Milburn Price, born 9 April 1938 in Electric Mills, Mississippi, has served most recently as Dean of the School of Performing Arts at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama from 1993 to 2006.
Education
Doctor Price earned his bachelor"s degree in music from the University of Mississippi in 1960. He continued his education at Baylor University, earning a master"s degree in music in 1963. He went on to earn his doctorate in musical arts from the University of Southern California in 1967.
After completing his degrees, he pursued post-doctoral studies at Princeton Theological Seminary and Candler School of Theology of Emory University.
Career
Following his retirement, he continued to conduct the Samford Orchestra and to teach one church music course each semester until 2011. Prior to moving to Samford, he served as Dean of the School of Church Music at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky from 1981 to 1993. Earlier he was Chair of the Music Department at Furman University from 1972-1981.
During the 2011-2012 academic year he was Visiting Professor and Acting Chair of Choral Music at Stetson University.
Subsequent appointments as Visiting Professor include Mercer University (2013-2014) and Mississippi College (2014-2015). Price served as National President of the American Choral Directors Association from 1999-2001.
Guest conducting and lecturing engagements have taken him to twenty-eight states, as well as Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Scotland, Switzerland, and Russia.