Background
Jeannie Pool was born in Paris, Illinois, and studied music in New York City at Hunter College of the City University of New York, where she received a bachelor"s degree in music
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Jeanne Pool
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She received a masters degree from California State University, Northridge, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Claremont Graduate University.
Career
After completing her studies, Pool taught music at Fullerton College and Mount Saint Mary"s College and worked as a radio and music producer. She began composing for stage productions and youth orchestras and went on to compose sacred and orchestral works. Her compositions have been performed internationally.
Pool helped to found and serves as advisor to the Board of the International Alliance for Women in Music, and in 2004 was elected to the Board of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers.
From 1990-2002 she served as the Executive Director of the Society for the Preservation of Film Music. She has written the books American composer Zenobia Powell Perry: race and gender in the 20th century (2009) and Peggy Gilbert and her all-girl band (2008).
Achievements
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Appreciation Award from the International Alliance for Women in Music, 1999 in London Award from the International Alliance for Women in Music for work on behalf of women musicians, 1995 Award from National Association of Composers, United States.A. for promotion of American composers, 1995 Service Award from the International Congress on Women in Music at the New York City Congress, 1990 Award from National Federation of Music Clubs for promotion of American music, 1979 Service Award from the California Federation of Music Clubs, 1989 Honorary Arts Member of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, 1982 Award from the University of Southern California School of Music for work on behalf of women in music, 1982 Radio awards from Sigma Alpha Iota for outstanding broadcasting of American music, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988 Award from Local 47 of the American Federation of Musicians for documenting the history of women in music, 1986 Honorary member Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, California State University, Northridge Chapter, 1986.
Membership
Honorary Arts Member of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, 1982.
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United States