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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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In Dallas, Texas, 15-year-old Antionette Williams from Tyler broke racial barriers by singing with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra last week, performing Mozart, Gershwin, and spirituals to applause from a large audience including over 400 from her hometown.
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DALLAS, TEX.-(A N P)-Music lovers jammed the Fair Park auditorium last week and applauded in approval of the talent of a 15-year-old Negro girl who broke racial barriers last week and sang with the Dallas Symphony orchestra.
The honored vocalist was Miss Antionette Williams of Tyler, Tex., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F E. Williams.
Conductor Walter Hendl introduced her to the audience. A soprano, she sang the aria "Voi che sapete" from "Le Nozze Di Figaro" by Mozart, "Summertime" from "Porgy and Bess" by Gershwin, and two spirituals, "Somebody's Knocking at Your Door" and "Honor, Honor!"
Miss Williams is a sophomore at Emmett Scott High in Tyler. She learned music first from her mother then from a Dallas music teacher, Mrs. Celese Morton.
More than 400 children, teachers and adults came from Tyler to hear her sing.
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Dallas, Texas
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15-year-old Negro girl Miss Antionette Williams of Tyler, Texas, broke racial barriers and sang with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Fair Park auditorium. As a soprano, she performed the aria 'Voi che sapete' from 'Le Nozze Di Figaro' by Mozart, 'Summertime' from 'Porgy and Bess' by Gershwin, and two spirituals 'Somebody's Knocking at Your Door' and 'Honor, Honor!'. She is a sophomore at Emmett Scott High in Tyler and learned music from her mother and Mrs. Celese Morton. More than 400 children, teachers, and adults came from Tyler to hear her.