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New England Conservatory Honors Alumna Mary Cardwell Dawson with Portrait Unveiling

New England Conservatory Honors Alumna Mary Cardwell Dawson with Portrait Unveiling

by Dawn Carroll | Feb 16, 2023 | latest news, Storytelling

Dawson was a Pioneer in Classical Music who Founded the National Negro Opera Company and Fought Discrimination New England Conservatory (NEC) has unveiled a new portrait of alumna and trailblazing opera singer Mary Cardwell Dawson ‘25. The portrait by artist Iris Lee...
Mary Cardwell Dawson: The Untold Story Behind the National Negro Opera House

Mary Cardwell Dawson: The Untold Story Behind the National Negro Opera House

by Dawn Carroll | Feb 12, 2023 | latest news, Storytelling

By Larry Katz First, the house called out. The onetime headquarters of the National Negro Opera Company, the Queen Anne-style house in Pittsburgh desperately needed restoration, so much so that the National Trust for Historic Preservation had named it one of America’s...
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