![]() Big bands were about to be supplanted by the popularity of singers like Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. The musical landscape was diverse swing, big band, musicals, Latin music, and country were the dominant music of this decade. 1945 was a year that saw Truman become president World War 2 ended with the surrender of Germany and Japan, war veterans began returning home, and the ground was laid for the beginning of the Cold War. Jane’s career as a bassist defied the gender norms of her generation. The Atlantic Symphony shared on Facebook “Jane was married to Atlanta Symphony Principal Flutist, Warren Little for 41 years and has performed under all four of the ensemble’s music directors – Henry Sopkin, Robert Shaw, Yoel Levi and Robert Spano, as well as guest conductors, including Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Pierre Monteux, Leopold Stokowski, Sir John Barbirolli, and James Levine.” ![]() Within three years, the group had evolved into the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.įor most of her career, Jane performed using a rare Carlo Giuseppe Testore bass built circa 1705. The orchestra performed its first concert on February 4th, 1945. Within a few months, she was the principal bassist in her school orchestra.īy age 16, after only two years of instruction, she began her career in the fledgling Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. At 14 years old, weighing less than 100 pounds, Little started double bass lessons. Jane had wanted to play clarinet, but the orchestra needed a bass player. Jane had scored exceptionally high on the test, and the orchestra teacher asked if she would like to learn an instrument and join the orchestra. Her music teacher saw the results of her music aptitude test, a required exam for every incoming student. She joined the glee club in junior high and planned to continue the glee club in high school. Instead, Jane went to a neighbor’s house and taught herself by picking apart songs by ear. Still, the family was impacted by the Great Depression, and finances did not permit a piano in the household. She wanted to play piano (like her mother…a talented pianist in her own right). Jane was born on February 2, 1929, and she was drawn to music as a child.
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