Frances Booker Head

Background

Head, Frances Booker was born on June 4, 1937 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Leonard Rowland and Frances Viola (Welborn) Booker.

Education

Bachelor in Music, Furman University, 1957. Master of Science in Music Education, Western Connecticut State University, 1968. Postgraduate, University Northern Colorado, 1990.

Career

Teacher, Central (South Carolina.) Junior H.S., 1957; teacher music, Clinton Boulevard Elementary School, Jackson, Mississippi, 1959-1960; teacher music, Bedford Village (New York) Elementary School, 1960-1961; teacher music, Ridgefield (Connecticut) Public School, 1961-1964; teacher music, Creative Children's Corner, Ridgefield, 1968-1974; teacher music, Katonah-Lewisboro Schools, South Salem, New York, since 1974.

Achievements

• Frances Booker Head has been listed as a noteworthy music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Choir director South Salem Presbyterian Church, 1965-1973, substitute organist, since 1973. Coordinator Community Christmas Concert Committee, South Salem, 1991-1994. Director consort Jesse Lee Methodist Church, Ridgefield, since 1973.

Member Westchester County School Music Association, New York State School Music Association, American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Connecticut Orff-Schulwerk Association.

Interests

• Avocations: music, sailing, reading, quilting.

Connections

Married Robert Humphrey Head, August 18, 1959 (deceased May 1977). Children: Elizabeth Ann Orr Head, James Booker Head.

Father:

Leonard Rowland Booker

Mother:

Frances Viola (Welborn) Booker

Spouse:

Robert Humphrey Head

child:

Elizabeth Ann Orr Head

child:

James Booker Head