DUNKLEY (Dunkley)

Composer: Ferdinand Dunkley

Ferdinand Dunkley, born in London, England, on July 16, 1869, attended the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music, and studied composition with C. Hubert H. Parry and organ with Sir George Martin. His orchestral suite, Among Yon Mountain-Fastnesses, won a 50-guinea prize and was performed at the London Promenade Concerts in 1889. His ballad for chorus and orchestra, Wreck of the Hesperus, was performed at the Crystal Palace in 1894. Immigrating to Albany, New York, in 1893, Dunkley was director of music at St. Agnes School (1893-99), and organist of State Street Presbyterian Church (1893) and Trinity Methodist Church (1894-96). From 1899 to 1901, he was director of Asheville College in North Carolina and conductor of the annual… Go to person page >