Education
He studied at the Chicago Musical College and the Conservatory at Leipzig, Germany (known today as the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig).
He studied at the Chicago Musical College and the Conservatory at Leipzig, Germany (known today as the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig).
He was a prominent performer, winning recognition for his virtuosity at a young age. Weir remained an active performer throughout his life, most actively in the 1920s and 30s when he notably performed with the Clef Club orchestras and in Broadway theatre musicals. He is particularly known for his collaboration with cellist Leonard Jeter (1881-1970) and eventually Jeter’s sister Olyve, a pianist.
In about 1914, Weir and Leonard Jeter founded the American String Quartet, later renamed the Negro String Quartet.
Weir was also a devoted teacher, teaching music in public schools.