Born on March 20, 1926 in Evansville, Indiana.
University of Washington, Seattle - Summer 1944
Chicago Musical College, BM & MM - 1944-52
Indiana University, credit hours toward DMA - 1954-56
Instructor of Piano, Chicago Musical College - 1952-54
Teaching Assistantship in Piano, Indiana University - 1954-56
Assistant Professor of Music, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa - 1956-60
Fulbright Student Grant to Italy - 1960-61
Assistant Professor of Music, University of Arizona - 1961-63
A year's work on Composition and Orchestration - 1963-64
Assistant Professor of Music, University of Arizona - 1964-68
Associate Professor of Music, Morningside College - 1968-69
Associate Professor of Music, University of Arizona - 1969-76
Sabatical to complete second piano concerto and begin work on opera - 1976-77
Professor of Piano, University of Arizona - 1978-88
Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona - 1988
Piano and Composition
Contest Winner - Concerto Soloist in Orchestra Hall, Chicago - 1945
Contest Winner - Society of American Musicians, Young Artsists Division - 1946
Prize: Professional Debut Recital in Kimball Hall, Chicago - 1947
Contest Winner - Midwest Musical Arts Auditions - 1948
Prize: Recital in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, and Concerto solo appearances with Chicago and Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestras - 1949
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Honorary Member - 1952
Pi Kappa Lambda Membership, Indiana University - 1955
Fulbright Scholarship to Italy in Piano and Composition - 1960-61
Grant in support of work on opera, Sleeping Beauty, from the University of Arizona Graduate College Committee for Faculty Research Support in the Humanities and Social Sciences - 1970
Humanities Grant in support of work on opera, Sybaris, from University of Arizona
ASCAP Awards for Music Composition - 1982-2001
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