Sheridan Libraries and Museums, Johns Hopkins University.
[https://cdm16613.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16613coll17 Baltimore City Colored Orchestra]: Arthur Friedheim Library Digital Collections

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Category:American conductors (music)

Category:American male conductors (music)

Category:American cellists

Category:Musicians from Baltimore