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Catherine Murphy Urner
Catherine Murphy Urner Shatto (March 23, 1891 – April 30, 1942) was an American composer. Early life and education Catherine Murphy Urner was born in Mitchell, Indiana, the third of seven children of
Catherine Murphy Urner Shatto (March 23, 1891 – April 30, 1942) was an American composer. Early life and education Catherine Murphy Urner was born in Mitchell, Indiana, the third of seven children of Southern Illinois Normal College principal Edward Everett Urner (later a Methodist minister) and writer Jessie Robertson Urner. She studied piano, voice and composition at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, Peabody Conservatory and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. She continued her studies at the University of California at Berkeley where she was the first to win the George Ladd Prix de Paris for composition in 1918. Later in 1918, Koechlin was in San Francisco as part of Theodore Reinach’s French cultural mission, where William McCoy recommended Urner as a student. The Prize enabled her to move to Paris to study with Charles Koechlin from 1919 to 1921. She returned to Paris intermittently during the period from 1923–1926 to resume composition studies with Koechlin as well as vocal study with Mademoiselle Andree d’Otemar. Career Urner worked as a professor and director of vocal music at Mills College in Oakland, California from 1
- Era
- 20th Century
- Lived
- 1891–1942
- From
- United States
- Born in
- Mitchell · died San Diego
- Known as
- composer, singer