HAMMANN, Audrey Kooper

At the age of six she began her study of piano and at age eight began composing, following in her mother's steps. At the age of 10 she took first place in a concert sponsored by the Pianoforte Club where she played the first movement of Mozart's C minor Concerto.

Compositions include the class song for her 1939 high school graduation from West Hartford (now William H. Hall) High School where it became the school song for the next 50 years and an orchestral tone poem Pan performed in 2004 by the Webster University Symphony conducted by Allen Carl Larson. In 2005 the St. Louis Chamber Chorus premiered her unaccompanied choral setting Ships by Walt Whitman and in 2006 recorded The Ship Starting on Singing St. Louis - recorded on CD with The St. Louis Chamber Choir conducted by Philip Barnes. The following year, the St. Louis Chamber Chorus they commissioned her to compose Winter Celebration for the December performance. A world renowned concert pianist, Audrey's musical gifts brought joy and peace to many.