Background
George, Lila Gene Plowe Kennedy was born on September 25, 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Eugene Preston Plowe and Lila Mazo Pickel.
George, Lila Gene Plowe Kennedy was born on September 25, 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Eugene Preston Plowe and Lila Mazo Pickel.
Bachelor in English and French, University Oklahoma, 1939. Bachelor of Music in Theory, University Oklahoma, 1940. Postgraduate, Northwestern University, 1950.
Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1963—1965. Private piano study with Egon Petri, Silvio Scionti & Edward Steuermann. Private composition study with Nadia Boulanger, Fontainebleau, France, 1971—1978.
Private piano teacher, Oklahoma City, 1938—1942, Talara, Peru, 1947—1954, Houston, 1954—1960, since 1970, Pelham Manor, New York, 1960—1965. Soloist Oklahoma City Little Symphony, 1939, Houston Symphony, 1957. Judge piano competitions National Guild Piano Teachers, Texas State Music Teachers.
Member of Houston Tuesday Musical Club (president 1960), European Piano Teachers Association, American Music Center (composer), Sigma Alpha Iota (Music Leadership award Houston Alumnae chapter 2005).
Married Richard Painter George. Children: Eugenia, Richard Junior.