Emmy Brady Rogers

Emmy Brady Rogers
Emmy Brady (later Rogers), from a 1927 publication
Born	Emma Brady October 6, 1897 Hoosick Falls, New York, U.S.
Died	September 8, 1985 (aged 87) Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Pianist, music educator, music critic, composer

Emma "Emmy" Brady Rogers (October 6, 1897 – September 8, 1985)^[1] was an American pianist, music educator, composer, and music critic at the Rocky Mountain News.

Emma Brady was born in Hoosick Falls, New York,^[1] the daughter of Agnes H. Brady-Rhames. Her mother was a music teacher, born in England. Her brother Charles Henry Brady was an Episcopal minister,^[2][3] and her brother Joshua Wilson Brady was a cartoonist and a Catholic priest.^[4]

Brady graduated from Northwestern University, and earned a Master of Music degree from the Chicago Musical College. She also had a degree in Music Education from the Colorado State College of Education. She also studied with Alexander Raab, Joseph Lhevinne, Artur Schnabel, and Arne Oldberg. She also studied composition with Nadia Boulanger.^[5]

Brady was a "Chicago pianist"^[6][7] and piano teacher as a young woman.^[8][9] She taught piano at Chadron State Normal College in Nebraska^[10][11] beginning in 1931,^[12] and later at the Lamont School of Music in Denver.^[13] She performed with the Denver Civic Orchestra^[5] and played on radio programs.^[14]

Rogers became a music critic and composer. She played her own composition, "Platte Valley", with the Colorado State College of Education symphony in 1953,^[5][15] and with the Fort Collins Civic Symphony in 1956.^[16][17] Works by Rogers were included in a concert featuring works by Colorado composers, as part of the Kennedy Center's Bicentennial programming in 1976.^[18][19]

• "New World for Nellie" (1961, words by Rowland Emmet)^[20]
• "Sleeping Beauty in Flowerland" (1966)^[21]
• The Little Rocket Who Lost His Way (1968, a children's opera, libretto and music by Rogers)^[22]
• "Platte Valley"^[5]
• "Mrs. Peregrine and the Yak"
• "The Fairy Lake"^[18]
• "Hushsong"^[18]
• "Sea Wrack" ^[18]
• "Nocturne"^[18]

• "Eisenberg Outstanding as Soloist of Brilliant Symphony Program" (1950)^[23]
• "Merrill Delights in Red Rocks FInal Concert" (1950)^[24]
• "Speeches Added to Ariadne" (1954)^[25]
• "Ballet Dancers Thrill Red Rocks Audience" (1955)^[26]

Brady married Frank E. Rogers. She was a widow when she died in 1985, at the age of 87, at a nursing home in Aspen, Colorado.^[1] There is a collection of her papers in special collections at the Denver Public Library.^[27]

• A 1959 photograph of Emmy Brady Rogers and two other women, at Getty Images