Carl Orff

Carl Orff

male, deceased (1982)
Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 - March 29, 1982) was a 20th-century German composer, most famous for "Carmina Burana" (1937). He was also successful and...
Shinichi Suzuki

Shinichi Suzuki

male, deceased (1998)
Shin'ichi Suzuki was the creator of the international Suzuki method of music education. Considered to be one of the most influential pedagogues of...
Frederick Fennell

Frederick Fennell

male, deceased (2004)
Frederick Fennell, born on July 2, 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio, and died December 7, 2004 in Siesta Key, Florida was an internationally recognized...
Karl Marx

Karl Marx

male, deceased (1985)
Karl Marx (November 12 1897, Munich - May 8 1985, Stuttgart) was a German composer, conductor, and educator. Karl Marx first studied natural...

Edwin Gordon

male
Edwin E. Gordon is an influential researcher, teacher, author, editor, and lecturer in the field of music education. Through extensive research,...
Gunild Keetman

Gunild Keetman

female, deceased (1990)
Gunild Keetman (1904-1990) was the primary originator, along with Carl Orff, of the approach (not a method!) to teaching music known as Orff...
Robert W. Smith

Robert W. Smith

male, 51 years old
Robert W. Smith is an American composer, arranger, and teacher. He was born in the small town of Daleville, Alabama in 1958. He attended high...

David Darling

male, 68 years old
David Darling (born March 3, 1941) is a cellist and composer. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin and Spyro Gyra in...
Anton Armstrong

Anton Armstrong

male (Northfield, Minnesota, United States)
Anton Armstrong is the conductor of the St. Olaf Choir as well as the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College. Anton...

James Swearingen

male
James Swearingen is an American composer and arranger. He is currently the department chair of music education at Capital University, and holds a...