Tamar Clothylde Read was born and raised in Olla, Louisiana. She received a bachelors degree in music from LSU in 1942, and a masters degree in music education from the University of Michigan in 1945. She then spent eight years in New York City studying and participating in choruses and orchestras. Read taught at South Dakota State University for two years, and began teaching at the University of North Dakota in 1959 as an Associate Professor of Music. While at UND, she founded and directed the Collegium Musicum in 1963. Read obtained her Doctor of Musical Arts in 1969 from the University of Southern California by presenting her doctoral dissertation: A Critical Study and Performance Edition of Emilio de' Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo. Tamar Read retired from UND in June of 1988.
From the description of Papers, 1958-1989. (University of North Dakota). WorldCat record id: 42662842
