BILLSON, Ada

Ada Billson (later known as Ada Billson Grant) was a 20th-century American composer and music educator. She worked primarily as a music teacher for the Pittsburgh City Schools. Her published works include choral and secular vocal music. One of her documented pieces is "Goodwill unto Man," a secular chorus arranged for mixed voices with accompaniment, published in 1947 by the Hall & McCreary Company. The piece set text from John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "A Christmas Carmen" to music. She was married to Murray Grant and resided for much of her life in Swisshelm Park, Pennsylvania. She passed away on June 15, 2003, at the age of 92.