Background
Welch was born in Salt Lake City on November 6, 1925, to Jesse Evard and Pearl Snow Welch.
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Jay Evard Welch
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Welch graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a major in mathematics and minor in music
Career
He served in the Navy during World World War II and the Korean War. He continued his music studies at the Paris Conservatory of Music, graduated with a master"s degree in composition from Mills College in Oakland, California, and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1959 from the University of Utah, where he taught for 39 years before retiring in 1993. Besides teaching music theory and other classes to music majors, Welch taught music appreciation to thousands of non-majors.
In 2004, the University of Utah’s Emeritus Alumni Association awarded him the prestigious Merit of Honor Award.
He died on December 15, 2008, at the age of 83 in Salt Lake City.
