Female Cornet Soloist Jessie Millar – 1890’s

See: Soft Lips on cold metal: female brass soloists of the 19th and early 20th centuries by Gavin Holman.

An exceptional ‘FEMALE’ featured virtuoso cornet soloist that performed with the Carl Clair Circus Band in the United States in the 1890’s was named Jessie Millar.

Ms. Millar did not play in the band with the other male band members. Ms. Millar was a featured virtuoso cornet soloist who exclusively performed on a podium … Read the rest