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William John Marsh (June 24, 1880 – February 1, 1971) was an American composer, organist, choir director, and educator most notable for composing "Texas, Our Texas," the official state song. He was a longtime figure in the Dallas–Fort Worth arts community, working as a composer, choir director, music professor, and music critic.
At age 11, he was appointed choir director at Fort Worth’s New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church. For $25 a week, the young musical prodigy led an adoring congregation in song.
St John's College Chapel. St John's Voices was the secondary choir of St John's College, Cambridge, alongside the College choir of St John's.Founded in 2013 to allow female members of the college to take part in the college's choral tradition, it was a mixed voice adult choir, comprising around 30 singers. [1]
In the early 1940s, he served as associate pastor at Full Gospel Tabernacle in Bakersfield, California. [4] In 1949, he became music director at Bethel Temple in Fort Worth, Texas. [2] In 1956, he was the founding pastor of Bethel Assembly of God Church in Lake Worth, Florida. [5]
Though Smith went home to St. Louis, Dorsey started the first gospel choir in 1931, and when demand proved it was needed, he co-founded the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC), an organization dedicated to training gospel singers in Chicago and throughout the U.S. the next year. Smith established the St. Louis chapter ...
The couple lived in Fort Worth's Oakhurst neighborhood from 1937 to Losh's death in 1943, and their former home still has a stained glass window reading "Losh." [30] Losh was involved in numerous civic groups and charities. He was a supporter of Fort Worth's Union Gospel Mission [31] and served on the board of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. [3]
The Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA) is a fine arts public arts charter school in Fort Worth, Texas, founded in 2001 by the Texas Boys Choir, Inc. The school serves grades 3 through 12 and emphasizes the arts. Its programs include dance, choral music, theater, and visual arts. [11] It is also the home of the Texas Boys Choir. [12]
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