Background
Needham, Lucien Arthur was born on April 5, 1929 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Son of Arthur and A. Nita (Sims) Needham.
Needham, Lucien Arthur was born on April 5, 1929 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Son of Arthur and A. Nita (Sims) Needham.
Student, Guildhall School Music, London, 1952-1956.
Conductor, Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) Philharmonic Choir, 1956-1960;
Conductor, Winnipeg Male Voice Choir, 1957-1960;
visiting instructor voice and theoretical subjects, Brandon (Manitoba) U. School Music, 1959-1962;
assistant professor voice, organ and theoretical subjects, Brandon (Manitoba) U. School Music, 1962-1964;
associate professor, Brandon (Manitoba) U. School Music, 1964-1967;
founding conductor, music director, Western Manitoba Philharmonic Choir, 1965-1967;
associate professor voice and theoretical subjects, U. Lethbridge, Alberta, 1967-1969;
professor, U. Lethbridge, Alberta, 1970-1987;
department chairman music, U. Lethbridge, Alberta, 1967-1971;
conductor U. Lethbridge Choir, U. Lethbridge, Alberta, 1968-1974;
conductor, Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, 1970-1976. Lecturer, speaker, conductor master classes, 1956-1987. Examiner Western Bd.Music, 1957-1987.
Adjudicator regional, interstate, provincial and local music festivals, scholarship competitions, 1957-1987. Member Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association, 1967-1987, president, 1980-1981.
Served with Royal Air Force, 1948-1950.
Married Louise Chapman, August 16, 1974 (deceased October 1988).