Background
Crocker, Joy Laksmi was born on June 12, 1928 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Hugo Peoples and Anna Kathryn (Ball) Rush.
composer Concert pianist and organist
Crocker, Joy Laksmi was born on June 12, 1928 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Hugo Peoples and Anna Kathryn (Ball) Rush.
Bachelor of Music, Yale University, 1950; Master of Science, Yale University, Berkeley, California, 1956; postgraduate, Graduate Theological Seminary, 1978-1981.
Minister music First Congressional Church, Branford, Connecticut, 1949-1962. Director music therapy West Haven (Connecticut) Hospital. Minister music St. Stephen's Episcopal Church/School, Orinda, California, 1963, First Baptist Church, Oakland, 1964-1966, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Oakland, 1969, San Quentin (California) Protestant Chapel, 1976-1978, Plymouth United Church of Christ, Oakland, 1977-1984.
Pianist, associate director First Baptist Church, Managua, Nicaragua, 1984-1994. Organist, pianist Mills Grove Christian Church, 1995—1996. Organist St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Pleasant Hill, California, 1996—2001.
Director music ministries Trinity Methodist Church, Berkeley, 2001—2005. Retired, 2005
Professor organ San Francisco Conservatory Music, 1962-1969. Chairman piano department Nicaraguan National Conservatory Music, 1984-1993.
Founder-director, professor Baptist Conservatory of Music University Polytechnic, Managua, since 1989. Instructor Yogalayam Yoga Ashram. Creator, director diverse low-budget innovative music education programs, since 1969.
Member adjudicator National Guild Piano Teachers, Music Teachers Association California. Invited lecturer 3d Encuentro Iberoamericano de Professor y Estudiantes de Musica, Cuba, 1999. Piano concert and master class tours, Center and South American, 1995.
Civic and legislation coordinator Church Women United, Oakland unit and state unit, since 1996, chair for global concerns. Board directors Quantum Leap 2000, 1999^. Pianist, organist Church Women United State Unit.
San Francisco Bay area coordinator for Hague Appeal for Peace. Commissioner World Summit on Peace and Time, Costa Rica, 1999, delegate/concert pianist World Social Forum, Brazil, 2001. Pianist World Council Church Annual Convention, Oakland, California, 2002, Forgiveness First International Convention, Kamloops British Columbia, 2002.
Member American Guild Organists, American College Musicians, Music Teachers Association.
Married Richard Lincoln Crocker, July 24, 1948 (divorced July 1977). Children: Nathaniel Homer, Martha Wells Sandino, David Laramie.