Background
Fairchild, Judith Ann was born on November 3, 1946 in Dresden, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of James Prentiss and Sue Ellen (Sandefer) Pritchett.
Fairchild, Judith Ann was born on November 3, 1946 in Dresden, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of James Prentiss and Sue Ellen (Sandefer) Pritchett.
Bachelor of Science in English with high honors, University Tennessee, Martin, 1967. Bachelor Music Education with highest honors, Peabody College, 1973. Master Music Education with highest honors, Peabody College, 1974.
Postgraduate, University Memphis, since 1988.
Public school music and choral music teacher, Dillard Senior H.S., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1974-1975;
Public school music and choral music teacher, Bellevue Junior H.S., Memphis, 1975-1978;
organist, instrumental music arranger, North Church, Memphis, 1983-1986;
pianist, instrumental music arranger, Broadway Baptist Church, Olive Branch, Mississippi, 1986-1989;
graduate assistant class piano, U. Memphis, 1994, 95;
director, piano teacher, Judith Fairchild Piano Studio, Cordova, Tennessee, since 1987. Teacher Summer House of Music. Teacher composition East Tennessee State University Summer Piano Camp, 1993.
West Tennessee representative Executive Board Tennessee Music Teachers Association, 1992-1993. Chairman International Young Peoples Piano Concerto Competition, Memphis, 1993-1994. Chairman Greater Memphis Music Teachers Association Performance Group, 1993-1994.
Piano competition adjudicator Mississippi Teachers Association, National Piano Guild Auditions, Germantown Piano Festival. Accompanistcoll. choirs, church choirs, Tennessee. Church musician, Tennessee, 1960-1989.
Teacher.blind, physically handicapped, mentally retarded.
Member steering committee United Cerebral Palsy Telethon, Memphis, since 1995. Member National Federation Music Clubs, Music Teachers National Association, National Guild Piano Teachers (Memphis center chairman since 1996, adjudicator since 1987), International Liszt Society, Leschetizky Association, American Music Scholarship Association, Beethoven Club, Pi Kappa Lambda.
Married Thomas Duane Fairchild, April 15, 1979 (divorced July 1991). 1 child, Lisa Rebecca.