Narration Demo: Margaret Bonds

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Description

This sample is taken from a short documentary on American composer Margaret Bonds that I narrated. The documentary is part of a series called We, Too, Sing America, in which I did the narrations for all videos in the series.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

North American (General) US African American

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
Margaret Bonds was born in Chicago on March 3 1913, she was the only child of Estelle C. Bonds, a professional musician and dr Munro Alfie's majors a physician, writer and political activist. By the age of 13, Margaret bonds had begun to compose. At age 16 she enrolled at Northwestern University, where she won awards in both piano and composition. In 1933. At age 20 she became the first african american to perform as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra bonds earned both her bachelor music and masters of music at Northwestern University. After graduation, she remained in Chicago and earned a living pursuing a variety of musical activities, which included composing, performing and teaching private lessons.