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Nancy Carr

Mrs. Nancy C. (Carr) Cosgrove was born in Springfield, Ohio. The family later moved to Chicago, where as a young girl, studied drawing at the Art Institute; but her true vocation was singing. She began studying voice at age 15 and later sang oratorio and recital engagements. Her big break came in the late 40′s when she was offered a radio and television guest appearance singing on two weekly coast-to-coast broadcasts over WGN radio Chicago, formerly known as “The Chicago Theater of the Air” which featured musical shows from Broadway to the Grand Opera, and Ms. Carr’s featured program entitled, “The Enchanted Hour”. After marrying Robert Cosgrove in a small ceremony in Chicago, the couple immediately moved to Boston and later Cincinnati, where Nancy joined the faculty of the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, where she taught voice for 16-years. Students of Nancy Carr have remained in contact throughout her life. She appeared as a soloist with major symphony orchestras in cities across the United States such as Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Detroit, and many others. She was a soloist with Bruno Walter for 5-years, singing the works of Brahms, Mozart, and Mahler. In later years, Nancy taught at the Hyannis, Massachusetts branch of the New England Conservatory of Music until her retirement in 1982. Nancy and her late husband, Robert C. Cosgrove, resided in South Orleans, MA, until 2003. She died on July 22, 2017 at the age of 95.

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