Catherine Murphy Urner was born in Mitchell, Indiana on the 23rd day of March, 1891. Her undergraduate musical training, with concentrations in piano, voice and composition, was accomplished at Goucher College (Baltimore, Maryland), the famed Peabody Conservatory and Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) from which she was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912.

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