Birth Place

Valparaiso, Indiana

Total Years Teaching

35

Total Years Teaching in Georgia

34

Dates

May 11, 1912 -January 1997

Colleges and Universities

1937 Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bachelor of Arts

1943 VanderCook School of Music, Master of Music in Education

1957 Post-Graduate work: Survey of European Music, Temple University

Teaching Experience

1933-37 Brass Instructor, Western Kentucky State Teachers College

1937-38 Instrumental Music, Picadome High School, Lexington, Kentucky

1938-42 D.C. Okeefe High School, Atlanta, Georgia

1942-48 Boys High School, Atlanta, Georgia

1948-72 Grady High School, Atlanta, Georgia

1944-45 Director, Navy Band, Emory University

1946-50 Director, Emory University Band

Professional Organizations

Kappa Kappa Psi, Honorary Band Fraternity

American School Band Directors Association

GMEA

Young Artists Club

Atlanta Music Club

Atlanta Musicians Union

In and About Atlanta Music Club

Special Honors

1929 Indiana State Solo Champion, Trombone

1943 President, Graduating Class, VanderCook School of Music

1946 Instrumental Chair, Fifth District

First male to teach at Atlanta Girls High

1947-49 President, GMEA

1957 Conductor, East Tennessee Band Clinic

1964-66 Selection Committee, Governors Honors Program

First Trombone for four seasons with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Trombonist for Metropolitan Opera in Atlanta

Special Honors To Performing Organizations

1941 O'Keefe Band and Orchestra, Superior, National School Music Festival, National School Band Association

1947 Boys High Concert Band, Southern Music Education Conference, Birmingham, Alabama

1951 Grady High Orchestra sponsored by the Morning Music Club to stimulate interest in developing a string program in Macon, Georgia

1957 Grady High Orchestra, Southern Music Education Conference, Miami, Florida

Year Inducted

1987 Charter Member

Sponsor

Boyd McKeown