Photograph
Northern School Of Music (NSM)
1953

This chappy is musical prodigy Hubert Harry. He started studying with the Hilda Collens (1883-1956, founder and principal of the Northern School of Music) aged 6 and giving the public an "astonishing performance" on piano by the time he was 9. He was taught by Hilda Collens and they kept up their correspondence all throughout his further studies in the Lucerne Conservatoire.

The picture has a little note scribbled on it which reads "To Hilda Collens - the one who taught me to appreciate the beautiful & great in music in hard felt gratitude and affection Hubert [Harry] Christmas 1953."

Ref: NSM/13/50

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.