Lois Albright

Lois H. Albright Billingsley (May 17, 1904 – August 26, 1995) was an American pianist, violinist, singer, conductor and composer, based in Chicago as a young woman, in Phoenix in midlife, and in New York City in her later years. Early life and education Albright was born in Elwood, Indiana, the daughter of Frank A. Albright and Catherine (Kate) Benefiel Albright. Her father was a minister. Her sisters Pearl and Maude were also musical. She began performing music as a teenager. She studied with Sidney Silber, P. Marinus Paulsen, and Louis Luntz. Career Albright played both piano and violin in recitals and concerts. After a piano recital in 1927, L. M. Spaulding in The Music News reported that “Miss Albright played with such beauty of expression and masterly technique that she won the keenest attention of her audience.” While she was in Chicago, she was active in the Chicago Radio Ensemble, the Chicago Lyric Theater, the Fine Arts Vocal Ensemble, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She was also head of the music department at Harding College for two years. Albright moved to Arizona with her ailing mother in 1948. She was a founder and general director of the Phoenix Civic Light Opera