Florence I. Carlisle Papers

Florence Inghram was born in 1915 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. She started violin lessons early, and was selected for the first violin section of the National High School Orchestra. She attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (CIT) in Pittsburgh, and graduated with a degree in music education in 1938.

While at CIT, in addition to performing with variety of student ensembles, she weas a member of Oscar Demmler's "Fifth Avenue Evening Orchestra," and was the concertmaster of the university orchestra. She also appeared on Pittsburgh radio station WWSW's "Sunday Symphony Concert."

From 1933-1936, she became concertmaster and assistant conductor of the Women's Symphony Orchestra of Pittsburgh. She also found time to form the "Inghram Trio", a chamber music group composed of violin, cello, and piano, and was the first violinist for the local "NBC String Quartet."

From 1945 to 1985, Florence was concertmaster of numerous civic and community orchestras in Pittsburgh, including the Pittsburgh Civic Symphony, the Allegheny County Orchestra, and the McKeesport Symphony Orchestra. Florence taught instrumental music in the Pittsburgh Public Schools from 1967 until her retirement in 1983. She also taught private violin, piano, and organ lessons. She died on November 24, 1992.