Background
Erb, John Lawrence was born on February 5, 1877 in Berkshire County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Milton Geist and Mary Katharine (Rhue) Erb.
Erb, John Lawrence was born on February 5, 1877 in Berkshire County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Milton Geist and Mary Katharine (Rhue) Erb.
Education high school, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and The Hill School, Pottstown. Virgil Clavier School, New York City, 1894-1895. Metropolitan College of Music, New York, 1894-1899, certificate in voice and organ, 1896.
Doctor of Music, College of Wooster, 1921.
1 son, Donald Milton. Organist Saint James Church, Pottstown, 1892-1894, Broome Saint Tabernacle, New York City, 1895-1905. Organist and director 2d Unitarian Church, Brooklyn, 1897-1905.
Director music, Adelphi College, Brooklyn, 1896-1897.
Director Conservatory of Music, College of Wooster, O., 1905-1913, also organist and director Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wooster, 1905-1913. Organist and director 4th Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1913-1914.
Director School of Music and university organist, University of Illinois, 1914-1921. Organist and director McKinley Memorial Church, Champaign, Illinois, 1914-1917.
Managing director American Institute Applied Music, New York City, 1921-1924.
Professor music, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, 1923-1942, professor emeritus since 1942. Organist, director First Congregational Church, New London, 1925. Organist, director United Congressional Church, Norwich, 1926-1929.
Director Norwich (Connecticut) Choral Society, 1928-1929.
Director New London (Connecticut) Oratorio Society, 1941. President Illinois Federation Music Clubs, 1918, 1st vice president 1919-1921.
Member Music Teachers’ National Association (secretary 1913, 14, president 1915-1919 and 1922), National Association Organists (State president 1916), American Association University professors, Bohemians, Saint Wilfrid, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, et cetera Fellow American Guild of Organists, 1910.
Member Music Teachers’ National Association (secretary 1913, 14, president 1915-1919 and 1922), National Association Organists (State president 1916), American Association University professors, Bohemians, Saint Wilfrid, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, et cetera
Married Ethel Berenice Heydinger, September 18, 1899.