Margaret Denny Whitfield

Background

Whitfield, Margaret Denny was born on April 18, 1936 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Theodore Marshall and Elizabeth Denny (Dixon) Whitfield.

Education

Bachelor of Music cum laude, Western Maryland College, 1958. Master of Music, Eastman School Music, 1964. Student, Cornell University.

Student, Western Maryland University. Student, University Tennessee.

Career

Teacher Methodist Board Missions, Okadayama, Japan, 1958—1961. Instructor piano Hochstein School Music, Rochester, New York, 1963—1964. Instructor piano Department Preparatory Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, 1964—1965.

Orchestra director Hanover (Pennsylvania) Public Schools, 1968—1970. Director orchestra Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools, 1970—1998. Church organist, 1957—1958, since 1963.

Guest director orchestra clinic James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1984. Director High School orchestra Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1996.

Achievements

• Margaret Denny Whitfield has been listed as a noteworthy music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer England teacher, Japan, 1958—1961. Volunteer driver American Cancer Society, Falls Church, since 1999. Founder clothing shop Westminster (Maryland) Methodist Church, 1952.

Volunteer Christian Witness Mission, Paducah, Kentucky, 1950, Christian Work Camp, Pharr, Texas, 1956, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1959. Missionary Methodist Board Missions and English Teachers. Member of American Guild Handbell Rings, American Guild Organists, Fairfax County (Virginia) Retired Educators Association.

Interests

• Gardening, knitting, volunteering.

Connections

Children: David Yong Kim, Susanne Elisabeth Nelson.

Father:

Theodore Marshall Whitfield

Mother:

Elizabeth Denny (Dixon) Whitfield

child:

Susanne Elisabeth Nelson Whitfield

child:

David Yong Kim Whitfield