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Duncan died in 1996 having attended every Glasgow Music Festival since 1911. She was frequently a conductor or performer, but she was later a committee member. She was in time made the honorary life President.
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She became the contralto soloist of Glasgow Cathedral Choir. She first attended the first Glasgow Music Festival in 1911.
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In 1967 Duncan was rewarded with an MBE in recognition of her contribution to music.
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In 1958 Duncan's choir had won the children's and the youth class of the BBC radio's
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Duncan was born in Alexandria in West Dunbartonshire. and she was singing in
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children’s choir, with her elder sister, when she was ten.
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in 1943. It was launched on credit and it had 60 singers.
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