OkMEA Retired Music Teacher Directory
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| Picture |  |
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| Retired Teacher Name | Leonard Lowell Lehman |
| Spouse | Janelle |
| Children | Becky, Len, and Paul |
| Address | 5205 E 78th Place Tulsa, OK 74136 Map It |
| Phone | (918) 494-6800 |
| In what year did you retire from teaching? | 1996 |
| How many years did you teach? | 44 |
| Degrees Earned (start with most recent) | 1979 - University of Oklahoma; Norman, OK; PhD - Instrumental Music |
| Other Training Institutions (certifications, etc.) | The University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa - Corning Scholarship |
| Teaching Positions (start with the most recent) | 1966-1996 - Northeastern State, OK - Instrumental Music |
| Teaching Highlights (ensemble accomplishments, personal accomplishments, etc.) | Anderson HS Choir invoiced to sing at Missouri League of Women Votes in 1953; Muskogee HS band received superior ratings in performance and a I+++++ in sight reading in 1966; Northeastern State Jazz Band won 1st Place in Corinthian Broadcasting Contest for best musical group on Oklahoma campuses in 1966; the NSU Jazz Band performed 5 times at OMEA; started the Green Country Jazz Festival in 1968, featuring the bands of "Doc" Severinsen, Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, and more; started the NSU Music Hall of Fame; judged bands contests in Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico, Kansas and Iowa; sponsored both Kappa Kappa Tsi and Tau Beta Sigma band fraternities with both receiving "Top Chapter in the Nation" in 1979-1980; Muskogee HS Band invited to the Cotton Bowl Parade in 1966; Terry Segress and I started the Oklahoma All-State Jazz Band Contest; played in the jazz bands of Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Guy Lombardo, Forrest Wasson, and others over a 25 year period as well as the Severinsen Combo; recorded a CD with Wasson band; composed a march "The Postmaster General March" for the US Sailors Destroyer Escort Services, recorded by the US Naval Academy Band and played at the Destroyer Escort Convention in 1993-1996; Director of the Muskogee Community Band and the Muskogee Shriners Band |
| Professional Education Associations | MENC/OMEA - member NAJE CBDNA OBA Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame NSU Alumni Association |
| Personal Honors and Awards | 2011 - 32rd Degree Mason and Shriner (received 50 year pin) |
Janis Dawson, OkMEA Past President
6721 Stonycreek Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 73132
(405) 740-9306
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