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Joseph Hopkins fonds
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22 photographs. -- 1 cm of textual records
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Joseph W. Hopkins, 1904-1981, was born in Prague, Bohemia and graduated from the Prague Conservatory of Music. He immigrated to Calgary, Alberta in 1927 and became the founder and principal of the Hopkins School of Music. He organized classes in the towns of Innisfail, Olds, Bowden, Red Deer, Sylvan Lake, Lacombe and Calgary. Students from his schools formed a student symphony, brass band and Hawaiian orchestras. His students won many awards at the Kiwanis Music Festivals in Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge. He was a member of the Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association. He and his wife Doris, 1906-2012, had one daughter Patricia Marguerite (Kilik), 1930-1997.
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The fonds consists of photographs of various bands and orchestras; and personal certificates related to his career.
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Purchased from Tom Williams Books, 2013.
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Call number PB-994
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