Background
Collins, Irma Helen was born on May 15, 1930 in Horatio, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Roy DeWitt Hopkins and Irma Virginia Morgan.
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Irma Helen Collins
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Irma Helen Collins, music educator, consultant. Named excellence education, Center Lifelong Learning, 2006. Violinist Arkansas State Symphony, Carnegie-Mellon Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Paducah Symphony; soloist Temple Sinai Synagogue, Pittsburgh; Member of Kentucky Music Educators Association (Teacher of Year award), Society Music Teacher Education (national chairperson), Sigma Alpha Iota (Outstanding Member award).
Education
Bachelor, Ouachita College, 1952. Bachelor of Science in Music, Southwestern Seminary, 1954. Master of Music, George Peabody College, 1958.
Doctor in Musical Arts, Temple University, 1979.
Career
Instructor Mars Hill College, North Carolina, 1954—1957. Associate professor West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, 1958—1965. Teacher, administrator Board Education, Pittsburgh, 1965—1968.
Chair department music Eastern College, St. Davids, 1968—1972. Professor music Murray State University, Kentucky, 1976—1993. Adjunct professor music Shenandoah University Conservatory, Winchester, West Virginia, since 1998.
Arts consultant; founder Journal Music Teacher Education. Researcher, writer standards of learning in music Commonwealth Virginia, 2001. Teacher/curriculum committee Shenandoah University College of Lifelong Learning.
Achievements
Membership
Violinist Arkansas State Symphony, Carnegie-Mellon Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Paducah Symphony. Soloist Temple Sinai Synagogue, Pittsburgh. Member of Kentucky Music Educators Association (Teacher of Year award), Society Music Teacher Education (national chairperson), Sigma Alpha Iota (Outstanding Member award).
Connections
Married Walter Ray Collins, August 27, 1960 (divorced February 15, 1976).
