Agnes Duncan
Agnes Duncan Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (10 November 1899 – 1996) was a Scottish singer and choral conductor. Her Scottish Junior Singers won the leading BBC choral competition on two occasions. Life Duncan was born in Alexandria in West Dunbartonshire. and she was singing in Vale of Leven children’s choir, with her elder sister, when she was ten. She became the contralto soloist of Glasgow Cathedral Choir. She first attended the first Glasgow Music Festival in 1911. She formed the Scottish Junior Singers in 1943. It was launched on credit and it had 60 singers. In 1952 she conducted at the Musicians at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1947 to 1957, Edinburgh International Festival. In 1958 Duncan's choir had won the children's and the youth class of the BBC radio's Let the People Sing (contest), Let the People Sing choral competition. which were held in the Royal Festival Hall. In 1961 Agnes Duncan's choir again won the children's ...
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Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire
Alexandria ( sco, The Vale,
gd, Alexandria) is a town in

. The town is on the River Leven, north of

Dumbarton

and north-west of

Glasgow

Demographics

In 2016, the esti ...
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