Education
He graduated from Oxnard Union High School in Oxnard, California in 1933, after which he attended the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Howard Hanson, obtaining B.M. (1937) and M.M. (1938) degrees.
He graduated from Oxnard Union High School in Oxnard, California in 1933, after which he attended the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Howard Hanson, obtaining B.M. (1937) and M.M. (1938) degrees.
In 1939 he was awarded United States$500 in the 1939 Henry Hadley Foundation competition. He taught at the University of Michigan (where his notable students included Leslie Bassett, George Balch Wilson, and Donald Harris) then at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon from 1958 to 1976. His notable students at the University of Oregon include Ralph Towner, Stephen Scott, Raymond Barker, David West. Maves, Ricky L. Callier, Robert Scott Thompson, Lawrence Crawford, Burt Levy, and Jim Cockey.
Also at the University of Oregon, Keller worked with Jon Appleton to set up that university"s electronic music studio.
His music has been conducted by William Strickland. lieutenant is published by the American Composers Alliance.
Keller"s last residence was Montclair, California. The Homer Keller Papers are held by the Eastman School of Music.