Anne Corrado
Anne Corrado, born in Belmont, New York, in the early
1900's, grew up to be an artist, musician, and poet. Graduated
from Fredonia State University College with a degree in music,
she taught in the Angelica School District, before moving to New
York Ctiy, where her talents blossomed.
She served as organist and choral director at the Church of
St. Joseph in Yorkville, the music director of the Kolping Mixed
Chorus and Laetare Singers, the National President of The
Composers, Authors, and Artists of America, Inc., and the piano
competition chairwoman of The National Society of Arts and
Letters.
In the early 1940's her painting career began to escalate.
Through several one-woman shows, and gallery representation,
her award-winning classic "colorist" oil paintings became a part
of private collections through the United States and Europe.
Mrs. Corrado, the widow of the late Alfred Corrado, a French
Horn musician with the NBC Symphony under Toscanini, has
received numerous awards for her creative accomplishments.
The most cherished of these awards was the Outstanding
Achievement Award presented in 1983 by the Fredonia State
University Alumni Associaton "in recognition of distinguished
personal achievement and generous service to society."
Whether in music composition, performance, poetry, or
her paintings, Anne Corrado's work expresses a richness of
power, strength, and passion that embraces a gracious and
warm philosophy of life.
The Fountain Arts Center is pleased to house a collection
of her work in the very building that her uncle Felix Serio
owned for more than five decades in the heart of Belmont.