OLIVE  WALKE

DATE OF BIRTH: ...
PLACE OF BIRTH: ..., Trinidad
EDUCATION: Bishop Anstey High School
CAREER:                                 Walke was a music teacher and folklorist who founded and directed the La Petite Musicale chorale in the 1950s. The choir's contributions to Trinidad folklore music were recognized in 1975 when it received the Trinidad & Tobago Public Service Medal of Merit Gold for Folk Music.
AWARD:
  • 1969 - Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Gold for Folk Music
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit