Hope (June 14, 1864 – October 11, 1918) was an American violinist, music teacher, and orchestra conductor.

She took special courses in vocal music with teachers in Chicago, New York City, and St.

[3] She spent the summer of 1903 in Europe, where she studied voice with Madame Auguer and with Jacques Bouhy, and the violin with Eugène Ysaÿe in Paris.

[1] The Minnesota Ladies'Orchestra, with Hope as director, was under the management of the State Federation of Women's Clubs.

[1] For ten years, she was associated with the choir of the First Baptist Church of Saint Paul, most of her time as director.

[3] Nellie Agnes Hope died of heart disease, aggravated by an attack of bronchitis, at her home in Saint Paul, October 11, 1918.