Alice Vassar LaCour explained

Alice Vassar LaCour
Birth Name:Alice Maud Vassar
Birth Date:1870s
Birth Place:Athens, Alabama
Death Date:1924
Nationality:American
Occupation:Educator, singer

Alice Vassar LaCour (born 1870s – died 1924) was an American educator and singer.

Early life and education

Alice Maud Vassar was from Athens, Alabama, where she attended the Trinity School run by missionary Mary Fletcher Wells.[1] [2] She graduated from Fisk University's normal school in 1887.[3]

Career

LaCour was a Fisk Jubilee Singer, touring with the company from 1890 to 1891.[4] [5] For many years afterward, she was featured on concert programs and conducted choruses at festivals.[6]

LaCour and her husband taught at American Missionary Association (AMA) schools in Jonesborough, Tennessee, Augusta, Georgia, and in Chapel Hill and Lawndale, North Carolina.[7] She was principal of the AMA school in Springfield, Tennessee.[8]

Personal life and legacy

Alice Vassar married fellow educator and Fisk Jubilee singer Paul Louis LaCour in 1893, in Nashville. Their wedding was attended by much of the faculty of Fisk University. The university's president, Erastus Milo Cravath, performed the ceremony.[9] The LaCours had daughters Lucile, Marion, and Gretchen.[10] Alice Vassar LaCour died in 1924.[11]

LaCour was a character in Arise and Build (2016), a musical play about the history of Trinity School, performed for the school's 150th anniversary.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent. 1915. 169. en.
  2. Web site: Trinity School, Athens, Alabama: Dare To Make a Difference. Chicago State University. 2020-02-28. 2016-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160514080016/http://library.csu.edu/collections/pincham/history/trinity.html. dead.
  3. Book: University, Fisk. Catalog of the Officers, Students and Alumni of Fisk University. 1900. The University. 88, 92, 101. en.
  4. Book: Abbot. Lynn. To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition. Seroff. Doug. 2013. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-61703-675-0. 18. en.
  5. Book: Work, John Wesley. Folk Song of the American Negro. Alice Vassar Fisk.. 1915. Press of Fisk University. 108. en.
  6. News: Colored People Will Have Music Festival Tonight. 1915-08-06. The Atlanta Constitution. 2020-02-29. 8. Newspapers.com.
  7. Book: American Missionary Association. A list of missions and missionaries under the auspices of the American Missionary Association, 1910-1911. 1911. New York, N.Y. : [American Missionary Association]. Columbia University Libraries. 17.
  8. Book: Catalogue of the Fisk University. Nashville, Tenn. : The University : Press of folk-Keelin Print. Co. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 1892–1897.
  9. News: LaCour--Vassar, A Notable Wedding in Colored Circles. 1893-06-16. Nashville Banner. 2020-02-29. 5. Newspapers.com.
  10. Web site: MRS. LUCILE LACOUR HEACOCK. June 28, 1996. Hartford Courant. en-US. 2020-02-28.
  11. December 1924. The Horizon. The Crisis. 75.
  12. Web site: Arise & Build: Trinity play opens soon. Fulton. Charlotte. January 10, 2016. The News Courier. en. 2020-02-28.

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