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Ada Elizabeth Corder
Ada Elizabeth Corder (20 March 1895 – 27 September 1987) was an Australian music teacher and pianist. Best known of her pupils was Nancy Weir. She performed and taught as Ada Freeman before her marriage in 1937. Early life and education Corder was born at Ararat, Victoria, Ararat, Victoria on 20 March 1895, daughter of Ada (née Byrne) and railway employee James Charles Freeman. She learned piano from Mother Mary Agnes during her schooling at the Faithful Companions of Jesus convent in Richmond, where soprano Stella Power was also a pupil. At the 1909 Australian Natives Association (ANA) Musical Competitions, she won the champion under 14 for piano solo. She gained honours in her Grade III piano examination in 1910. After a concert with tenor Walter Kirby in 1911, ''Punch'' described her as "though quite a child, we have a pianist of much maturity of thought and execution". She won grand champion instrumentalist at the 1912 ANA Musical Competitions. With licentiate qualifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ararat, Victoria
Ararat () is a town in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands region in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway, Victoria, Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District (Victoria), Western District and the Wimmera. The source of the Hopkins River is a few kilometres to the east below Telegraph Hill. Its urban population according to 2021 census is 8,500 and services the region of 11,880 residents across the Rural City's boundaries. It is also the home of the 2018/19 GMGA Golf Championship Final. It is the largest Human settlement, settlement in the Rural City of Ararat local government area and is the administrative centre. The discovery of gold in 1857 during the Victorian gold rush transformed it into a boomtown which continued to prosper until the turn of the 20th century, after which it has steadily declined in population. It was procl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
