Background
Crosswhite, Jeanette Elvira was born on November 2, 1941 in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Miles Emory Elder and Elise Elizabeth Guthrie.
Crosswhite, Jeanette Elvira was born on November 2, 1941 in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Miles Emory Elder and Elise Elizabeth Guthrie.
Bachelor in Music Education, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1964. Bachelor in Church Music, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1966. Master in Church Music, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1967.
Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education, University North Carolina, Greensboro, 1996.
Associate professor music Milligan College, Tennessee, 1967—1993, chair music department, 1983—1991. Music consultant Tennessee Department Education, Nashville, 1994—1999, director arts education, since 2000. World language consultant, since 2009.
Dean Tennessee Arts Academy, Nashville, 2000—2007. Liaison to Tennessee Art Education Association, since 2000, Tennessee Music Education Association. Facilitator Arts Supervisors of Tennessee, since 2000.
Board directors Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville. Evaluator Tennessee Board Examiners, since 1999. Columnist Tennessee Musician, since 1994.
Volunteer Reach to Recovery, American Cancer Society, Nashville, since 1998. Member of Tennessee Music Education Association, Tennessee Art Education Association (Administrator of Year award 2005), National Educational Theatre Association, National Art Education Association, Music Educators National Conference (local chair for national conference 2002), Tennessee Association of Dance (Dance Advances of Year 2005), Sigma Alpha Iota.
Married Dean Harlow Crosswhite, December 27, 1968.