She later studied composition at
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...
, the
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman.
It offers Bachelor of Music ...
, and at a summer course at
Ithaca College
Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca (which is separate from the town), Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and ...
. She studied voice with Edward Meyer in Los Angeles and
Frederick Bristol
Frederick E. Bristol (4 November 1839 in Brookfield, Connecticut – 1932 in N.Y. City, New York) was a celebrated American voice teacher who operated private studios in Boston and New York City during the second half of the 19th century and early ...
in New York City.
From 1930 to 1934, Tyson taught piano and voice at
Pomona College
Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it beca ...
in Claremont, California. From 1935 to 1940 she was a soprano soloist at
St. Thomas Episcopal Church Complex in Mamaroneck, New York. From 1948 to 1982, she was the organist and choir director at the First Congregational Church in Sidney, New York.
Tyson belonged to the
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...
(ASCAP).
Her music was published by
G. Schirmer Inc.
Compositions
Her vocal compositions include:
*"Great Divide" (voice and piano; text by Lew Sarett)
*"Keep Loving Me, Dear" (soprano or women's chorus and piano; text by Lillian Hanan Jackson)
*"Like Barley Bending" (soprano or women's chorus and piano; text by
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914.
In 1918 she won a Pulitzer Prize for ...
)
*"Lilacs are in Bloom" (soprano or women's chorus and piano; text by
George Moore)
*"May in Japan" (women's chorus and piano)
*"(The) Moon's a Hoop" (voice and piano; text by
Vachel Lindsay
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (; November 10, 1879 – December 5, 1931) was an American poet. He is considered a founder of modern ''singing poetry,'' as he referred to it, in which verses are meant to be sung or chanted.
Early years
Lindsay was bor ...
)
*"New York, Great Empire State" (voice and piano)
*"Noon and Night" (voice and piano; text by
Herbert Trench)
*"One Little Cloud" (voice or women's chorus and piano)
*"Prosperity" (voice and piano; text by Nan Roads)
*"Reaching for the Moon" (voice and piano)
*"Sea Moods" (voice or chorus and piano; text Kenneth G. Benham)
*"Will Spring Be Far Behind?" (voice and piano)
References
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American composers
American women composers
1895 births
1989 deaths
20th-century women
Columbia University alumni
Eastman School of Music alumni
Ithaca College people
Pomona College faculty
ASCAP composers and authors