Background
Woodward, Betty Shaw was born on January 15, 1932 in Russellville, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of John Daniel and Martha Margaret (Hutcheson) Shaw.
Woodward, Betty Shaw was born on January 15, 1932 in Russellville, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of John Daniel and Martha Margaret (Hutcheson) Shaw.
Associate of Arts, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, 1952. Bachelor of Music, University Kentucky, 1954. Master of Arts, 1955.
Teacher elementary music Jefferson County, Louisville, 1955—1956. Children's choir director Vineville Baptist Church, Macon, Georgia, 1956—1959. Children's choir director, supervisor First Baptist Church, Tulsa, 1959—1966, children's choir director Shawnee, Oklahoma, since 1966.
Member music faculty Oklahoma Baptist University, 1966—1994. Associate professor music, 1983—1994. Children's choir clinician, since 1966.
Children's choir consultant Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California, 1981—1983. Curriculum writer Young Musicians, Music Leader Magazines Church Music Department, Nashville, 1968—1999.
Member of Southern Baptist Church Music Conference, Hymn Society of America, Oklahoma Kodaly Educatoro, American Orff Schulwerk Association, Oklahoma Choral Directors Association (state president 1987-1989), American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference.
Married James D. Woodward, August 13, 1955. Children: Julia Woodward Haley, James David Junior.