Background
She was a granddaughter of Brigham Young.
She was a granddaughter of Brigham Young.
She studied both violin and piano as well as vocal performance.
Emma Lucy Gates was to Jacob F. Gates and Susa Young, in Saint George, Utah Territory. Gates did not began her formal musical studies until the age of 12. In 1898, she traveled to Göttingen, Germany to study.
The next year she began studies at the Berlin Conservatory, but later began private studies under Blanche Corelli.
Gates received a contract with the Royal Opera of Berlin in 1909 and in 1911 became the prima coloratura soprano with the Kassel Royal Opera. In July 1916, Gates married widower Albert East. Bowen.
In 1928, Lucy Bowen served as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention from Utah. Her last public concert appearance was in 1948.
One of the Heritage Halls at Brigham Young University is named for Bowen.
