Bird, Irene
Irene (May) Bird (b Jocelyn). Pianist, conductor, b Stratford 6 Feb 1915; ATCM 1933, LTCM 1936, LRSM 1937, studied piano with Cora B. Ahrens in Stratford and Mona Bates and Viggo Kihl in Toronto. She founded and conducted 1936-46 the Orpheus Girls' Choir in Stratford and was accompanist in the 1930s and 1940s for the Stratford Music Festival. She was married to Bailey Bird