Kenneth Alan Cranford

Background

Cranford, Kenneth Alan was born on September 6, 1952 in South Boston, Virginia, United States. Son of Clifton Floyd and Margaret Frances (Scott) Cranford.

Education

Private studies with Jacques Houtmann and Rafael Adler.

Career

Woodwind instructor, L'Ecole Sainte Trinité, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, 1971-1972; director, Collegium Musicum, Richmond, Virginia, 1972-1975; music instructor, vocal coach, Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, 1973-1975; freelance instructor, piano, woodwinds, New York metropolitan area, 1975-1977; freelance instructor, piano, South Boston, 1977-1979; choirmaster, resident composer, Trinity Episcopal Church, South Boston, 1980-1985; choirmaster, organist, Epiphany Episcopal Church, Danville, Virginia, 1985; music director, St. Paschal Roman Catholic Church, South Boston, 1986-1990; music director, Christ Episcopal Church, 1990-1991; music director, First Presbyterian Church, South Boston, since 1991; broadcast journalist, South Boston Radio/Halifax Broadcasting Company, 1979-1991. Instructor Buck's Rock Work Camp, New Milford, Connecticut, 1976, Halifax Community Chorale, S. Boston, since 1978.

Achievements

• Kenneth Alan Cranford has been listed as a noteworthy Composer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member South Boston City Council, 1984-1991, South Boston Planning Commission, 1985-1991. Commissioner South Boston The Revenue, since 1991.

Interests

• Avocations: botany, photography, gastronomy, writing poetry, theology.

Connections

Married Laura Jean Wilkins, August 5, 1978. 1 child, John Carrington.

Father:

Clifton Floyd Cranford

Mother:

Margaret Frances (Scott) Cranford

Spouse:

Laura Jean Wilkins

child:

John Carrington Cranford