Background
Taylor, Mary Curtis Smith was born on January 9, 1937 in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Curtis Waldo and Hazel Dell (Trunnell) Smith.
Taylor, Mary Curtis Smith was born on January 9, 1937 in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Curtis Waldo and Hazel Dell (Trunnell) Smith.
Student, University Louisville, 1955. Postgraduate, University Louisville, 1966. Bachelor of Music, Murray State University, 1958.
Master of Education, Murray State University, 1960. Certified in School Library. Media, School Administration and Supervision, Murray State University, 1981.
Postgraduate, University Southern California, 1976. Master of Library Science, Vanderbilt University, 1985.
Private teacher music, 1954-1991. Teacher music and physical education Benton City Schools, Kentucky, 1958-1960. Teacher music Jefferson County School District, Louisville, 1960-1964.
With Nashville Symphony Orchestra, 1969-1992. Assistant professor, supervisor, student teacher Murray (Kentucky) State University, 1974-1976. Library technician Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Field Services, 1981-1989.
Director Calloway County Public Library., Murray, 1989-1990, West Wyandotte Library., Kansas City, Kansas, since 1993. String specialist USD500, 1993, Conroe Indiana School District, Conroe, Texas, 1993—2004. Music teacher upward bound project Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Kentucky, 1967.
Music instructor string class Bethel College, McKenzie, Tennessee, 1980. Coordinator KENCILIP/Inter-Library. Loan, Murray, 1980.
First violinist Nashville Symphony Orchestra, 1963-1992. Concertmaster Jackson Symphony Orchestra, 1974-1988. First violin section Paducah (Kentucky) Symphony Orchestra, 1981-1991, Des Moines Metro Summer Festival of Opera, Indianola, Iowa, 1978, Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra Middle Tennessee State University, 1973-1991, Nashville Baroque Orchestra, 1974-1976, Jackson Symphony Orchestra, 1969-1991, Louisville Symphony Orchestra, 1969-1976, Owensboro (Kentucky) Symphony.
First concertmaster Louisville Youth Orchestra, 1958, Louisville Civic Orchestra, 1954-1955, St. Joseph Symphony, Missouri, 1991-1992, Brazos Valley Symphony, since 1993, Texas Acadiana Symphony, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1993-2003, Symphony Southeast Texas, Beaumont, since 1993, The Kingwood (Texas) Pops Orchestra, 1996-2001. Co-founder, concert master Conroe Symphony Orchestra, since 1997. Member American Library Association, American Association of University Women, American String Teachers Association, American Federation Musicians, Colonial Dames 17th Century, Sigma Alpha Iota.
Married John G. Taylor, August 16, 1958. Children: John Gordon Junior, Tiffany May, Whitney Adams.