Nellie A. Hope

Nellie Agnes Hope was born in Prescott, Wisconsin, June 14, 1864. She spent the summer of 1903 in Europe, where she studied voice with Madame Auguer and with Jacques Bouhy, and the violin with Eugène Ysaÿe in Paris. She studied for some time with Alberto Randegger in London. ==Career==

Hope taught violin and voice for many years, During the encampment, Hope was presented with a baton, which she continued to wield thereafter. where she taught until 1900. She was chair of one of the standing committees of the Minnesota State Federation of Women's Clubs. Hope was one of the organizers of the Newsboys' Band, was secretary of the Institute Chorus, and held office in most of the music organizations of the Twin Cities and active in many of the charitable institutions. The St. Paul Choral Club owed its success largely to Hope's work in its behalf; she served the club as secretary since its beginning. She was a member of the Schubert Club (Saint Paul), the Associated Music Teachers League (New York City), and the Thursday Club (Minneapolis). For ten years, she was associated with the choir of the First Baptist Church of Saint Paul, most of her time as director. As of 1904, she had charge of the choir of the Woodland Park Baptist Church. ==Death==

Nellie Agnes Hope died of heart disease, aggravated by an attack of bronchitis, at her home in Saint Paul, October 11, 1918. She was buried at St. Paul's, Oakland Cemetery. ==Notes==