Background
Smith, Ethel Closson was born on December 8, 1921 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Harry Framer and Mary (Closson) Smith.
Smith, Ethel Closson was born on December 8, 1921 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Harry Framer and Mary (Closson) Smith.
Student, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, 1939-1941; Bachelor of Music in Education, Wheaton College, 1943; Master of Music in Education, Temple University, 1945; postgraduate, New York Theological Seminary, 1946-1947; postgraduate, Juilliard School Music, 1948; postgraduate, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1950-1951; postgraduate, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1951-1952; Doctor of Music, Indiana U., 1968; student, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria, 1969; student, University Florence, Italy, 1969; student, Goethe Institute, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany.
Director church choir and Christian education, 3d Presbyterian Church, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1953-1954;
assistant professor music, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1962-1965;
associate professor music, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1965-1971;
professor music, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1971-1987;
member of faculty, Indiana U. Continuing Studies, since 1989. With Presbyterian students Westminster Foundation Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, 1950-1951;member of faculty summer training institute Presbyterian Church, Wooster, 1953-1954. Professor.vocal pedagogy, vocal diction, song lit private voice, 1962-1987.
Member voice faculty Senior Center for Lifelong Learning, U. West Florida, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, winter 1997, 98.
Board directors Indiana University Society of Friends of Music, 1973-1995. Associate National Council Metropolitan Opera, Central Opera Service. Voice faculty member for winter semester, Senior Center for Lifelong Learning, University West Florida, Fort Walton Beach, 1997, 98.
Member American Association of University Professors, American Association of University Women, National Association Teachers Singing (president Indiana chapter 1965-1966, lieutenant governor Indiana 1970-1972, national secretary-treasurer 1990-1992, national historian 1993-1995), International Association Research in Singing, Voice Foundation International Congress Voice Teachers (associate), Music Teachers National Association, Indiana Music Teachers Association, National Society Arts and Letters (president Bloomington chapter 1990-1992), Indiana University Alumni Association (member executive council, member music alumni board 1994-1996), Pi Kappa Lamda, Delta Kappa Gamma, Sigma Alpha Iota.
Married John Grier Parks.