J. Abbie Clarke Hogan was a violin pupil of Joseph
Joachim and Andreas Moster at the Royal Hochschule
in Berlin and with Bernhard Listemann at the Chicago
Musical College. In 1869 she organized a high school
orchestra in Junction City. In 1898 she married and
devoted herself to private teaching and solo
appearances. As a concert artist she performed with
major symphony orchestras. In 1905 she returned to an
active role in school music with KSTA, KMTA, and the
MSNC. She published a school method book based on
the teaching of Joachim and renewed her study of the
violin with Leopold Auer. In 1925, she founded the Music
Talent Fund through the Kansas Federation of Women's
clubs and worked tirelessly to assist promising young
musicians across the state.