Background
Crofts, Inez Altman was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. Daughter of John Louis and Hazel Opal (Walters) Altman.
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Inez Altman Crofts
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Bachelor of Music, Chicago Conservatory, 1958, Master of Music, 1960.
Career
1 son, Philip Hague. Teacher piano, Portsmouth. Organist, choir director Temple Baptist Church, Portsmouth. Television program Twilight Time, Station WNHC, New Haven, 1951-1953.
Director Woman"s Department Club Chorus, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1953-1955.
Toured with New York City Opera Company in role ofBertha in Barber of Seville, 1957. Contralto soloist North Shore Baptist Church, 1959-1981.
Composer opera Mission in Burma, premiered Judson College, Elgin, Illinois, 1970. Quartette of Chicago Lyric Opera premiered Musicians Club Women, 1986.
Faculty member music department Judson College, 1968-1974, Chicago Conservatory College, 1967-1974.
Director choral activities Sigma Alpha Iota (Sword of Honor 1959, Rose award 1971). Composer music centennial pageant, Riverside, Illinois, 1975. Active Heart Association solicitations.
Board directors North Shore Baptist Church, 1985.
Organist United Methodist Church, Riverside. Program chair Riverside (Illinois) chapter Lyric Opera, 1991, American Opera Society Chicago.
Achievements
Membership
Member International Society Contemporary Music (director Chicago chapter 1961), Lake View Museum Society (president 1977-1978, director), Chicago Artists Association (president 1960-1962), Musicians.
Connections
Married Philip Hague Crofts.
