Background
Coon, Leland AVery was born on June 30, 1892 in Leonardsville, New York, United States. Son of Almeron Morell and Martha Estelle (Avery) Coon.
Coon, Leland AVery was born on June 30, 1892 in Leonardsville, New York, United States. Son of Almeron Morell and Martha Estelle (Avery) Coon.
Bachelor, Alfred University, 1914. Master of Arts, Alfred University, 1932. Piano soloist diploma, New England Conservatory of Music, 1916.
Pupil, DeVoto, Casadesus, Philipp, Matthay and Faughé.
Assistant professor piano, Kingfisher College, 1916-1917; assistant professor piano, U. Oregon, 1919-1922; assistant professor piano, Fontainebleau and Paris, France, 1922-1923; associate professor music, University of Wisconsin, 1923-1936; professor, University of Wisconsin, 1936; chairman School Music, University of Wisconsin, 1946-1952. London, England., summer 1936.
With Company C, 7th Infantry, United States Army, World War I. Member Music Teachers National Association (chairman committee on colleges, universities. Executive committee, treasurer 1952-1959, Music Educators National Conference, American Musicol. Society (director Midwest chapter), Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Art, Lit, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Lambda.
Married Jeanne Louise Fayard, August 24, 1920.