Background
Orr, Jo Miller was born on September 19, 1945 in Magee, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Marvin Kavanaugh and Kathleen Bynum Miller.
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Jo Miller Orr
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Jo Miller Orr, music educator, voice educator. Recipient Woman of Distinction, Tupelo Area Business and Professional Women's Club, 1994; grantee, Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson, Mississippi, 2002-2004. Volunteer Tupelo Symphony; Member of Mississippi Federation of Music Clubs (president since 2005), National Association of Teachers of Singing 1995-1997, Fellowship United Meths. Music and Worship Arts 1992-1994.
Education
Associate of Arts in Music, Hinds Junior College, 1967. Bachelor of Medicine in Vocal Performance, University South Mississippi, 1967. MM in Vocal Performance, University Mississippi, 1980.
Career
Director First Presbyterian Church, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1970—1985, St. Luke United Microelectronics Corporation, since 1987. Chairman music education Itawamba Community College, Fulton, 1977—1998. Private voice teacher Tupelo, since 1998.
Adjunct faculty Mississippi University Women, 2006.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer Tupelo Symphony. Member of Mississippi Federation of Music Clubs (president since 2005), National Association of Teachers of Singing 1995-1997, Fellowship United Meths. Music and Worship Arts 1992-1994.
Interests
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Married Benjamin Joseph Orr, October 11, 1969. Children: Anna Cayson, Megan Ewing.
Education
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1967
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1967
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1980
Career
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1970 - 1985
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1977 - 1998
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1987
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1998
Awards
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Recipient Woman of Distinction, Tupelo Area Business and Professional Women's Club, 1994. Grantee, Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson, Mississippi, 2002-2004.Recipient Woman of Distinction, Tupelo Area Business and Professional Women's Club, 1994. Grantee, Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson, Mississippi, 2002-2004.