Dr. Gary A. Greene was gratified to have published a book on the composer Henry Holden Huss.
BERWYN, IL, May 05, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Gary A. Greene, PhD, with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Greene celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Having accrued more than 45 years of service to his students and discipline, Dr. Greene has garnered a laudable reputation as a musician and educator. Since 1998, he has served as a principal consultant for the Illinois State Board of Education, and since 2001, has maintained involvement as an adjunct faculty member at Elmhurst College. Dr. Greene has likewise earned distinction as the vice president of the Illinois Federation of State Office Educators since 2012, and has sat on the board of the Salt Creek Chamber Orchestra since 2004.
Dr. Greene's fascination with music began while coming of age, when he took notice of the theme music to a local television news program, and wanted to learn to play it. He began playing cornet, but found little success due to a lack of practice. While attending junior high school, Dr. Greene found his niche as a horn player. He joined his local municipal band as a teenager, gaining valuable experience and fluency with sight reading music and playing as part of an ensemble.
Dr. Greene's journey led him to consider a career in music education. In 1974, he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in music education from the University of Indianapolis, and undertook coursework at the Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary before pursuing a Master of Music in music history and literature at Butler University. He subsequently matriculated at the University of Maryland, from which he attained a Doctor of Philosophy in musicology in 1987. Eminently qualified in his field, Dr. Greene is licensed to teach in Illinois and Indiana.
Beginning his teaching career in 1975 as a junior high choral director for Huntington Community Schools in Indiana, Dr. Greene served as the band director for the Roman Catholic elementary schools of Danville, Illinois from 1976 until 1978 and for Armstrong High School during the 1979 and 1980 academic year. He continued his career as an instructor at Danville Area Community College in Illinois between 1978 and 1983, and acted as the school's Title XX adult education information and referral officer from 1981 to 1983. Dr. Greene subsequently worked as a graduate research assistant at the University of Maryland from 1985 until 1987, whereupon he became a reference librarian for the American Symphony Orchestra League. He departed in 1989 to join Northeast Louisiana University as an assistant professor of music, and continued to teach until 1995. The same year, Dr. Greene joined the adjunct faculty staff at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, and started work as a system manager and office administrator for The Kelly Agency, a position he held until 1997.
Dr. Greene acted as an adjudicator for the Louisiana Music Educators Association from 1988 until 1995. He is likewise a former member of the board of the Monroe Symphony Orchestra and the Danville Municipal Band, where he held several elected positions. The author of numerous professional articles, lectures and program notes, Dr. Greene notably contributed several years as the primary scriptwriter for KEDM radio broadcasts of Monroe Symphony Orchestra performances. Moreover, in a particular career highlight, he was gratified to have published a book on the composer Henry Holden Huss.
Dr. Greene was the recipient of a dissertation research grant for his work on Henry Holden Huss, and was a Maryland Fellow from 1984 to 1987. He was named in 1981 as the Musician of the Year by the American Federation of Musicians' Local 90 branch, and was bestowed with a Board of Governors Award from the Monroe Symphony Orchestra in 1995. While he remains proud of his academic work and the accolades he has received, Dr. Greene considers the apex of his career to be his work on a 1977 initiative to have the Danville, Illinois Public Library Building included in the National Register of Historic Places. Dr. Greene is a member of the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, and the American Guild of Organists, where he is a past chapter treasurer and subdean.
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