Background
Kohnop, Louis Manuel was born on April 5, 1920 in Cincinnati. Son of Meyer and Mary (Drazine) Kohnop.
Kohnop, Louis Manuel was born on April 5, 1920 in Cincinnati. Son of Meyer and Mary (Drazine) Kohnop.
Diploma in Piano, Julliard School Music, 1937. Bachelor of Music cum laude, Cincinnati Conservatory Music, 1940. Master of Music, Cincinnati Conservatory Music, 1942.
Doctor of Fine Arts, Chicago Museum College, 1956.
Assistant professor piano Southeastern Louisiana College, Hammond, 1946-1948, 56-58. Teacher Cosmopolitan School Music, Chicago, 1958-1960. Assistant professor University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1959-1960.
Head department music Windham College, Putney, Vermont, 1963. Head department piano Interlochen (Michigan) Arts Academy, 1964-1968. Instructor National Music Camp, Interlochen, summers 1965, 66, 67.
Private teacher Juilliard School Music, New York City, since 1968. Teacher Midwestchestery Music School, Scarsdale and Yonkers, New York, 1971-1983.
Organist, choir director 1st Unitarian Church, Flushing, New York, 1963-1964, 69-95. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member National Guild Piano Teachers (adjudicator, Hall of Fame 1968), American Federation Musicians (local I Cincinnati, local 10 Chicago, local 802 New York ), American Legion, Pi Kappa Lambda (honorary), Phi Mu Alpha (life).
Lodges: Masons, St. Cecilia.
Married Aida J. Rubinstein, January 11, 1955.