Emmy Brady Rogers

Emma “Emmy” Cumine Brady Rogers (October 6, 1897 – September 8, 1985) was an American pianist, music educator, composer, and music critic at the Rocky Mountain News. Early life and education Emma Brady was born in Hoosick Falls, New York, Her brother Joshua Wilson Brady was a cartoonist and a Catholic priest. Her other brother William Veirs Brady was a civil engineer. Brady graduated from Northwestern University, and earned a Master of Music degree from the Chicago Musical College. She also had a degree in Music Education from the Colorado State College of Education. She also studied with Alexander Raab, Joseph Lhevinne, Artur Schnabel, and Arne Oldberg. She also studied composition with Nadia Boulanger. Career Brady was a “Chicago pianist” and piano teacher as a young woman. She taught piano at Chadron State Normal College in Nebraska beginning in 1931, and later at the Lamont School of Music in Denver. She performed with the Denver Civic Orchestra Rogers became a music critic and composer. She played her own composition, “Platte Valley”, with the Colorado State College of Education symphony in 1953, and with the Fort Collins Civic Symphony in 1956. Works by Rogers were included i