Esther Brodrick Brumage

Esther Cowgill Brodrick Brumage was born with a song in her heart and she played it for all 93 years of her life, often as a Sunday accompanist in church and at official high school functions.  She got others to sing along as the founding director of a 94-member community chorale that united the singing voices of six community churches. She graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago, but her music degree was rarely used toward a professional commission. Instead, Esther’s remuneration was the gratefulness of a community united in song.