Background
Allen, Betty was born on March 17, 1927 in Campbell, Ohio, United States. Daughter of James Corr and Dora Catherine (Mitchell) Allen.
Allen, Betty was born on March 17, 1927 in Campbell, Ohio, United States. Daughter of James Corr and Dora Catherine (Mitchell) Allen.
Student, Wilberforce University, 1946. Certificate, Hartford School Music, 1953. Pupil voice, Sarah Peck More.
Pupil voice, Zinka Milanov. Pupil voice, Paul Ulanowsky. Pupil voice, Carolina Segrera Holden.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Wittenberg University, 1971. Doctor of Music (honorary), Union College, 1981. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Adelphi University, 1990.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Brooklyn College, 1991. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Clark University, 1993. Doctor of Music (honorary), New School Social Research, 1994.
Member voice faculty Manhattan School Music, from 1969. Member faculty North Carolina School Arts, 1978-1987, Philadelphia Museum Academy, 1979, Curtis Institute Music. Executive director Harlem School Arts, 1979—1992.
Teacher master classes Institute Teatro Colon, 1985-1986, Curtis Institute Music. Visiting faculty Sibelius Akademie, Helsinki, Finland, 1976. Member advisory board music panel Amherst College.
Member music panel New York State Council of the Arts, Department State Office Cultural Presentations, National Endowment Arts. Board directors Arts Alliance, Karl Weigl Foundation, Diller-Quaile School Music, United States Committee for United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Manhattan School Music, Theatre Development Fund, Children's Storefront. Member advisory board Bloomingdale House of Music.
Board visiting artists Boston University. Board directors, member executive committee Carnegie Hall, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Board directors Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City Housing Authority Orchestra, Indiana School Orchestra, New York City Opera Company, Joy in Singing, Arts & Business Council.
Member Mayor's advisory commission Cultural Affairs.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Urban League, Hartford Museum Club (life), American Guild Museum Artists, Actors Equity, American Federation of television and Radio Artists, Silvermine Guild Artists, Jeunesses Musicales, Gioventu Musicale, Student Sangverein Trondheim, Unitarian-Universalist Women's Federation, National Negro Musicians Association (life), Concert Artists Guild, Metropolitan Opera Guild, Amherst Glee Club (honorary life), Union College Glee Club (honorary life), Metropolitan Museum Art, Museum Modern Art, American Museum Natural History, Century Association, Sigma Alpha Iota (honorary). Clubs: Cosmopolitan, Second.
Married Ritten Edward Lee, III, October 17, 1953. Children: Anthony Edward, Juliana Catherine.