Hall Johnson
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Emerging from a pastor’s household and receiving training at the Knox Institute, Allen University, Atlanta University, the Juilliard School, Hahn School of Music and the University of Pennsylvania, Hall Johnson shifted from a violinist debuting in New York in 1910 to a pioneering choral director. He founded the Hall Johnson Negro Choir in 1925, which gained fame through the Broadway production of…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
